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Five international law firms will vie for the European Tax Disputes Firm of the Year accolade at International Tax Review's fifth annual European Tax Awards in London in May.

Joseph Doloboff has joined the Los Angeles office of Blank Rome. He will advise clients in the healthcare, communications, high-technology, mining, retail and entertainment industries on cross-border tax planning issues. In his previous position at De Castro, West, Chodorow, Glickfeld & Nass he counselled private equity funds, public corporations and private entities on a variety of transactional planning issues.

Type of Agreement Country Country Date Signed Link Tax Information Exchange Agreement Australia Belize March 31 2010 Link Tax Information Exchange Agreement Australia Dominica March 31 2010 Link Tax Information Exchange Agreement Australia Monaco April 1 2010 Link

The Irish revenue has removed some of the administrative burden in claiming an exemption from dividend withholding tax. Non-resident companies no longer have to provide evidence of tax residence, along with a signed non-resident form to obtain the relief.

A high-profile judgment has overruled the Australian Tax Office's stated practice on taxing trusts.

Statistics from the UK Ministry of Justice show professional negligence claims in the Chancery Division of the High Court against accountants rose steeply last year, after two years of no cases.

India's new dispute resolution panels (DRP) will continually adapt to a changing tax environment and greatly improve taxpayer litigation consistency, say two of the country's leading advisers.

In her first speech before the Tax Executive Institute (TEI) since being named commissioner of the large and medium-sized business (LMSB) division at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) last November, Heather Maloy responded to the unease that many large corporate taxpayers feel in the wake of IRS announcement 2010-09.

VAT; Taxable transactions; The provision of retail vouchers to an employee by way of substitution in part payment of remuneration;

exemption from Value Added Tax; the Insurance Intermediary Exemption; InsuranceWide.Com; provider is doing much more than acting as a 'mere conduit'; Sixth Council Directive 77/388 EEC; Article 13 of the Sixth Directive provided that the supply of certain services should be exempt from VAT;