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A senior EU official has said a Green Paper on reform of the VAT system in Europe will be issued before the end of this year.

The new Slovakian government has approved an increase in the VAT rate from 19% to 20%.

Type of Deal Value Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Adviser to target (tax) Acquisition $297 million Capgemini 55% stake in CPM Braxis KPMG Acquisition $97 million Emergent BioSolutions Trubion Pharmaceuticals Fenwick & West Michael Solomon & William Skinner Acquisition Undisclosed Cisco Arch Rock Fenwick & West Timothy Fitzgibbon Acquisition Undisclosed Clayton, Dubilier & Rice 42.5% stake in Univar Debevoise & Plimpton Gary Friedman

The UK chancellor of the exchequer has confirmed that the annual pre-budget report has been scrapped.

The Japanese Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry (METI) has proposed a range of tax reforms including a five percentage point corporate tax cut and increases in environmental taxes.

The tax team at the company that was part of one of the most significant transfer pricing cases in US history will be honoured at this year's Americas Tax Awards.

Reference for a preliminary ruling; Directive 90/435/EEC; Concept of withholding tax; Application of a levy of 5% at the time of distribution of dividends and of the ‘refund of the adjustment surtax’ by an Italian subsidiary to its parent company established in the Netherlands, pursuant to a bilateral convention; withholding taxes levied both on dividend distributions; refund of an adjustment surtax to the parents;

President Obama has proposed to expand and make permanent the popular research and development (R&D) tax credit for businesses as part of plan to sustain America's economic recovery.

India's Supreme Court has overturned an earlier decision and ruled that withholding tax is applicable only where income is chargeable to tax and not otherwise.

Ecuador's president Rafael Correa agreed to a government proposal on August 31 2010 that would cut the corporate income tax rate by three percentage points in an effort to bolster what tax lawyers say is a see-sawing economy.