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The Argentine Supreme Court has ruled in Hermitage v Ministry of Economy that Law no 25,063, which establishes a tax on presumed minimum income (TPMI) is unconstitutional.

A group of tax directors and advisers came up with an obvious solution to the risk of transfer pricing disputes at International Tax Review's 10th Global Transfer Pricing Forum in Amsterdam.

India's Supreme Court has held that any payments made to non-residents will be subject to withholding tax only when such payments are chargeable to tax in India.

Australia's Full Federal Court, on September 17, set aside the decision made in the Federal Court and held in favour of the tax authorities in Commissioner of Taxation v American Express International (Amex).

The second meeting of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes will be held in Singapore next week.

Deloitte has expanded its tax practice in Spain with the appointment of new partners and directors, and the establishment of an office in the Balearic Islands.

RSM Tenon, the seventh largest accountants and business advisory firm in the UK, has made two senior appointments in its tax team.

Type of Deal Value Acquirer Target Adviser to acquirer (tax) Adviser to target (tax) Merger $7.5 billion Momentive Performance Materials Holdings Hexion Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Deborah Paul & Tijana Dvornic Acquistion $1.5 billion Hewlett-Packard ArcSight Fenwick & West Timothy Fitzgibbon Acquistion $1.3 billion Hellman & Friedman Associated Materials Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Katharine Moir and Dan Foster Acquistion $193.5 million Boston Scientific Sunnyvale Fenwick & West Michael Solomon, Ron Schrotenboer & William Skinner Acquistion Undisclosed Battery Ventures Affiliate Special Committee of the Board of RAE Systems Fenwick & West Tim Fitzgibbon & Melinda Vance Merger Undisclosed Servo Software Synclore Fenwick & West Adam Halpern & Matthew Noerper Type of Deal Value Issuer/Borrower Lead managers/arrangers Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax) Adviser to lead managers (tax) Underwritten public offering $300 million City National Corporation Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Joshua Holmes, Michele Alexander & Tijana Dvornic

Type of Agreement Country Country Date Signed Tax Information Exchange Agreement Netherlands UK September 17 2010 Proposed Double Taxation Agreement Belarus Brazil

Uruguay and India have signed a double tax treaty, which is being described as a milestone agreement.