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Sead Dado Salkovic Slobodan Mihajlovic Despite the current economic crisis, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) remains a prosperous country that can offer numerous advantages for different businesses. Tremendous improvement has been accomplished in the business environment that makes BIH an attractive economic destination for foreign investment in South East Europe.

Ian Farmer The devastation caused by recent flooding throughout Australia will impose many challenges on individuals, businesses and the community at large. While the immediate issue is the provision of assistance to those most in need, there are any number of taxation implications arising directly or indirectly from the devastation that will themselves need to be considered as the rebuilding of affected communities takes place.

Elena Kostovska Lorena Kurti On November 23 2010, Albania and Singapore signed a double tax treaty in New York. Specifically, the treaty deals with income taxes in both Singapore and Albania (including corporate profits tax, personal income tax and tax on small business in Albania).

Philippe Freund of Dorsey & Whitney discusses three recent cases before the ECJ that interpret long-standing community law principles on topics such as dividends and credits in ways that will benefit taxpayers.

The Office for Tax Simplification (OTS) has released its final full report on the review of UK tax reliefs ahead of the Chancellor’s March 23 budget, suggesting the abolition of nearly 50 reliefs and the closer assessment or simplification of a further 54.

Uruguay’s vice president, Danilo Astori and Indian vice president Mohammad Hamid Ansari failed to sign the highly anticipated double tax treaty (DTT) between the two countries during Astori’s seven-day trip in India.

2010 saw the formation of a coalition government with differing opinions on tax avoidance and disclosure. Sandy Bhogal and Stephen Green of Mayer Brown investigate whether the new government’s ambitious plans to tackle anti-avoidance are good for business or just a healthy compromise between political parties.

Jorge Otoya of Estudio Muniz highlights how a decade of growth has made Peru an attractive location for foreign investment. But as tax reforms are introduced, questions are being asked if the changes will slow the country’s development.

With Middle Eastern countries increasingly adopting international standards, Nauman Ahmed, John Belsey and Alex Law of Deloitte uncover the tax changes that have dominated the Middle East for the past 12 months with particular attention to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

With Luxembourg introducing transfer pricing guidance back in January, Begga Sigurdardottir, Marc Rasch and Utpal Sen of PwC discuss the practical implications of the new rules and discover that all is not clear for multinational taxpayers.