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The new comprehensive double tax agreement (CDTA) between Hong Kong and New Zealand exempts non-property holding companies from capital gains tax on alienation of shares, without any requirement on holding period or percentage of shareholding.

A recent transfer pricing dispute in China has reiterated the country’s shift from enforcement and administration towards complex transfer pricing issues and alignment with internationally recognised practices.

Nahil Hirsh has become the chief of the Peruvian tax agency, Superintendencia Nacional de Aministración Tributaria (SUNAT).

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in New York has added three new tax partners. Timothy Becker advises clients on tax matters relating to the formation and operation of domestic and offshore private investment funds, including hedge funds and private equity funds.

China's finance minister has confirmed that, after a successful six month trial, the country's first resource tax is to be rolled out nationwide over the next five years.

The OECD has revealed that Masatsugu Asakawa is to be appointed the new chairman of its Committee on Fiscal Affairs (CFA).

Interpretation of the EU's Sixth VAT Directive; Proceedings between Vandoorne NV (‘Vandoorne’) and Belgische Staat (the Belgian State) concerning the latter’s refusal to refund to Vandoorne the value added tax (‘VAT’) relating to supplies of manufactured tobacco the purchase price for which had not been paid by the party supplied by Vandoorne.

Last night's 2011 state of the union address 2011 gave the world a quick and broad glimpse into the changes President Obama wants to see in the US tax system.

The Supreme Court in London has refused the taxpayers in the Smallwood v HMRC dispute leave to appeal in a case that has implications for corporate taxpayers.

Ireland has followed the UK, Canada and the US, in introducing a reporting obligation for certain transactions which create a tax advantage.