Leading GST / Indirect Taxes specialist Matthew Cridland joins DLA Piper as Partner in Sydney
DLA Piper is pleased to announce that Matthew Cridland has joined the firm's Tax team as a partner in Sydney. Matthew joins from KPMG, where he was a Director, providing advice to clients on a wide range of Goods and Services Tax (GST) related issues across a number of sectors, including Real Property, Energy and Resources, Public Private Partnerships, Telecommunications and Financial Services.
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Salary Reviews - Be Prepared
This old fashioned motto Be Prepared and the following 5 Ps should be front of mind at this time. Plan, Performance, Present, Purpose, Profit
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Tax co-operation boosted as Global Forum publishes new reports

by Peter Beuvink, Monday, 2nd July 2012

The Global Forum has adopted nine new peer review reports and three supplementary reports. This brings to 79 the total number of reports adopted, with a further 17 reviews under way. The focus will now shift to exchange of information Ugg outlet in practice with the launch of Phase 2 reviews and steps to improve cooperation amongst Competent Authorities.

The recently adopted preer review reports on Cook Islands, Liberia, Lebanon, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, and United Arab Emirates describe each jurisdictions rules for ensuring that information is available to the tax authorities, how such information can be accessed by the authorities and the mechanisms in place to exchange information with foreign tax authorities. The reviews of the People’s Republic of China and Greece consider in addition whether the jurisdictions’ exchange information effectively in practice. The reviews also identify deficiencies and make recommendations on how to address them.