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We would like to welcome you to our stand at the 61st Congress of the International Fiscal Association. IBFD will be in Kyoto from 30 September to 5 October. We hope that you will visit our stand and enjoy the activities we have planned for you. This year we are offering a presentation by our tax experts on the topic of Transfer Pricing, presentations by our Asia-Pacific team on our detailed Asia-Pacific databases and global online resources, as well as demonstrations of the new features integrated into IBFD’s online publications.

At the stand you will also have the opportunity to meet with IBFD tax experts, editors, authors and publishers. It is of great value and importance to us to invite you as a colleague and fellow tax practitioner to our stand, as we believe that building relations is crucial in order to share knowledge.

Throughout the IFA Congress, daily updates of the panel discussions will be published on the IBFD website. This service is free of charge and is available within the Tax News Service.

AMSTERDAM - [22 October 2007 - 23 October 2007]
This two-day course is designed to take participants through the important issues surrounding international corporate financing. Participants will be provided with an in-depth analysis of the tax issues arising from the implementation of various cross-border corporate financing techniques.
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AMSTERDAM - [5 November 2007 - 6 November 2007]
Intangibles play an increasingly important role in the modern economy and this importance is reflected in transfer pricing tax laws, which now contain a substantial body of rules on how to deal with intangibles. By attending this course, participants will gain a good understanding of the many complicated issues regarding intangibles in transfer pricing, both from an OECD and US perspective.
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KUALA LUMPUR - [26 November 2007 - 27 November 2007]
This course will give participants an introduction to the most important principles of transfer pricing for tax purposes. Focus will be on OECD aspects of transfer pricing and examples will be used throughout the course.
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Author: Juan Angel Becerra
This book is an in-depth overview of the materials, court cases and mutual agreement procedures implemented in Canada, the United States and Mexico. In addition, it provides a background of the development of tax treaty law and the information necessary to interpret a tax treaty based upon the principles codified in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.
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Editor: Anuschka Bakker
Companies looking to do business abroad are eager to tap into the cheap, yet skilled labour force in emerging economies. There are numerous developments at OECD, UN, and EU levels that are important for companies acting in this field. This book treats the issues relevant to the cross-border mergers and acquisitions that are on the rise, and how M&A is becoming an important entry strategy.
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Author: Antti Laukkanen
This dissertation is Vol. 13 in IBFD’s Doctoral Series and aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the taxation of investment derivatives and the relationship between the derivatives and the accrual and realization methods. Investment derivatives, such as convertible bonds, include an initial investment and a derivative (an option) to buy or sell or to participate in the value movements of some underlying property. The principal focus of this study is on three universal tax issues, namely valuation, timing and the taxation of unrealized gains.
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