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Number 4 -2006 contains the following:
 

ARTICLES

Belgium
Deduction Allowed for Notional Interest: How the Centre of Europe Became an Interesting Tax Location
Géry Bombeke and Eric von Frenckell
pp. 167-182
This in-depth article discusses the reasons for the introduction of the notional interest deduction (NID) and comprehensively analyses the various aspects of this regime. The abolition of the capital duty and the compensating measures necessary to guarantee budgetary neutrality is also addressed in detail.
China
Business Restructuring Planning the Chinese Way (“Round-Tripping”): Do the Chinese Know Something We Don’t?
A.W. Granwell and Qinghua Xu
pp. 183-192
This article considers business restructurings in the context of the Chinese experience. The Chinese approach to business restructurings has taken tax planning in these areas to the next level by enabling a Chinese-owned enterprise that obtains the requisite approval to effectively invert into a non-Chinese corporation.

COMPARATIVE SURVEY

Tax Treatment and Consequences of Debt Restructuring and Workouts

In a post-Enron world, many financing transactions have come under intense scrutiny from both regulators and shareholders, with the ensuing business climate concerned with achieving greater transparency and reliability of financial statements. Such transactions include debt restructuring and workouts. The present comparative survey intends to provide a comprehensive overview of the tax consequences of these transactions according to the domestic legislations of several jurisdictions.

Spain
Florentino Carreño, Rebeca Rodríguez and Cristina Mayo
pp. 193-198
Switzerland
Daniel U. Lehmann
pp.199-206
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

International

OECD Global Forum and Exchange of Information in Tax Matters: Recent Developments in Australia and New Zealand
Anton Joseph
pp. 207-209
Italy
Supreme Court Decisions on Dividend Washing and Abuse of Rights in Tax Matters
Francesco Camerlingo
pp. 209-212
CUMULATIVE INDEX
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