Tax Planning for International Mergers, Acquisitions, Joint Ventures and Restructurings, Sixth Edition

Tax Planning for International Mergers, Acquisitions, Joint Ventures and Restructurings, currently in its sixth edition, is a classic handbook that has once again been updated from cover to cover, assuring its secure place as the preeminent tax practice guide for the conduct of international business transactions. As in its previous editions, the user-friendly structure has been maintained—first, a hands-on overview of certain key tax aspects of international transactions that have general application (including a chapter on special issues for transactions touching the European Union), followed by detailed country profiles that offer solutions designed to maximize effective tax planning and satisfy compliance obligations in twenty key global trading jurisdictions.

What’s in this book:

The expert country-by-country contributors explain each jurisdiction’s approach to the critical areas of concern in transactional tax planning, addressing among other issues:

entity classification;
taxable transactions;
tax-free transactions (both domestic and cross-border);
loss and other tax attribute planning;
intellectual property transactions;
compensation arrangements;
acquisition financing;
joint ventures;
transfer pricing;
VAT; and
tax treaty usage.