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Holding companies

2008/10 Attraction of Switzerland as holding location is fading (German)	Kuhn/Sottile
2006/07 Swiss holding structures for SMEs (German)	Ettlin/Imholz
2006/07 Swiss holding vs. other locations (German)	Denner/Wyss
2005/07 Holding location Switzerland (German)	Ruchti Martin

Transfer pricing

2009/05 Determination of transfer prices - Swiss practice (German)	Stocker/Studer
2008/07 Tax and transfer pricing (English)	Damji/Freimoser
2006/04 Transfer pricing -Interests of the tax authorities (French)	Monsellato Gianmarco
2006/03 Intangible assets - Evaluation criterions (German)	Schmidli/Vassalli
2006/03 Corporate treasury (English)	Damji/Diakonova ...
2005/09 Dealing at arm's length between head office and PEs (German)	Bruelisauer Peter
2005/04 Transfer pricing - new business strategies (German)	Raschle/Schoenenberger
2005/04 Relocation of business functions (German	Bruegger/Bruelisauer
2004/10 Transfer pricing - documentation rules (German)	Bruegger/Raab
2003/10 Documentation of transfer prices (German)	Marti/Wyss
2003/04 Transfer pricing - OECD and EU (German)	Baumgartner Peter
2002/12 Arbitration of transfer pricing conflicts (German)	Schmid Alfons

E-Business

2001/12 E-Business - Direct taxes (English)	Robinson Philip
2001/12 E-Business - VAT (German)	Steiger/Gruenauer
2001/12 E-Business - VAT (French)	Oberson Xavier
2000/04 E-Business - PE-definition of the OECD (German)	Marti/Wechner
1999/12 E-Business - PE-definition of the OECD (German)	Meyer/Robinson
1999/04 E-Business - PE's in the internet (German)	Duerr/Rumo

Trusts

2009/02 The trust as regulated under Swiss law (English)	Butty Philippe
2006/10 Protector of a trust (German)	Arter Oliver
2006/09 The trust and the internat. inheritance law of Switzerland (French)	Wilhelm/Perrin
2006/09 Switzerland and the Hague Convention on Trusts (German)	Mayer Thomas
2005/10 The Trust in the Swiss law (French)	Reichen Nicolas
2005/08 Aspects of wealth management (German)	Arter Oliver
2002/03 Art collection - fundation and trust (French)	Cretti Sibilla
2001/01 US-WHT to Liechtenstein foundations and offshore-trusts (German)	Greter Juerg

Anti-abuse measures

2009/03 Italians CFC-rules and Swiss companies with on-site PEs (German)	Jaeggi/Scheller
2006/10 Treaty abuse - Refund of Swiss WHT rejected (German)	Oesterhelt/Winzap
2005/07 Swiss jurisdictions on external tax relations (German)	Widmer/Moser
2002/04 Anti-avoidance measures in international tax planning (English)	Wirz Paul
1999/03 Circular 1999 - Relief in the Abuse Decree 1962 (German)	Hinny/Kronauer

VAT

2008/04 The new rules regarding place of services for VAT purposes (German)	Rinne Christina
2006/07 The Swiss holding and the VAT (German)	Leutenegger Willi
2005/12 In the VAT of the EU begins a new era in 2006 (German)	Burgmaier Bernd
2005/08 Payments to trusts from the VAT point of view (German)	Geiger Felix

Switzerland and the European Union

2008/05 Trends in the EU regarding finanical statements (German)	Sieber/Tonne
2008/04 Freedom of capital movement - impact on Switzerland (German)	Oesterhelt Stefan
2007/04 European tax law - chances and hurdles for Swiss companies (German)	Marti/Desax
2006/12 The Swiss/EU savings tax treaty, par. 15 - part 2 (German)	Helbing/Wetli
2006/02 The Swiss/EU savings tax treaty, par. 15 - part 1 (German)	Helbing/Wetli
2006/02 The Swiss/EU savings tax treaty, par. 15 - tax evasion (German)	Jung Marcel
2005/03 EU Parent-Subsidiary Directive - Outbound dividends (English)	Hull Howard
2002/04 Teminology of the ECJ (German)	EU Integration Office

Others

2009/05 Corporate finance particularly in corporate groups (German)	Jaussi/Pfirter
2009/05 Aspects of corporate taxation in the finance industry (German)	Salvi/Niederer
2009/05 The capital-paid-in principle, part 2 (German)	Altorfer
2009/05 Four drivers are changing the fiscal landscape (German)	Kuhn Stephan
2009/04 The capital-paid-in principle, part 1 (German)	Altorfer
2008/12 Law on collective capital investments and money laundering (German)	Galliker/Pelli
2008/10 Tax incentives for financing activities (German)	Mueller/Portm/Schr
2008/10 Swiss tax rulings - relevance and binding nature (German)	Morf/Müller/Amstutz
2008/10 Switzerland as research location - tax incentives (German)	Müller/Gramigna/Linder
2008/10 Paid-in-capital principle in the international environment (German)	Denner/Pratter
2008/08 Indirect tax risk management for multinational companies (English)	Robinson/Schlae/Germ
2008/08 Tax optimized financing structures in corporate groups (German)	Bruegger/Zueger
2008/04 Group financing companies - quo vadis location Switzerland (German)	Gehriger Pierre-Oliver
2008/04 Accounting in Euro (German)	Schill Philipp
2008/03 Effective group tax rate as key performance indicator (German)	Huerlimann David
2008/02 Lex Bonny as tax planning instrument (German)	Gehriger/Monsch
2007/09 Tax competition - Swiss tax system still competitive (German)	Gehriger/Rettig
2007/07 Double tax treaties increasingly challenge Switzerland (German)	Germann Hannes
2007/04 Exchange of information and assistance in tax matters (German)	Behnisch Urs
2007/04 Changes in the law on collective capital investments (German)	Reisser Thomas
2007/03 Debt financing in corporate groups (German)	Bruegger/Rechberger
2006/12 Corporate income tax rate - Switzerland in the midfield (German)	Gehriger/Kuhn
2006/10 Partnerships in the relation Germany-Switzerland (German)	Lang/Reich/Schmidt
2006/10 Total cost of offshoring (German)	Klingebiel Norbert
2006/08 Mezzanine financing for SMEs (German)	Baumgartner Hans
2006/08 Special purpose vehicle for private equity (German)	Boehler Christian
2006/07 Border crosser - Questions (French)	Climonet Charlotte
2006/03 International exchange of information in tax matters (French)	Oberson
2006/02 Tax credit and PE's (German)	Lang/Rudicke/Riedweg
2005/05 Corporate Taxation in Switzerland - Cross-border issues (English)	Ruchti Martin
2005/03 Tax panning with IP (German)	Marti/Ledergerber
2005/02 Cross-border relocation of companies in Switzerland (German)	Stauffer Andreas
2005/02 Exchange of information in Switzerland (German)	Waldispuehl/Blattler
2004/11 Tax relief in Switzerland (English)	Ruchti Martin
2003/08 The Group tax rate as a value driver (German)	Kuhn Stephan
2003/08 Improvements in the DTT Germany/Switzerland (German)	Kubaile Heiko
2002/10 Tax planning with principal structures (German)	Widmer Stefan
2002/03 Taxation of hybrid instruments (English)	Merlino Nicolas
2000/10 Offshore life insurances (French)	Bonnard Yves
2000/08 Switzerland's position in the post 98-35 tax hybrid world (English)	Baumann Stephan
1999/09 Harmful tax competition (German)	Luethi Daniel
1999/02 PE-definition in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (German)	Keller/Schuch ...