ARGENTINA
Foreign Exchange Controls Require Set Up of Dual Accounts

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRIA

BELGIUM

BRAZIL

CANADA
Non-Resident Trust Rules: Impact on Global Share Plans

CHILE

CHINA
17/05/2007 Interpretation and Implementation Notice for DTA between Mainland China and Hong Kong

CZECH REPUBLIC
Taxation of Employee Stock Options

DENMARK

EGYPT

FINLAND
17/08/07 Employee Leasing Notice Reporting Requirement

Corporate Tax Deduction for Stock Based Incentives - Newly Issued Shares Versus Market Purchased Shares

FRANCE
A Bill for the Development of Employee Profit Sharing and Share Ownership has been introduced

New Bill on Employee Stock and Tax Favorable Savings Plan

Recent Developments in France

GERMANY

GREECE

HONG KONG
09/08/07 IRD Ruling on Restricted Stock Shares

09/08/07 IRD Ruling on Restricted Stock Shares

02/08/07 Recent Hong Kong Inland Revenue Board of Review Decisions

26/07/07 Source of Employment Updated for DIPN No.10

Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department Clarifies Corporate Tax Treatment On Equity Compensation

INDIA
India’s Fringe Benefit Tax – considerations in accounting

10/07/07 Supreme Court Ruling on Creation of Permanent Establishment

Proposed Legislation on the Taxation of Employee Stock Option Plans

Update on the Proposed Legislation on the Taxation of Employee Stock Option Plans

Amendment to taxation of Employee Stock Option Plans Increases tax burden to Employers

Proposed Legislation on the Taxation of Employee Stock Option Plans

Tax Regulations on Employee Stock Option Plans in India

INDONESIA

IRELAND
Implications of the Finance Bill 2008 to Incentive Schemes

06/06/2007 New Tax Rules for Options Granted to Internationally Mobile Employees

ISRAEL

ITALY
Capital Gain Reform

Update on Taxation of Stock Options Granted at Normal Value

Stock Options Exercised in 2006 can be subject to three Different Tax Regimes

JAPAN

MEXICO

NETHERLANDS

NEW ZEALAND
New Transitional Resident Rules

NORWAY

PHILIPPINES

POLAND

PORTUGAL

RUSSIA
Costs Deductible Upon Sale of Shares

SAUDI ARABIA

SINGAPORE
Tax Deduction for Stock-Based Compensation which are Settled with Treasury Shares

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

SOUTH AFRICA

SPAIN

SWEDEN
Proposal to Change Swedish Rules On Exit Taxation of Stock Options

SWITZERLAND
18/06/2007 Occupational Benefits- Restriction on Cash Payment when Leaving Switzerland

TAIWAN
17/07/2007 Incentives for Attracting Foreign Professionals

01/06/2007 Delay in Inclusion of Income Sourced Overseas in IBT Calculation

THAILAND

UNITED KINGDOM
Share Plan Reporting - New Online Process and Forms Released

National Insurance and Capital Gains Exemption Thresholds Increased for the 2007/2008 Tax Year

Income Tax and National Insurance Changes for 2008 and 2009

US
Rules Change Regarding Equity Incentive Income Sourcing for New York Tax Treatment of Non-Residents

Did you know? - The IRS Focuses on Backdated Stock Options and §409A Issues for Large to Mid-Size Businesses

Differences Between Interational Financial Reporting Standards 2: Share-Based Payment & United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

Treatment of Stock Rights under the Section 409A Final Regulations

VENEZUELA

VIETNAM
21/06/2007 PIT Treatment of Shares Awarded to Employees