Mergers and Acquisitions (PDF)

How you handle global tax issues can make or break a deal.

Gain a better understanding of these issues with guidance
from PricewaterhouseCoopers' Mergers and Acquisitions: A Global
Tax Guide

When a business engages in a multinational merger or
acquisition, dealing with a diverse set of transaction-related tax
rules is one of the major challenges to successful implementation.
PricewaterhouseCoopers' Mergers and Acquisitions: A Global Tax
Guide helps you navigate the complexities unique to these
international deals. This invaluable guide focuses on the global
tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions to provide you with the
information you need to move the deal forward-under a variety of
circumstances and in numerous markets.

Presenting individual chapters for each of thirty-one countries,
this essential handbook provides quick access to the tax
information you need, and, as much as possible, reduces the effort
required to compare the rules that apply in one jurisdiction with
the rules that apply in others. Each country-specific chapter
includes an overview of the general approaches to mergers and
acquisitions taxation issues as well as detailed information about
how the tax authorities in each country apply the rules to various
aspects of a transaction.

PricewaterhouseCoopers' Mergers and Acquisitions: A Global
Tax Guide offers tax planners a foundation of information that
they need when involved in international mergers and acquisitions.
It also covers many of the finer points of the broader tax issues
that arise during planning and negotiation. Many will find this
valuable reference to be an indispensable desktop tool in their
effort to gain a deeper understanding of the global tax
environment.