From regular coffees to Friday night takeaway or a trip to the pub, some of the things many Australians have taken for granted now feel like luxuries.

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Speech about tax reform, the approaches of the President and the Committee on Ways and Means, 871(m), insurance companies, and the use of derivatives.

At the PLI panel in New York in January, Viva Hammer of the Joint Committee on Taxation discusses 871(m) and cross border derivatives.

We are exceedingly busy doing absolutely nothing. Washing our hands again and again then washing…

Tax Analysts quotes Viva speaking at a Practising Law Institute panel on 871(m) and cross border derivatives.

Hedge fund industry yet to lobby on challenging tax reform

On March 20, 2013 Hedge Fund Weekly quotes Viva Hammer on the effect of Chairman Camp’s derivatives proposal on hedge funds

Viva Hammer comments in Reuter’s discussion of Dave Camp’s financial products derivatives reform

Camp Plan Rewrites Derivatives Taxes With Mark-To-Market


Bloomberg quotes Viva Hammer on Dave Camp’s financial products derivatives discussion draft as part of the Committee’s broader effort on comprehensive tax reform.

House Ways and Means Committee Chair Dave Camp releases Discussion Draft on Derivatives including a comprehensive mark to market regime