Jurisdictions have moved to ensure that multinationals are not punished for late GIR filings due to a lack of available filing portals or exchange relationships
HMRC’s push for unified tax adviser registration won’t prevent every instance of improper conduct, but it is good for taxpayers and the UK’s reputation
Elsewhere, the UAE’s tax office has issued an update on registration penalties and two firms have been busy making lateral hires
Podcast: WTS UK’s CEO breaks cover on strategy, big four and AI
Jeff Soar discusses WTS UK’s ambitious recruitment, the firm's positioning against the big four, and why tax is the perfect profession for AI
The technology arms race is being judged by clients – not firms
ITR’s survey data reveals widespread client disappointment with firms’ use of technology but our upcoming AI in Tax event offers advisers a chance to flip the script
Featured Global Tax 50 profiles
ITR presents the 50 most influential people in tax from 2025, including world leaders, in-house award winners and activists
Awards
Awards
ITR invites tax firms, in-house teams, and tax professionals to make submissions for the 2027 World Tax rankings and the 2026 ITR Tax Awards globally
Awards
View the official winners of the 2025 Social Impact EMEA Awards
The boutique Australian firm’s TP award recognition proves that world-class advisory services aren’t limited to the ‘big four’, the firm’s founder tells ITR
Join ITR's Head of Research, John Harrison, for an overview of key dates, new developments, best practices, and more for next year’s research cycle
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Sponsored by DLA Piper AustraliaThe discontinuation of a proposed measure to deny deductions for certain payments relating to intangibles is among several taxation updates in Australia’s federal budget, as summarised by senior tax practitioners from DLA Piper Australia -
Sponsored by CuatrecasasAna Helena Farinha and Tiago Martins de Oliveira of Cuatrecasas provide an overview of the current status of the Portuguese warranty and indemnity insurance and tax insurance market
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Sponsored by MME Legal Tax ComplianceMarcel R Jung of MME Legal Tax Compliance explains the Swiss forfait tax regime, and cites the actor’s choice of his tax home as an indication of its long-standing attractiveness – and perhaps his fondness for fine chocolate
Direct Tax
Sara Morgan is due to join Joseph Hage Aaronson & Bremen as a partner in London, ITR understands
The newly combined tax team has already worked on thousands of joint client matters, leaders from McDermott Will & Schulte tell ITR
New data on public CbCR showed uneven adoption, as Singapore advanced pillar two compliance and firms expanded their tax capabilities
With a stark divergence between MNEs that prepared early and those rushing to catch up, advisers must remain agile with all manner of compliance risks
Transfer Pricing
Nearly two years after its publication, the Corporate Tax Roadmap is reshaping the UK’s TP framework through incremental reforms focused on scope, transparency and earlier HMRC intervention
A new focus on early intervention and increased AI use is transforming how tax authorities are approaching TP audits, though capacity-constrained jurisdictions risk falling behind
Significant changes include an update to profit markers and an alteration to how an ‘inbound distributor’ is defined
Booming APA statistics reflect the growing credibility of India’s TP framework and the country’s shift toward a tax certainty approach, ITR has heard
Indirect Tax
The EU agreed new cooperative and investigative measures to tackle VAT fraud, while Hungary faced legal action and Lavez Coutinho expanded its indirect tax team
The French administration has used AI to detect undeclared swimming pools and verandas but always includes a human in the loop, the AI in Tax Forum heard
HMRC secured lengthy prison sentences in a major payroll VAT fraud case, while law firms announced tax promotions and hires
The surge in probes comes as the UK tax authority seeks to close a VAT gap of £11.4bn from last year, Pinsent Masons’ research has suggested
Jurisdictions
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