Jeff Soar lifts the lid on WTS UK’s ambitious recruitment plans, the firm's positioning against the big four, and why tax is the perfect profession for AI
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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
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Direct Tax
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
The arrival of a team from Brazilian rival Costa Tavares Paes Advogados brings SiqueiraCastro’s tax headcount to seven partners and 30 associates
Grant Thornton advanced plans to integrate its Australian firm into its US arm, as tax developments spanned law firm hires, aviation levies and digital services taxes
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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
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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
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
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