After years of onerous pillar two prep, businesses will be galled in seeing tax revenues outweighed by compliance costs
Tax advisers should revisit India secondment arrangements after the EY US ruling strengthened the Centrica precedent and raised fresh withholding concerns
Despite the shortfall, effective tax rates of multinationals have seen a ‘statistically significant rise’
Podcast: Unpacking Ryan's Svalner Atlas acquisition
ITR's latest podcast considers how transformational the buyout could be in Ryan's quest for global advisory reach
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
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Awards
Awards
ITR is delighted to reveal all the shortlisted nominees for the 2026 Europe Tax 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
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Sponsored by Garrigues SpainRafael Calvo and Adrián Arroyo of Garrigues Madrid discuss a National Court judgment clarifying that interest on equity (JSCP) received from Brazilian entities qualifies for an exemption under the Spain–Brazil double tax treaty -
Sponsored by Alma LEDMarco Sandoli and Lorenzo Marantonio of Alma LED challenge the Revenue Agency’s ‘unsupportable’ interpretation on tax exemptions for business and shareholding transfers through trusts when taxation is applied at the time of asset segregation
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Sponsored by MDDPMonika Marta Dziedzic, Paweł Wyciślik, and Bartosz Głowacki of MDDP highlight key Polish rulings on permanent establishment, offering guidance for foreign companies assessing corporate tax risks linked to local employees, office space, and remote work
Direct Tax
New research, which suggests LLMs can silently corrupt complex documents, should alert tax and legal teams relying on AI to handle iterative drafting and compliance workflows
Maintaining increased funding for HMRC is a ‘high possibility’ if he becomes PM, ITR has also heard
The Court of Appeal ruling clarifies that treaty benefits are not abusive where transactions are commercially driven, providing greater certainty on “main purpose” anti-avoidance tests
Historical World Tax data suggests the ‘largest law firm merger in history’ may not pose a serious threat to the world's leading tax practices
Transfer Pricing
Despite the Netherlands featuring an unusual concentration of World Tax-ranked technology-led providers, sources believe there’s a long way to go to challenge the established players
Rolf van de Velde, dubbed ‘an expert chosen by experts’, is tasked with scaling Reptune’s self-service compliance offering
The tax advisory firm becomes the latest member of the Andersen Global network, which has more than 50,000 professionals worldwide
A revised Chapter VII signals a move away from mechanical TP approaches, stressing transaction understanding, functional analysis and context-driven documentation requirements
Indirect Tax
ITR’s Indirect Tax Forum 2026 showed why harmonisation remains elusive, advisers must raise their game, and ‘everyone’s data is rubbish’
A technology provider had to be educated on technical requirements by Joseph Ribkoff’s IT team, a tax manager at the company said
But businesses should remain flexible when choosing between internal and external resources to handle added ViDA complexity, ITR’s Indirect Tax forum also heard
PwC will continue to provide indirect tax services as part of the deal; in other news, the CJEU addressed the VAT treatment of TP adjustments
Jurisdictions
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