Asia-Pacific: Companies play defence with transactions in APAC

Alexander Hartley

March 21 2019

The need to align cross-border transactions with commercial substance to gain tax certainty and avoid litigation is driving deal-making across the Asia Pacific region. Alexander Hartley explains how the M&A tax strategies of Asian companies intersect with trade disputes, political volatility and market nervousness.

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Alexander Hartley

Reporter ITR

Alexander reports on indirect tax matters, BEPS, and related tax disputes. He is ITR’s main reporter on efforts to tax the digital economy, including digital services taxes and attempts at a multilateral reform of corporation tax.

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