Taxpayers scrutinise substance following wider anti-abuse rules

January 31, 2020

Do you have the right substance?

Taxpayers are making sure they have the “right substance” after the EU anti-hybrid mismatch rules took effect on January 1 2020 to target complex structures.

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Danish Mehboob

Senior Reporter ITR

Danish reports on all matters of direct tax and BEPS. He covers a range of tax issues in these areas and what multinationals are doing to manage the tax burdens. Danish also specialises in tax technology and data management.

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