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The COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted pains on many fronts and surely repainted the tax environment around the globe. As authorities tilt their focus onto introducing financial incentives to support the recovery of economy, companies channeled their efforts into combating the crisis by leveraging such incentive packages while seeking opportunities to substantiate their tax positions in 2020 and beyond.
Deloitte's tax controversy teams in Asia Pacific include former tax authority officials, alternative dispute resolution specialists, and in many countries, tax litigation specialists who can assist multinational businesses at all phases of the tax controversy cycle.
Dedicated tax controversy professionals within the Deloitte network provide coverage across Asia Pacific with presence in all key markets across the region.
Deloitte operates a global tax controversy group with leaders assigned across a number of countries. The leaders within the Asia Pacific region are able to draw upon the connections within this community from all parts of the world, to deliver cross-border based solutions in a coordinated and aligned manner.
This approach in dealing with the tax controversy related problems of clients provides common methodologies and development of technology-based tools used collaboratively across jurisdictions to enhance success for clients.
Deloitte in Asia Pacific includes offices in more than 120 cities in over 20 countries, with over 600 partners and 9,000 client service professionals, and forms part of one of the world’s largest professional services firms capable of drawing on the firm’s multidisciplinary skills to deliver cross-border solutions to clients in local markets.
Deloitte in Asia Pacific is innovative because it has developed a coordinated network of professionals sharing insight and approaches, designed in response to trends being observed over the course of the past five years.
The delivery of services and solutions within this network entails approaching problems in an innovative fashion by embedding technology-based solutions. This is done by using data analytics and forensic tools to assist in large-scale reviews and audits in conjunction with the skill and decision-making of highly experienced professionals.
Our key service offerings include:
Consulting services to help clients manage, understand and resolve complex disputes with revenue taxing authorities, including pre-audit procedures or dispute prevention, tax audits or assessments, and dispute resolution or settlement; audit readiness assessments (income, estate, gift, inheritance tax etc.) and support for clients undergoing tax authority reviews and audits.
Awards:
International Tax Review Awards in the last three years:
2019 – 10 awards
• Tax Firm of the Year: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
• Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year: India, Indonesia, Thailand
• Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year: Taiwan, Thailand
• Regional Impact Cases of the Year: Landmark application of product sharing contract transfer tax on cross border M&A transactions in the oil & gas industry: Deloitte Indonesia
• Tax policy development for Labuan International Insurance Association Malaysia: Deloitte Malaysia
2018 – 14 awards
• Asia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year
• Asia Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
• Asia Tax Technology Firm of the Year
• Tax Firm of the Year: China, Japan, Indonesia, New Zealand, and Taiwan
• Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year India, Indonesia, New Zealand, Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand
• Tax Disputes & Litigation Firm of the Year: Taiwan and Vietnam
2020 World Tax & Transfer Pricing by ITR
• 14 jurisdictions (Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam) were ranked tier 1 by World Tax
• 13 jurisdictions (Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam) were ranked tier 1 by World TP
Leader/Expert Guides:
• Euromoney’s 2020 Guide to the World’s Leading Tax Advisers – 45 leaders from the APAC region were recognized
• Euromoney’s 2019 Guide to the World’s Leading TP Advisers – 40 leaders from the region were recognized
• ITR’s 2020 Indirect Tax Leaders Guide – 39 leaders from the region were recognized
• ITR’s 2020 Tax Controversy Leaders Guide – 67 leaders from the region were recognized
• ITR’s 2020 Women in Tax Leaders Guide – 54 leaders from the region were recognized
Deloitte in Asia Pacific region includes approximately 120 plus offices, 600 partners and 9000 plus service professionals
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