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How COVID-19 changed the tax world

Josh White
August 14 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic has hit businesses and their employees hard, as well as the wider domestic and global economies.

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Josh covers transfer pricing, BEPS, tax disputes and other direct tax matters for ITR’s audience. He covers a range of tax issues in these areas and how companies are dealing with them, as well as the influence of politics on tax developments.
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