If it gets pillar two right, India may be the ideal country that finds a balance between its global commitments and its national interests, Sameer Sharma argues
    
    
      
        
    
      
    
    
    
  As World Tax unveils its much-anticipated rankings for 2026, we focus on EMEA’s top performers in the first of three regional analyses  
    
    
      
        
    
      
    
    
    
  Firms are spending serious money to expand their tax advisory practices internationally – this proves that the tax practice is no mere sideshow 
    
    
      
        
    
      
    
    
    
  The controversial deal would ‘preserve the gains achieved under pillar two’, the OECD said; in other news, HMRC outlined its approach to dealing with ‘harmful’ tax advisers
    
    
      
        
    
      
    
    
    
  
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            Sponsored by MDDPJakub Warnieło and Aleksandra Bulaszewska of MDDP outline the key takeaways from a report on Polish tax trends, covering tax inspections, verification activities, tax proceedings, and the business viewpoint
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            Sponsored by EY RomaniaCorina Mîndoiu and Geanina Ciorâță of EY Romania explain how the country’s flat-tax consistency, digital integration, and transparent residency rules continue to attract investors, professionals, and digital nomads from around the world
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            Sponsored by Lakshmikumaran & SridharanS Vasudevan and Prachi Bhardwaj of Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan explain how India’s tax authorities face legal pushback over the Multilateral Instrument’s enforceability, with most favoured nation rulings now affecting its implementation
The UK tax agency has appointed six independent industry specialists to the panel
    
    
      
        
    
      
    
    
    
  Encompassing everything from international scandals to seismic political events, it’s a privilege to cover the intriguing world of tax  
    
    
      
        
    
      
    
    
    
  MAP cases keep increasing, and cases closed aren’t keeping pace with the number started, the OECD’s Sriram Govind also told an ITR summit
    
    
      
        
    
      
    
    
    
  Baker McKenzie advised two of the member firms involved, while several advisers provided transaction counsel to US-based Grant Thornton Advisors
    
    
      
        
    
      
    
    
    
  CIT base narrowing measures remain more prevalent than increased CIT rates, the report also highlighted
    
    
      
        
    
      
    
    
    
  There was a ‘deeply embedded culture within PwC that routinely disregarded formal confidentiality obligations,’ the chairman of Australia’s Tax Practitioners Board said
    
    
      
        
    
      
    
    
    
  Jennifer Best was most recently the acting commissioner of the IRS’s large business and international division
    
    
      
        
    
      
    
    
    
  Section 899’s exclusion from the One Big Beautiful Bill does not mean it has been nipped in the bud, Aruna Kalyanam also tells ITR
    
    
      
        
    
      
    
    
    
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            A taxing week: In defence of directories Nobody likes paperwork or paying money, but the assertion that legal accreditation doesn’t offer value to firms and clients alike is false
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                    A taxing week: Can PwC Australia recover from its scandal? The jury’s out It’s not all doom and gloom for the firm as it seeks to bounce back from the tax leaks controversy, but transparency and trust are still major issues
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                    A taxing week: The AI genie is out of the bottle Tax advisers who aren’t alive to clients’ AI needs risk falling behind, even though the technology is not a miracle cure just yet
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                    A taxing week: The OECD must take developing countries seriously Given the US/G7 pillar two deal, the OECD is in danger of being replaced by the UN as the leading global tax reform forum
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                    A taxing week: A&M Tax is coming to a country near you Thanks to operational slickness and sheer force of will, A&M Tax will continue hoovering up talent across the globe
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      The ‘big four’ firm scooped over 60 honours at a lively ceremony held at The Londoner hotel, including both EMEA and APAC Tax Advisory Firm of the Year
    
    
      
        
    
      
    
    
    
  
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      ITR is delighted to reveal the first shortlisted nominees for the Middle East Tax Awards
    
    
      
        
    
      
    
    
    
  
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      ITR is delighted to reveal all the shortlisted nominees for the 2025 Americas Tax Awards
    
    
      
        
    
      
    
    
    
  
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      ITR is delighted to reveal all the shortlisted nominees for the 2025 EMEA Tax Awards
    
    
      
        
    
      
    
    
    
   
    
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
