Expert Analysis

James Karanja is a new entry this year Taxation plays a crucial role in promoting sustainable economic development. Research reveals that developing countries, which are generally put at a disadvantage because of weak capacities and corruption, collect tax revenues of only 15% (on average) of GDP. As a result of mounting pressure for a global solution, the demand for a programme that works to strengthen tax audit capacities, deepen international co-operation and increase transparency and compliance in MNEs led the OECD and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to launch a partnership for a joint initiative that could level the playing field.

Alexandra Readhead is a new entry this year Alexandra Readhead's work focuses on issues of tax avoidance and other forms of illicit financial flows by multinational extractive companies in developing countries. Readhead has directly assisted governments in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Ghana, Tanzania, Zambia, and Cote d'Ivoire on strengthening legal frameworks against abusive transfer pricing in the mining sector. She is technical adviser to the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) on its programme 'Tax Base Erosion and Profit Shifting in the Mining Sector in Developing Countries'.

Tax Justice Network was also in the Global Tax 50 2016, 2015, and 2014 Tax Justice Network (TJN) is instrumental in driving the momentum for change in fairer tax policies around the globe. Each year, the NGO directs its gaze to a particular global tax issue, and each year it launches effective campaigns that influence the successful adoption of legislation or sees substantial taxation advances. Over the past 12 months, it:

Join ITR for a free webinar on February 4 as senior tax practitioners from BDO India analyse a highly significant ruling by the Indian Supreme Court

Interview with Candy Ye Tang, tax and business advisory leader, Deloitte China

Interview with Adham Hafoudh, partner, Tax & Legal, Deloitte Czech Republic

Antonio Ruiz and Alejandra Arguedas of EY Central America, Panama and Dominican Republic explain how tax, geopolitical factors, and trade agreements shape foreign investment in Central America, offering guidance for companies navigating the region

David Hamzah Damian of DDTC Consulting examines recent procedural changes in Indonesia’s tax disputes process and the Supreme Court’s stance on tax evidence, highlighting key implications for taxpayers facing audits, objections, and appeals

Eddie Morris, Josep Serrano Torres, and Jen Breeze of Deloitte compare transfer pricing controversies in the pharmaceutical and automotive sectors, highlighting how DEMPE functions, regulation, and intangibles drive both common themes and sector-specific challenges

The ruling clarifies that Spain cannot restrict VAT exemptions for general services directly necessary to independent groups’ exempt activities, says Fernando Matesanz of Spanish VAT Services

Gabriel Caldiron Rezende of Machado Associados comments on the latest developments related to the beginning of the Brazilian consumption tax reform test phase and considers the next steps

Nils Schmid and Isabelle Berking of KPMG Sweden analyse the possibilities for sovereign wealth funds to claim refunds of Swedish withholding tax following a recent proposal referred to the Council on Legislation