Expert Analysis

Governments in the Americas are choosing very different ways to apply indirect taxes to digital services. This regional diversity and complexity requires a watchful eye.

Anjlika Chopra

Neomal Goonewardena

Governments’ unprecedented access to transactional data is creating new indirect tax challenges for multinationals. Alex Baulf of Avalara summarises key regional developments ahead of a webinar sharing his practice-based insights

Lisa Zajko, indirect tax partner, Deloitte Canada

João Riscado Rapoula and Hugo Leonardo of VdA analyse the new Construir Portugal scheme, outlining how targeted tax incentives are reshaping the country’s landscape for affordable housing investment and residential real estate

Several South Korean transfer pricing cases have established clearer judicial standards emphasising robust comparability analysis and stronger functional and economic evidence. Yulchon tax partners provide practical insights for navigating the heightened requirements

Ichwan Sukardi and T Qivi Hady Daholi of RSM Indonesia examine how geopolitical conflict and economic volatility are reshaping transfer pricing risk and enforcement, with a particular focus on Southeast Asia and Indonesia

Monika Bieri and Daniel Schönenberger of Tax Partner use a Swiss lens to examine how workforce mobility is reshaping transfer pricing models, and why the location of key decision‑makers is becoming a critical tax risk

Stephanie Eichenberger and Victoria Riep of Tax Partner provide a guide to Switzerland’s securities transfer tax for domestic and foreign investors, explaining when it is triggered and how to mitigate unexpected tax consequences

André Areias and Raquel Santos Ferreira of Cuatrecasas scrutinise Portugal’s use of increased municipal property tax on vacant properties and question whether extreme rate multipliers and weak procedural safeguards can withstand constitutional scrutiny

Samuel Fernandes de Almeida and Ana Rita Carvalho of MFA Legal & Tech explain how a Portuguese binding ruling fuels the emerging dispute with Spain over non-habitual tax residents