Expert Analysis

The curtain is drawing to a close on the final OECD BEPS recommendations, while the OECD actors and supporting staff anxiously await reaction from the audience. This month’s Brockman brief runs the rule over the OECD’s BEPS work to date and looks ahead to see how developments are likely to impact the organisation’s reputation as the ‘go-to’ body for international tax matters.

Read this month's special features for Intangibles and Norway

The debate about international tax reform has received a valuable boost from the UN’s annual investment report, argues Jeffrey Owens of Vienna University of Economic and Business.

Jess Williams, Jimmy Man, and Olivier Hody of Deloitte explain how tax can be elevated from a post-close support function to a value-realisation tool in M&A transactions through quick wins and longer-term actions

Deloitte pillar two experts Chad Hungerford and Alison Lobb share their insights on the latest developments and practical issues that are emerging – and what may lie ahead

Dave Yaros, tax principal, Deloitte Tax LLP

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

Federico Vincenti and Carola Valente Della Rovere of Valente Associati GEB Partners/Crowe examine a recent decision concerning the transfer pricing treatment of non-remunerated intra-group guarantees, focusing on economic substance, legal form, and group-level business justifications

The key changes under Budget 2025 and the outlook for 2026 raise several areas of heightened focus for taxpayers, say Matthew Kraemer, Adam N Unick, and Justin Ng of McCarthy Tétrault

The Tiger Global Supreme Court ruling weakens the status of tax residency certificates under tax treaties and increases substance‑based scrutiny, say S Vasudevan, Bharathi Krishnaprasad, and Krishna Laasya V of Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan