Expert Analysis

The Franked Investment Income Group Litigation (FII GLO) concerning claimants' rights to recover overcharged tax from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has been batted back and forth between the UK courts and the European Court of Justice (ECJ) since 2006. Philippe Freund, of Joseph Hage Aaronson, explains why an Advocate General's opinion on the third reference to the ECJ has given taxpayers cause to be optimistic.

Skilled yet relatively low-cost manpower, the low cost of production, and a growing customer base are the key factors that have attracted multinational enterprises (MNEs) to India. Rahul Tomar and Kulvinder Makkar focus on the emerging transfer pricing issues and their influence on the companies in technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) industry in India.

Nehal Radia considers the VAT implications of e-commerce and how taxpayers can take advantage.

India’s transfer pricing overhaul expands safe harbours at scale and accelerates advance pricing agreements alongside the statutory recodification of the Income-tax Act, report Uday Ved, Hetav Vasani, and Jainesh Nahar of KNAV

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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

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

Nicolle Barbetti of Pérez-Llorca explains how the Capitalisation of Companies Incentive has reshaped Portugal’s corporate financing landscape and highlights how binding rulings have clarified key issues in its application

Natalia Núñez and Antonia Valdés of PwC Chile analyse the new bill’s tax implications for a key sector, considering the provisions of the Mining Royalty Law

The CJEU’s Stellantis ruling builds on recent case law concerning the VAT implications of transfer pricing adjustments and highlights an often overlooked interaction, says Fernando Matesanz of Spanish VAT Services