Expert Analysis

While many countries, such as the UK, actively try to attract investment by promoting an open for business agenda epitomised by offering attractive tax benefits such as a competitive corporate income tax rate and a patent box scheme, the BRICs countries – and Brazil in particular – are managing to attract investment in spite of their unattractive and complex tax regimes. Matthew Gilleard finds out why.

In part one of a two-part series, Richard Allen of Retailers Against VAT Avoidance Schemes (RAVAS) explores the avoidance debate in relation to low value consignment relief (LVCR), VAT and the offshore fulfilment industry.

India’s Ministry of Finance has been upping its efforts to lure foreign investors by reassuring them the country’s tax regime is not unfairly targeting foreign multinationals. It is even going to the trouble of holding a weekly audience for taxpayers. But have multinationals heard this all before? Joe Dalton discovers why tax directors remain wary when they hear the Indian government make tax promises, and what measures might restore their confidence.

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