Expert Analysis

The complexity of multinationals’ tax affairs has meant that there is a premium on tax information. This has led to initiatives aimed at increasing cooperation and coordinated action between and among tax administrations. As the tax audit landscape changes, with the beginning of joint auditing, Matthew Gilleard investigates whether two heads really are better than one.

Lawyers used to practising in US district courts may be surprised to see that things are done differently in the national tax court. In an interview at the court in Washington DC, Chief Judge John Colvin explains to Erin Kelechava that the tax court places a greater emphasis on pre-trial procedures in the hope of achieving a more efficient resolution of the case on the merits.

Alexander Hofmann of Hofmann Law runs through Austria’s latest attempts to improve its banking secrecy and discovers that the country needs to make more concessions to global standards if it wants to shrug off its tax haven image.

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

India’s Finance Act, 2026 introduces a tax framework for foreign companies using local data centres but leaves several questions unresolved, say S Vasudevan, Prachi Bharadwaj, and Loveena Manaktala of Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

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