Expert Analysis

Holding a leadership position during times of change is not the easiest of tasks, especially in a profession steeped in tradition. Sir Stephen Oliver QC, president of the Tax Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal and Mike Watson, Central London Area Manager of the Tribunals Service, look back at the challenges and successes of the first year of the UK's new tax tribunal system.

The Hire Act introduces new US withholding tax provisions for taxpayers that fail to comply with new rules on tax evasion, explain Thomas Humphreys, Remmelt Reigersman and Armin Gharagozlou of Morrison & Foerster

The tax treaties that Mexico has renegotiated recently give a good overview of where it is positioned on the taxation of capital gains, believe Carlos Gradwohl and Claudia Solano of PricewaterhouseCoopers

Senior McCarthy Tétrault tax practitioners highlight significant updates and implications for multinationals as Canada’s transfer pricing rules become more closely aligned with OECD guidance

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

Join KPMG and insightsoftware on June 25 as ITR presents a free webinar on the evolving role of tax professionals and how technology is driving the transformation

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

Samuel Fernandes de Almeida of MFA Legal & Tech assesses whether Portugal’s 7.5% surcharge on non-residents aligns with the EU’s free movement of capital principle and passes the proportionality test

Iva Gyurova and Luca Derqui of Deloitte Luxembourg analyse landmark court decisions on intra-group financing, focusing on arm’s-length interest rates and their alignment with OECD transfer pricing guidance

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