Expert Analysis

Peru’s approach to TP is increasingly at odds with OECD-style profitability policies, exposing multinational groups to asymmetric tax adjustments

Hany Elnaggar examines how the region's legacy economic substance regimes and the OECD's pillar two framework are converging on the same underlying test

Shared transaction semantics, governed data and reusable ERP design may prove the most significant benefits of the UK's move to Peppol

In early 2019, Malta implemented both the EU’s anti-tax avoidance directives and multi-lateral instrument (MLI), seeing Malta harmonise a number of its domestic tax regulations. Camilleri Preziosi’s Donald Vella and Kirsten Cassar explore how this will impact local business and multinationals, controlled foreign company rules and exit taxes.

Chile plans to overhaul its tax regime by amending corporate income tax provisions, capital gains tax rules, permanent establishment provisions and introduce a digital services tax. Sandra Benedetto and Gregorio Martínez of PwC Chile explain the changes.

Taxing cryptocurrencies and assets digitally conceived and transferred has little precedence globally. In Malta, the Commissioner for Revenue has recently released guidelines for local authorities to understand their tax liability, particularly as they grow in European popularity. Camilleri Preziosi’s Donald Vella and Kirsten Cassar discuss the VAT, income tax and stamp duty obligations from a Maltese perspective

Romain Tiffon and Marie Bentley of ATOZ analyse how automation, data analytics, and generative AI are reshaping tax operations, enabling greater strategic insight while raising important challenges around data, governance, and implementation

Stephanie Eichenberger and Victoria Riep of Tax Partner provide a guide to Switzerland’s securities transfer tax for domestic and foreign investors, explaining when it is triggered and how to mitigate unexpected tax consequences

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

Susana Estêvão Gonçalves of Pérez-Llorca analyses how the decision restricts Portugal’s real estate transfer tax and may affect similar regimes across the EU

Jakub Warnieło and Agnieszka Walska of MDDP outline the tax risks attracting the greatest scrutiny in Poland and explain how foreign investors can reduce audit exposure through proactive compliance

Anna Misiak, Rafał Sidorowicz, and Agnieszka Telakowska-Harasiewicz of MDDP explain how Poland’s new labour inspection framework affects foreign employers and why flexible workforce models remain available when supported by appropriate governance and compliance measures