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

Switzerland receives an unprecedented number of information exchange requests every year by foreign countries. Burckhardt Law’s Rolf Wüthrich explores how the private banking state is amending its exchange obligations around share rights and corporate ownership in a bid to harmonise its laws with international norms.

Withholding taxes are commonly applied in Switzerland to certain debt issues, even though many foreign jurisdictions have abolished such taxes. Bär & Karrer’s Christoph Suter and Susanne Schreiber discuss how Swiss issuers are increasingly limiting their tax exposure through foreign subsidaries and observing lender limits.

As Switzerland harmonises its corporate tax regime with international standards, the number of available tax incentives for businesses will diminish, while the effective tax rate will rise. EY Switzerland’s Kersten Honold and Kilian Bürgi discuss how cantonal ‘tax holidays’ provide an alternative to maintain rates below 10%.

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