Expert Analysis

In a world where international tax concepts rely on human activity, Leonard Wagenaar poses existential questions about the future of such ideas when AI is ever-present

MNEs are increasingly using algorithmic tools in TP. Sahasranshu Dash argues that data ethics should therefore plug directly into the TP design process

New French legislation should create a more consistent legal environment for taxing gains from management packages, say Bruno Knadjian and Sylvain Piémont of Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Increased globalisation has resulted in significant pressure on US multinationals to take a more global view not only of their operations but also of the manner in which they hold, manage, and develop intangible assets. As a result of these drivers, transferring intangible property (IP) out of the US group to a controlled foreign corporation (CFC) may make sense, explain David Cordova, Gretchen Sierra and Douglas Cowan.

Marco Fiaccadori, Arindam Mitra, and Robert Plunkett explain how to reconcile the licensor-licensee profit split approach with the income approach.

Indonesia’s appointment of online marketplaces as tax collectors under PMK-37/2025 reshapes e-commerce compliance and merchant obligations, explain Ahdianto and Aditya Wicaksono of GNV Consulting

Vanesa Lanciotti of Deloitte Chile explores how recent reforms – including new advance pricing agreement rules, enhanced audit priorities, and disclosure requirements – are reshaping transfer pricing practice and compliance for multinationals operating in Chile

Senior Deloitte tax practitioners examine Mexico’s evolving approach to the OECD’s amount B and summarise the transfer pricing landscape in Guatemala, Panama, Honduras, and Costa Rica

Marek Kończak and Tomasz Janik of MDDP say Poland’s draft amendment to the Corporate Income Tax Act addresses two key CJEU rulings but leaves open questions on scope, timing, and safeguards

Renata Colafêmina and Rafaela Calçada Cruz of Machado Associados examine full non-cumulative taxation under Brazil’s new IBS/CBS regime, the current consumption system’s credits restrictions, and the challenges of the new tax model

Edouard Authamayou of Deloitte Luxembourg examines a tribunal ruling on hidden contributions and profit distributions that highlights the importance of robust evidence supporting the arm’s-length principle in intragroup financing arrangements and interest rate waivers