Features

After Swiss tax reform failed to secure public support in 2017, lawmakers have revised key tenants to ensure it passes when it goes to a second referendum, this time in May 2019. Lenz & Staehelin’s Jean-Blaise Eckert and Frédéric Neukomm discuss the potential impact on corporations and shareholders.

As Switzerland passes wide-scale tax reform, local tax authorities are increasingly focusing on intangibles and intellectual property (IP) audits as part of a two-pronged approach in tackling tax evasion. Tax Partner’s Caterina Colling-Russo and René Matteotti discuss the focus.

Offshore marketing hubs are becoming increasingly commonplace for Australian resource firms in Asia. Deloitte’s John Bland and Milla Ivanova discuss what factors may trigger increased regulatory scrutiny for a multinational under the Australian Taxation Office’s (ATO) risk ratings.

Volatile oil markets in 2018 presented significant challenges to Canadian exporters, but a shortage in natural gas production globally presented a complimentary opportunity. Deloitte’s Andreas Ottosson and Markus Navikenas discuss the transfer pricing implications.

Southeast Asia is a major energy and resource destination market, but its varied geopolitical structure gives rise to a number of unique TP challenges. Deloitte’s Jee Chang See and Avik Bose discuss.

Transfer pricing (TP) litigation surrounding the energy and resources (E&R) sector has increased drastically over the past two years. While determining the owner of the commodity price risk has drawn increased attention, Deloitte’s Mark Barker and Aengus Barry discuss how tax authorities predominantly employ the comparable uncontrolled price (CUP) method in any TP dispute.