Expert Analysis

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit businesses and their employees hard, as well as the wider domestic and global economies.

Hany Elnaggar, head of tax for the Middle East at Nissan, highlights the transfer pricing developments happening across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countries and how audits are becoming a bigger concern for businesses.

The European General Court (EGC) shocked tax policymakers when it ruled in favour of the US technology company in the state aid case of the decade. Yet many taxpayers found the decision reassuring because it reaffirmed old conventions of international tax.

Fumiko Mizoguchi, partner, Tax & Legal, Deloitte Japan

Uday Ved, Hetav Vasani, and Snehal Pawar of KNAV India explore how cross-border business restructuring can trigger hidden tax exposures such as exit charges, and examine valuations under evolving global transfer pricing rules

Join ITR and Thomson Reuters on May 28 for the second webinar of a three-part series on e-invoicing and hear how businesses can strategically manage measures such as the VAT in the Digital Age proposal

Ricardo Villalobos of Copper Wolf examines how BEPS pillars one and two reshape global tax rules, potentially affecting domestic systems and closing gaps in multinational corporate tax avoidance

Mikael Jacobsen and Henri Ahtiainen of Skeppsbron Skatt explore how several recent Swedish cases have shed light on the complex distinction between legal and economic ownership of intellectual property in transfer pricing matters

With South Korea expected to intensify its focus on multinationals’ intercompany transactions during tax audits, Yulchon tax partners analyse several transfer pricing-related rulings that could help shape strategy

Federico Vincenti and Carola Valente of Valente Associati GEB Partners/Crowe Valente examine year-end transfer pricing adjustments in light of EU developments and implementation of the OIC 34 accounting standard in Italy

Fernando Matesanz of Spanish VAT Services calls for a rethink of national VAT frameworks after two key judgments that support businesses correcting VAT when commercial transactions are altered, cancelled, or left unpaid

Ahdianto and Erviyanti Adam of GNV Consulting Services outline Indonesia’s latest tax developments, including new rules on importing personal belongings and mandatory use of the CEISA 4.0 digital customs system