Expert Analysis

Because tax doesn’t have to be taxing. A less-than-serious look back at some of the quirkier tax stories from the past month.

The challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic have exposed the central importance of the tax function in large businesses and the need to maintain internal relationships, says Sandy Markwick, head of the Tax Director Network.

The individual interests of member states could hamper progress on the European Green Deal and EU Energy Tax Directive amendments, leaving businesses caught in the middle. Karen Möhlenkamp, Sabine Schulte-Beckhausen, and Bertil Kapff from the European Institute of Energy Technology explain.

Senior Deloitte tax practitioners explain how a hybrid e-invoicing model can enable multinationals to step off the compliance treadmill while balancing global consistency with local requirements

Ronnie Dassen and Jan De Clercq of Deloitte Global outline how agentic AI can support indirect tax teams in managing compliance pressures, improving data quality, and freeing capacity for higher-value advisory work

Sameer Nurmohamed, partner, Deloitte Legal Canada

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

Rafał Kran and Anna Zielony of MDDP explain how Poland’s introduction of the JPK_CIT regime gives tax authorities unprecedented access to corporate tax data, and what multinational groups and CFOs should do to prepare

Teresa Teixeira Mota of VdA analyses how evolving tax transparency frameworks are reshaping tax enforcement and dispute resolution in Portugal

Marek Kończak and Tomasz Janik of MDDP examine signs of a more pragmatic interpretation of Poland’s corporate income tax exemption for foreign investment funds, particularly where investment strategies include real estate