Expert Analysis

ITR hosted its virtual US Transfer Pricing Forum on December 1-2 2020.

COVID-19 shook the global economy in 2020, but the tax world has seen upheaval on multiple fronts. This year will see much more change in terms of OECD-led reform and environmental taxes.

Here are ITR’s key takeaways from the January 14-15 consultation on the OECD’s blueprints for digital tax reform.

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

Balazs Majoros and Oleg Tupchii of Deloitte Luxembourg examine the Singapore Telecom case and its implications for intra-group financing, implicit support, parental guarantees, and arm’s-length interest rates

Federico Vincenti and Carola Valente Della Rovere of Valente Associati GEB Partners/Crowe Valente examine the international tax implications of employees’ increasing global mobility, focusing on permanent establishment and transfer pricing issues, with insights from Italy

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