Expert Analysis

Algirdas Šemeta, European Commissioner for Taxation, Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud, introduces the Directive on Administrative Cooperation (2011/16/EU) to increase transparency, improve information exchange and tighten cross-border cooperation, which he says are fundamental tools for fighting tax evasion.

Jacqueline Cottrell and Constanze Adolf of Green Budget Europe explain why France should implement carbon-energy taxation.

In practice, it is hard to determine whether a repair of movable tangible property is deemed to be a supply of goods, including installation, or a supply of services. Thus the Federal Ministry of Finance implemented a value ratio for the differentiation in its circular dated December 12 2012. However, caution is advised when applying this regulation, argue Thomas Küffner and Ronny Langer of küffner maunz langer zugmaier. It appears to be rather simple but is not applicable in every case.

India’s transfer pricing overhaul expands safe harbours at scale and accelerates advance pricing agreements alongside the statutory recodification of the Income-tax Act, report Uday Ved, Hetav Vasani, and Jainesh Nahar of KNAV

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Jess Williams, Jimmy Man, and Olivier Hody of Deloitte explain how tax can be elevated from a post-close support function to a value-realisation tool in M&A transactions through quick wins and longer-term actions

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

Ichwan Sukardi and T Qivi Hady Daholi of RSM Indonesia examine how geopolitical conflict and economic volatility are reshaping transfer pricing risk and enforcement, with a particular focus on Southeast Asia and Indonesia

Monika Bieri and Daniel Schönenberger of Tax Partner use a Swiss lens to examine how workforce mobility is reshaping transfer pricing models, and why the location of key decision‑makers is becoming a critical tax risk

India’s Finance Act, 2026 introduces a tax framework for foreign companies using local data centres but leaves several questions unresolved, say S Vasudevan, Prachi Bharadwaj, and Loveena Manaktala of Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Nicolle Barbetti of Pérez-Llorca explains how the Capitalisation of Companies Incentive has reshaped Portugal’s corporate financing landscape and highlights how binding rulings have clarified key issues in its application

Natalia Núñez and Antonia Valdés of PwC Chile analyse the new bill’s tax implications for a key sector, considering the provisions of the Mining Royalty Law