Expert Analysis

South African companies are making sound progress as they prepare for a new carbon tax, by improving energy efficiency and monitoring and reporting emission levels. However, the legacy effect of substantial coal-based infrastructure is hindering the transition to alternative, renewable energy sources, finds Catherine Lewis of KPMG.

For the past three years, Indonesian taxpayers have been facing more challenges from the Directorate General of Taxes (DGT) regarding their related-party transactions. The areas of dispute are various; common challenges from the DGT are on management service fees, cost allocation, royalty fees, purchases of raw materials, sales of goods, and sales of capital goods. Permana Adi Saputra, of PB Taxand, describes the new regulations and how they will affect taxpayers.

Recent guidance provides temporary relief to non-US persons that invest in US equity derivatives, but proposed rules may lead to some harsh consequences, warn Julio Castro and Taylor Romigh of Dewey & LeBoeuf.

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