Expert Analysis

The enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the US has led to increased tax transparency and improved risk management. However, Chris Walsh of Vertex claims that the changes have gone too far in favour of the tax authorities.

Indonesia is blessed with oil, gas, coal and mineral natural resources. The exploitation of energy resources (oil, gas and coal) has contributed significantly in spearheading the growth of the Indonesian economy over the past 40 years. Jul Seventa Tarigan of PB Taxand outlines the challenges taxpayers in the energy sector face and offers an example of how to utilise operations in the resource-rich country.

After years of maintaining a reactionary stance, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and the Canadian Department of Justice (DOJ) have collectively refocused their efforts to move earlier and more aggressively, thereby redrawing the battle lines as to the manner in which tax disputes are fought. Brandon Siegal and Chia-yi Chua of McCarthy Tétrault explain how to avoid the cross-hairs of the country’s tax officials.

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