Expert Analysis

The scope and application of the New Zealand general anti-avoidance provision has become very topical recently after a number of wins for the New Zealand Inland Revenue Department. Kirsty Keating and Mark Loveday, of Ernst & Young, explain how recent cases show how non-arm’s-length transacting can form the basis for invoking tax avoidance provisions in New Zealand.

The Portuguese sovereign chaos led to the request for an emergency bailout package from the European Commission and the IMF in coordination with the European Central Bank. Rui Guedes Henriques and Lara Castro of Baker Tilly Portugal look at why VAT policy is crucial in this context.

Raffaele Russo and Oliver Petzold of the OECD analyse a report from the organisation on the role aggressive tax planning plays in the use of losses and looks at what revenue authorities could do to limit such activity

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