Expert Analysis

When the UK Supreme Court ruled in favour of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in the Tower MCashback decision in May concerning capital allowances, many tax practitioners lamented what the Court seemed to be saying about the tax avoidance arguments that HMRC may advance during a hearing. The decision comes at a time when HMRC is entering into more enquiries and disputes with corporate taxpayers. Erin Kelechava investigates whether the case is yet another sign of a new era defined by more contentious relationships between Revenue and taxpayers.

All countries of the Western Balkans tend to harmonise their tax laws with the legislation of the EU and implement necessary measures to attract foreign investors to the local financial market by creating preferential tax regimes. Capital gains laws are no exception to this, believe Slobodan Mihajlovic of Eurofast Taxand and Sead Dado Salkovic of Eurofast Global.

Chiu Wu Hong and Harvey Koenig of KPMG explain how Asian countries are using their tax systems to encourage R&D and pinpoint five steps taxpayers can take to benefit from the new regimes.

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

Join KPMG and insightsoftware on June 25 as ITR presents a free webinar on the evolving role of tax professionals and how technology is driving the transformation

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