Expert Analysis

Julia Gillard, Australia’s prime minister, has confirmed that a price will be set on carbon emissions in 2012 despite making a pre-election promise that a carbon price would not be introduced under her government. There has been little indication from Gillard of the price the tax will be set at, and, some claim, there has been no assessment of the cost for industry and the economy. Matthew Gilleard investigates.

Recent events in China seem to point to a potential trend for more tax litigation. Even if at a very nascent stage of development Brendan Kelly and Jinghua Liu of Baker & McKenzie argue that tax litigation may finally become a concept that is relevant in China tax.

Jack Grocott speaks to Kaushal Tikku, group head of taxation at Hutchison Whampoa, about the changing role of the tax director and how he interacts with the board and audit committee.

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