Experts from law firm Kennedys outline the key tax disputes trends set to define 2026, ranging from increased enforcement to continued tariff drama and AI usage
They also warned against an ‘unnecessary duplication of efforts’ in UN tax convention negotiations; in other news, White & Case has hired Freshfields’ former French tax head
Awards
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Defending loss situations in TP is not about denying the existence of losses but about showing, through proactive measures, that the losses reflect genuine commercial realities
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Sponsored by CMSTax authorities in Europe are stepping up their transfer pricing focus. A podcast held by ITR in collaboration with CMS explores what multinational enterprises can do to mitigate risk -
Sponsored by MachadoGabriel Caldiron Rezende of Machado Associados examines the debate concerning the inclusion of CBS and IBS in the ICMS taxable base and considers whether increased litigation may be on the horizon
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Sponsored by Lakshmikumaran & SridharanRaghav Rajeev and Nimrah Ali of Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan analyse the approaches taken by taxpayers and Indian judicial bodies on contested tax payments under the country’s goods and services tax law
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Tax advisers who aren’t alive to clients’ AI needs risk falling behind, even though the technology is not a miracle cure just yet
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Awards
The ‘big four’ firm scooped over 60 honours at a lively ceremony held at The Londoner hotel, including both EMEA and APAC Tax Advisory Firm of the Year
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The firms received fees for referring clients to the avoidance scheme, HMRC said; in other news, Freshfields’ former tax head has lost his fraud conviction appeal
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ITR spoke to two US TP experts about the long-running dispute, with one arguing that the case highlights ‘weaknesses’ with the comparable uncontrolled transaction method
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The new practice, which features former ‘big four’ experience, already has over 20 team members
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Speakers from companies including Uber and Stripe told the inaugural AI in Tax Forum to brace for impending changes to how advisers work
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Authors from Khaitan & Co dissect a ‘welcome’ ruling, which found that the mere existence of a tax benefit would not, by itself, warrant a principal purpose test
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Over two-thirds of survey respondents back the continuation of the UK’s digital services tax, research commissioned by the Fair Tax Foundation also found
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Given the US/G7 pillar two deal, the OECD is in danger of being replaced by the UN as the leading global tax reform forum
