Latin America and Caribbean

The first edition of ITR’s Brazil Special Focus comes at a precarious time for the country’s economy, with the long-awaited matter of reform unexpectedly being overshadowed by a sudden global pandemic. Romero J S Tavares of PwC Brazil introduces the key topics that will dominate the tax landscape in 2020.

As Brazil finally considers converging its transfer pricing framework to reflect OECD standards, Francisco Lisboa Moreira and Felipe Thé Freire of Bocater, Camargo, Costa e Silva, Rodrigues Advogados examine the similarities and divergences between the approaches.

Economic groups are on the rise in the Brazilian transfer pricing world. Fábio Pallaretti Calcini of Brasil Salomão e Matthes Advocacia explores the growth of cost-sharing agreements and considers their domestic and international tax aspects.