With transfer pricing principles becoming increasingly important as start-ups expand, Nouran Ibrahim and Maureen Guirguis of Saleh, Barsoum & Abdel Aziz – Grant Thornton Egypt explain the salient points and how to meet the challenges

Yasmine Hammad, Haidy Elaasser, and Mahmoud Ashraf of Saleh, Barsoum & Abdel Aziz – Grant Thornton Egypt conclude a two-part series on transfer pricing audits in Egypt by anticipating the changes under the newly established automated process

In the first article of a two-part series on transfer pricing audits in Egypt, Yasmine Hammad, Haidy Elaasser, and Mahmoud Ashraf of Saleh, Barsoum & Abdel Aziz – Grant Thornton Egypt explain the current process

Benjamin P Simatupang, Dwipa Abimanyu Dewantara, and Fajar Ramadhani of GNV Consulting highlight updated regulations and mandatory implementation of the Customs-Excise Information System and Automation 4.0 as Indonesia rings the changes

A multinational enterprise bearing the cost of an employee stock option plan granted to an Indian subsidiary creates several complexities, as explained by S Vasudevan, Harshit Khurana, and Sonali Bansal of Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Starting this year, Thailand’s Revenue Department has revised its approach to taxing foreign income received by tax residents. Paul Ashburn of HLB Thailand summarises the changes

Federico Vincenti and Carola Valente of Valente Associati GEB Partners/Crowe Valente suggest what documentation can demonstrate the reasonableness of the costs of an intra-group transaction, and the benefits for a subsidiary

Adrian Rus and Georgiana Bizdrigheanu of EY Romania explain the options for the country’s taxpayers in tackling double taxation and suggest how predictability and efficiency can be improved

Balazs Majoros of Deloitte Luxembourg provides an update on the transfer pricing landscape in the grand duchy against a backdrop of opposition to a draft bill and winds of change from the EU

Juan José Paullada Eguirao and Gabriel Márquez García of Ritch Mueller explain the consequences of a foreign entity being deemed to have created a permanent establishment, and how to negate that risk

The interest of other FIBRAs in a potential acquisition of the Terrafina real estate investment trust highlights a lack of taxation guidance in such transactions, say Oscar López Velarde and Regina Albornoz of Ritch Mueller

Gabriel Caldiron Rezende of Machado Associados discusses a highly questionable manoeuvre by the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service to boost tax collection, despite a decision by the Federal Supreme Court

Henriette Fuchs of Yaron-Eldar, Paller, Schwartz & Co in Tel Aviv reports on two substantial new tax benefits designed to stimulate and preserve continued investment in technology companies

Henriette Fuchs of Yaron-Eldar, Paller, Schwartz & Co in Tel Aviv concludes the follow-up article on SAFE investments in Israel, outlining the relative certainty of walking the safe “green path”.

In the first of a two-part article, Henriette Fuchs of Yaron-Eldar, Paller, Schwartz & Co in Tel Aviv reports on Israel tax authorities’ acceptance of the SAFE for investment in innovative and tech companies.

Mark Martin and Thomas Bettge of KPMG in the US discuss the recent amount B consensus document and the associated compliance challenges

Mark Martin and Thomas Bettge of KPMG in the US discuss the issue of implicit support and a recent IRS advice memorandum addressing transfer pricing for intercompany debt

Multinational companies face numerous year-end tasks but should not forget to file the treaty notifications that are required in certain US tax treaties, say senior tax practitioners from KPMG in the US

Mark Martin and Thomas Bettge of KPMG in the US discuss the first published statistics on the International Compliance Assurance Programme and their implications for businesses looking to obtain tax certainty

Against the backdrop of a domino effect in the introduction of mandatory e-invoicing among EU member states, Gunjan Tripathi of Vertex says businesses should future-proof themselves by proactively addressing the transition

Mark Martin and Thomas Bettge of KPMG in the US discuss the tax certainty provisions of the Multilateral Convention for amount A and evaluate their utility for businesses