Nouran Ibrahim and Mahmoud Ashraf of Saleh, Barsoum & Abdel Aziz – Grant Thornton Egypt say taxpayers required to submit transfer pricing documentation could avoid penalties by acting in response to a recently published law

Rabie Morsy and Karim Adel of Saleh, Barsoum & Abdel Aziz – Grant Thornton Egypt summarise three laws designed to facilitate the growth of SMEs and business as a whole through simplified tax procedures and incentives

Nouran Ibrahim and Karim Adel of Saleh, Barsoum & Abdel Aziz – Grant Thornton Egypt say mutual agreement procedures will have a vital role to play as the country modernises its tax infrastructure

A two-part summary of India’s goods and services tax law changes in 2023 concludes as Raghavan Ramabadran, Sahana Rajkumar, and Derlene Joshna of Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan explain the taxation of services provided between branch offices

A two-part series summarising changes to India’s goods and services tax law in 2023 begins by focusing on corporate and personal guarantees. Raghavan Ramabadran, Sahana Rajkumar, and Derlene Joshna of Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan share their insights

Jock McCormack of DLA Piper Australia reviews crucial new government guidance on tax and related issues involved with software licensing and distribution and intangibles migration arrangements

Ricardo Seabra Moura of Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados analyses how Portugal’s withholding tax rules on interest payments may unlawfully discriminate against companies based in European Economic Area countries

Łukasz Kosonowski and Szymon Konieczny of MDDP examine how Poland’s Estonian-style corporate income tax regime is offering increasing benefits to domestic and foreign investors seeking deferral and lower dividend withholding tax

Victoria Robinson of KPMG Sweden examines the government’s proposal to reduce the rate of special income tax for non-residents to 20% from January 2026 as it strives to enhance tax neutrality and global competitiveness

Paulo Victor Vieira da Rocha and Murilo Jakuk of VRMA Advogados analyse the application of Brazil’s federal tax on industrialised products to intragroup goods transfers, after a ruling that addressed alleged tax planning abuses

Gabriel Caldiron Rezende and Juliana Mari Tanaka of Machado Associados discuss the impact of Brazil’s consumption tax reform on financial services, with a particular focus on the taxation of banking spreads

Gabriel Caldiron Rezende and Rafaela Calçada Cruz of Machado Associados discuss the impacts of the consumption tax reform on agribusiness, focusing on sector-specific concessions, challenges, and strategic responses

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.

Michael Bernard of Vertex says adapting to the US’s challenging tax regime relies on an understanding of what is known as the nexus principle

With 45 states imposing a sales tax, Michael Bernard of Vertex explains the key points to note for European businesses aiming to broaden their market and capitalise on the e-commerce boom in the US

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

Niklas Elofsson and Vsevolod Konyshev of KPMG Sweden explore how tax functions can unlock demonstrable efficiency gains by using generative AI tools in a budget-constrained transformation landscape

Johannes Bangum, Maria Barenfeld, and Peter Nilsson of KPMG Sweden explain the main pillar two issues that arise in corporate acquisitions, including scope acceleration, top-up tax responsibilities, and earnout treatment

Paolo Ludovici and Marlinda Gianfrate of Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici discuss the latest developments in the OECD International Compliance Assurance Programme and evaluate its role within the framework of tax certainty