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

Alex Lebsanft and Sarah Gard of DLA Piper Australia analyse a recent Full Federal Court decision on the Australian Taxation Office’s application of the country’s anti-avoidance rules to treat capital returns as dividends

S Vasudevan, Prachi Bhardwaj, and Prakhar Pandey of Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan question the interpretational clarity of the rules and highlight the practical challenges in limiting interest paid to associated enterprises

Indian writ courts are increasingly scrutinising the mechanical invocation of extended limitation under goods and services tax, say Sahana Rajkumar, Derlene Joshna, and R Amrith of Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan Attorneys

The ruling clarifies that Spain cannot restrict VAT exemptions for general services directly necessary to independent groups’ exempt activities, says Fernando Matesanz of Spanish VAT Services

Nils Schmid and Isabelle Berking of KPMG Sweden analyse the possibilities for sovereign wealth funds to claim refunds of Swedish withholding tax following a recent proposal referred to the Council on Legislation

Jian-Cheng Ku and Taco Pennings of DLA Piper Netherlands discuss a recent ruling by the Dutch Supreme Court regarding the calculation of corporate income tax interest

Os grupos econômicos estão em ascensão no mundo brasileiro dos preços de transferência. Fábio Pallaretti Calcini, do Brasil Salomão e Matthes Advocacia, explora o crescimento de acordos de compartilhamento de custos e considera seus aspectos tributários nacionais e internacionais.

After years of contemplation, Brazil looks set to overhaul its complex tax system starting in 2020. Guilherme Giglio and Marcelo Natale of Deloitte Brazil discuss what the long journey to efficiency may entail.

Após anos de discussão, o Brasil parece pronto para revisar o complexo sistema tributário do País a partir de 2020. Guilherme Giglio e Marcelo Natale, da Deloitte Brasil, discutem as possíveis implicações desta longa jornada em direção à eficiência tributária.

Chris Hall of Vertex explains how e-invoicing is becoming essential for multinational businesses, enabling compliance, operational efficiency, and friction-free participation in global trade amid increasingly digital tax regimes

Bernardo Mesquita of Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados examines how AI can enhance tax administration efficiency while raising significant transparency, accountability, and taxpayer-rights concerns that governments must address

Dinko Dinev of Deloitte Luxembourg explores how automation is transforming debt pricing studies in transfer pricing, highlighting efficiency gains but also analytical risks that can arise if technology is misapplied