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

Karanjot Singh Khurana, Prachi Bharadwaj, and Vrinda Agrawal of Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan analyse the tax deduction challenges arising when employee stock option plans are implemented via trusts

Sarah Gard of DLA Piper Australia summarises the Australian Taxation Office’s draft guidance on determining whether the amount of inbound, cross-border related party debt is consistent with the arm’s-length conditions for transfer pricing purposes

Andrew Jackomos and Amit Bhalla of HLB Thailand examine how evolving global tax standards are reshaping the treatment of intragroup royalty payments and driving stricter compliance and documentation requirements

Justyna Bauta-Szostak and Gniewomir Parzyjagła of MDDP say the new guidance on withholding tax is a step forward for businesses operating across borders and overseas funds investing in Poland

Raquel Maurício of Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados examines recent Portuguese VAT changes aimed at urban rehabilitation and why legal uncertainties risk undermining the housing goals they aim to support

Marie Hedin and Jennifer van der Gronden of KPMG Sweden analyse a ruling that challenges the Swedish Tax Agency’s approach to revaluing intragroup services where no comparable market exists

The protocol amending the Brazil–China double tax treaty is aimed at improving legal certainty, reducing withholding taxes, and preventing treaty abuse, say Paulo Victor Vieira da Rocha and Murilo Jakuk of VRMA Advogados

Paulo Victor Vieira da Rocha and Marina Fernandes of VRMA Advogados discuss a landmark trial at Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court on the taxation of profits earned by foreign subsidiaries and affiliated companies

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

Henriette Fuchs of Yaron-Eldar Paller Schwartz & Co reports on initiatives taken by the Israeli government regarding the taxation of digital services and the trading of digital assets.

Join ITR and Thomson Reuters at 2pm (UAE) / 11am (UK) on October 13 as they discuss how businesses can prepare for Tax Administration 3.0 and future-proof against changes such as e-invoicing and increasing digitisation.

ITR and Thomson Reuters hosted a webinar on November 22 to discuss the continuing tax transformation in the Middle East and North Africa region.

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