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Middle East

Hany Elnaggar examines how the OECD’s global minimum tax is reshaping PE concepts across the GCC, shifting the focus from formal presence to substantive economic activity
Wingrove will succeed Bill Thomas, who has served in the role since 2017; in other news, Andersen unveiled a sharp increase in revenues for 2025
Tax teams are responding to usual client demand in the region, albeit with increased working from home flexibility, local sources indicate
The big four firm is consolidating 16 entities across the region to create a single 6,000-partner behemoth
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  • Sponsored by Yaron-Eldar Paller Schwartz & Co
    The stake of foreign investment in the Israeli high-tech industry reached 77% of total capital raised in 2018, and 30 new venture funds were born in 2018, raising a record $2.6 billion compared to ‘only’ $1.6 billion in 2017.
  • Sponsored by Yaron-Eldar Paller Schwartz & Co
    Israel's Finance Ministry and tax authority announced in the last week of April that they intend to introduce a digital sales tax (DST) that may reap some $280 million for the treasury. The tax authorities will be working on a tax on the local sales turnover of foreign digital companies in Israel.
  • Sponsored by Deloitte Transfer Pricing Global
    As resource-rich Middle Eastern governments suffer a decline in oil revenues, many governments are reforming transfer pricing (TP) regulations to limit capital flight. Deloitte’s Shiv Mahalingham, Alena Kovalova and Claire Boushell discuss the regional regulatory trends.
Middle Eastern Jurisdictions