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The 2012 International Tax Review Asia Tax Forum, held in Singapore, once again attracted scores of tax professionals from throughout the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. While transfer pricing was high on the agenda, it was not the only concern and other panels included: keeping in step with Chinese rules changes; establishing trust between officials and taxpayers; dealing with developing tax systems; the Indian reform; cross-border issues; dispute resolution; improving effectiveness in the tax department through technology; and indirect tax.

Napoleão Dagnese head of international tax at OC Oerlikon, a high-tech industrial company, provides a critical analysis of the changes to the Brazilian transfer pricing regime, from the taxpayers’ perspective.

Conor Hurley and Jonathan Sheehan of Arthur Cox explain why Ireland is the ideal location for investment and explain why the country’s tax regime makes it the best location for structuring an acquisition, whether Irish or international.

Irish leader Enda Kenny signed up to the EU's fiscal compact on tighter budgetary controls in March, but this should not be taken as a sign the country will agree to EU harmonisation over corporate tax rates.

The issue of executive remuneration is a hot topic around the world with governments keen to reduce executive packages and bonuses. Olivia Lynch of KPMG explains how Ireland is treating this topic through the use of the recently introduced special assignee relief programme and why the country wants to be the number one destination for foreign direct investment in Europe.

Khoonming Ho

Georgia Papa Cyprus was among 22 countries to take part in the latest round of peer reviews undertaken by the OECD's Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes. The report was published on April 5 2012.

Virginie Louvel

Janne Juusela The Finnish government has released a draft bill to limit the deductibility of interest expenses in corporate taxation. The goal of the proposed regulation is to secure Finland's tax base and to balance competition between domestic and foreign groups of companies.

Adam Peacock and Mark Agnew of Baker & McKenzie look at what the 2015 changes to the EU place of supply rules will mean for business-to-consumer (B2C) suppliers.