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In the week that the OECD’s pillar one and pillar two documents were leaked, the tax world also grappled with more US regulations and a range of tax cuts and expected future rate rises.

Tax directors are worried that faceless e-assessments are creating a communication gap between taxpayers and the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) that could see the number of court cases rise.

In the week that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigned, the UK treasury denied rumours about cancelling its digital services tax, Facebook paid France €106 million in taxes and numerous VAT and COVID-19 announcements were made.

ITR’s Mattias Cruz talks to Luiz de Medeiros Ferreira, tax committee leader at IT company association Brasscom and tax head at IBM Brazil about sector-moving litigation, dispute resolution mechanisms and key tax issues in Brazil.

In the week that Joe Biden became the US Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, the tax world has been dealing with several key court cases, more transfer pricing (TP) measures, and trade developments. Listen to the latest developments and what's coming up next on ITR.

ITR's Danish Mehboob talks to Marc Mokrab, group tax director at Technicolor, about the three fundamental trends he sees influencing the tax function of the future: corporate responsibility, automation, and business partnering.  

ITR’s Mattias Cruz speaks with Emmanuelle Deglaire, academic at EDHEC, about the taxation of data, discussing the legal nature of a potential tax, the key challenges and the impact on multinationals. 

ITR Reporter Danish Mehboob sits down with Hany Elnaggar, head of tax for Nissan in the Middle East, to discuss the corporate outlook on the expansion of transfer pricing (TP) regimes in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, including more detailed TP audits in Saudi Arabia, and challenges to hiring the right tax talent in the region.

ITR Reporter Mattias Cruz sits down with Brazilian Federal Judge Renato Becho to discuss the difficulties of tax reform, problems at the federal court (CARF), his experiences of being a judge, and the legal difficulties for multinationals operating in Brazil.

In May ITR announced the winners of the ITR Europe Tax Awards, 2020. As part of our new podcast series uncovering what success looks like, ITR are delighted to present an exploration into our German Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year NERA Economic Consulting.    Hosted by Commercial Editor Prin Shasiharan, we invited the firms Director, Philip de Homont and Managing Director, Dr. Yves Hervé to disc...

ITR senior reporter Mattias Cruz asks Desmond De Battista, director of global indirect taxes at Burberry, on his approach to building a robust and flexible in-house compliance system that can withstand the tax demands of the future, the fashion company's approach to the UK's IR35 changes, and regional trends and key issues which are at the forefront for the indirect tax function.

ITR senior reporter Mattias Cruz asks Jayesh Rajyaguru, global head of tax at Wilmington plc, on his approach to managing the UK's IR35 changes, Brexit, becoming a tax director, digital requirements of the tax function and COVID-19. 

ITR’s team of reporters highlight the key trends and topics that have dominated the news over the past few weeks and the upcoming developments that may influence your tax plans.

ITR Managing Editor Anjana Haines discusses the awards results with Commercial Editor Prin Shasiharan. See the full awards results on the ITR website

ITR Managing Editor Anjana Haines discusses the awards results with Commercial Editor Prin Shasiharan. See the full awards results on the ITR website