Tax and Law in Focus

Widely regarded as the 'stick' that encouraged the US to come to the BEPS 2.0 negotiating table, many tax practitioners believe it is now 'mission accomplished' for digital services taxes (DSTs). However, with jurisdictions generating much-needed tax revenue from DSTs and mounting pressure for them to generate more, EY's panel of tax specialists discuss whether DST's moment in the global taxation...

Multinationals are bracing themselves for a spike in tax risk and controversy as authorities take action to bridge the growing revenue gap. In the face of ever-more granular scrutiny, EY’s tax controversy thought leaders discuss the proactive steps, such as entering advance pricing agreements, tax teams can take to mitigate risk.   Host Susannah Streeter welcomes Marlies de Ruiter, EY Global...

In this episode of EY Tax and Law In Focus, we explore the profound changes facing tax in 2021. As the world seeks to recover from COVID-19, governments are waking up to the value hidden in the data that tax authorities hold on their citizens and businesses. Tax authorities are becoming more powerful as a result. We ask how far this elevation of tax authorities will go: as all transactions become...

In this episode of EY Tax and Law In Focus, we explore how one moment of change led to the creation of a cutting-edge tax solution. When Discovery Communications, the multinational media group, acquired Scripps Networks in 2018, it saw the opportunity to build a new tax function – one nimble enough to navigate the fast-changing tax demands of licensing and distributing the group’s IP around the wo...

On this episode of Tax and Law in Focus, we focus on technology, and how it’s driving change so rapid it risks being overwhelming. In the fight to stay competitive, technology is now transforming virtually every business function. But the change facing tax departments in particular is nothing short of revolutionary. As governments are investing heavily in their own tax collecting IT, so tax teams...

Welcome to the EY Podcast: Tax and Law in Focus. On this edition, we focus on the biggest business challenge of our collective lives – COVID- 19. And in particular – we concentrate on businesses that stepped-up. Businesses helping their communities. Businesses saving lives. But businesses as a direct result, also now navigating unexpected problems: legal, tax and workforce issues. To discuss this...