Tax & Legal



Attitudes to tax are changing. Organizations of all sizes are ever more exposed to new trends in tax regulation, not just locally but globally.



Leading in an evolving tax and business landscape



The world around us has changed dramatically in recent years, with geopolitical shifts and technological innovation globalization, on the one hand, and protectionism, on the other various tax reforms and regulatory change new business and consumer demands and the emergence of previously unseen types of business models.
These shifts and the resulting complexities and pressures are felt even more acutely in the wake of COVID-19. As a tax leader operating in this new reality, you are expected to be not only a technical specialist, but also a brand ambassador and trusted advisor to your business and board as you work to protect the organization, boost performance, drive digital transformation and contribute to the sustainability goals of the organization.
Our award-winning global network of tax professionals is here to help. We work with many Fortune 500 organizations, multinational enterprises, as well as Family Offices, and entrepreneurs. We are united by our values, governed by our Global Tax Principles, and driven by our purpose to inspire confidence and empower change by delivering the modern tax services and data-driven solutions needed today.
Our professionals work with you to define and build an ideal target operating model, improve compliance processes, engage in discussions around responsible tax, manage complex transactions, and add more value to the business and beyond. You can learn more about tax & legal services, explore top-of-mind content for tax leaders throughout our Future of Tax pages and subscribe to our content.


Tax insights





Tax today is attracting attention like never before – among governments and citizens, in boardrooms and the C suite, and across businesses and their supply chains.

Tax is at the forefront of negotiation and debate, and it is driving decisions on policy, trade, strategy and business transformation.

At the same time, the world around us has changed dramatically in terms of geopolitical shifts, technological innovation, globalization, new business and consumer demands, and new ways of living, and the emergence of previously unseen types of businesses.

Tax leaders face new challenges as they work to meet rapidly changing compliance obligations, elevate their strategic role, contribute to the ESG agenda, and ensure they can articulate clearly the ways in which their departments can add value inside and outside of the organization.



Business performance

Achieving strong tax function performance -- consistently and confidently -- takes new approaches in today's complex world. In building tax departments that are truly fit for the future, leaders face accelerating changes in technology, stakeholder expectations and society itself, and the pressure is on to rethink existing business models and approaches to tax.

Forward-thinking tax leaders are working to evolve their functions and restructure operations to better support their organizations and deliver lasting results.


Business protection

The smartest tax departments don’t just manage risk, they use it as a catalyst for sustainable growth and innovation. Insight-driven approaches to risk can help tax departments generate value by helping the future-focused organization to achieve its goals, quickly and safely.

A well-protected organization will not only have strong risk protocols in place when it comes to the management of tax processes, but also the ability to transform risk management for increased efficiency and effectiveness long-term.


Digital adoption & transformation

New combinations of talent and technology are delivering decisive advances in the world of tax. From the digitalization of tax collection, to the taxation of the digital economy to the transformation of the tax function itself.

These issues are converging to have a profound impact on tax & legal professionals, who are themselves evolving their functions through the creative use of technology, process automation and advanced analytics in order to drive positive outcomes inside and outside their organizations.





Government & Regulatory

Tax departments around the world spend billions each year on adapting to regulatory change and meeting increasing compliance demands. With the constant change in regulation threatening to hamper growth and innovation, tax leaders are reimagining their target operating models and implementing automation and technology solutions to transform their functions for resilience and agility.


Sustainability and Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance

Tax is the price we pay for a civilized society, providing for roads, schools, hospitals, social programs and other critical infrastructure. With sustainability and Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) now at the top of the leadership agenda, tax has an important role to play, and decisions in this space can have a profound impact on the world of tax.

From government tax measures in place to reward or remediate behaviors to the very real influence that an organization's tax affairs now has on its reputation, brand and bottom line, a socially responsible approach to tax is increasingly important to organizations and the way they do business, not only as the right thing to do for society, but also as a driver for sustainable growth.



OUR SERVICES





As the world of tax has changed, so have our services, evolving for the modern complexities and challenges you face to become more multidisciplinary, technology-driven and collaborative. By taking the time to understand your unique business issues, our tax & legal network of professionals bring you targeted approaches and data-driven insights, engaging a variety of tax & legal specialists and service areas from around the globe, and often drawing on the experience and knowledge of colleagues in other areas of the organization, including audit and advisory.

We are passionate about building trusting, long-lasting, business relationships with you―delivering adaptable approaches to deliver the cross-border services that meet your business needs today, while helping you transform for tomorrow. We are united by our values, governed by our Global Tax Principles, and driven by our purpose to inspire confidence and empower change.



Business Tax Organizations, governments and regulators alike are increasingly globalized and digitalized, and striving to operate more efficiently across jurisdictions. Often the boundaries are blurred between traditional tax areas that were previously approached separately, and approaches are driven instead by the need to respond to event-driven projects arising from a range of market issues. From transfer pricing matters to M&A transactions to international income tax structuring challenges and responses to regulatory change. Businesses today demand a collective approach to these challenges, and we have responded with a range of services that are designed to work collaboratively and efficiently to add value to the large-scale, multidisciplinary projects and transactions that tax leaders and their teams take on in the modern world.
Compliance TransformationTax and other business leaders today need to rethink former operating models for modern demands. Our member firm professionals can deliver a comprehensive approach to compliance transformation, helping tax and other business leaders transform their target operating models through sourcing and technology solutions and the deployment of innovative technologies that can help tax and finance functions to reduce costs, gain efficiencies and maintain or even improve quality across both corporate and indirect tax compliance. Our approach goes from strategy development through to determining and building a sourcing model customized to the client from leveraging analytics to helping ensure continuous improvement and the agility to evolve that model over time. Our range of compliance-related service offerings are just the beginning of helping you to reduce risk, optimize operations and demonstrate the value you bring to the business.
Employment and mobilityFor many organizations, the pressure to compete effectively has led to an increase in the size and complexity of their global workforces, placing greater demands on international human resource teams. Managing compensation, tax compliance, immigration and global mobility effectively is becoming more costly, complex and time-consuming. Our Global Mobility Services practice brings together a wealth of tax, immigration and mobile administration services, backed by leading technology solutions, to help make managing a global workforce easier, safer and more efficient.





Law & Global Legal Services Our approachFrom changing business models, geopolitical factors and increasing department digitization, today’s legal departments are facing major challenges. More than ever, inhouse counsel need legal advisors that go beyond providing traditional legal advice. They need a strategic advisor positioned to help them transform their legal departments to overcome these challenges and embrace the legal department of the future.
How we can support you
Our member firm legal professionals, powered by technology enabled solutions, can support inhouse legal teams to make this transition in an efficient, consistent and digitally-driven way.
Tax & Legal
The world around us has changed dramatically in recent years, with geopolitical shifts and technological innovation globalization, on the one hand, and protectionism, on the other various tax reforms and regulatory change new business and consumer demands and the emergence of previously unseen types of business models.

These shifts and the resulting complexities and pressures are felt even more acutely in the wake of COVID-19. As a tax leader operating in this new reality, you are expected to be not only a technical specialist, but also a brand ambassador and trusted advisor to your business and board as you work to protect the organization, boost performance, drive digital transformation and contribute to the sustainability goals of the organization.

Our award-winning global network of tax professionals is here to help. We work with many Fortune 500 organizations, multinational enterprises, as well as Family Offices, and entrepreneurs. We are united by our values, governed by our Global Tax Principles, and driven by our purpose to inspire confidence and empower change by delivering the modern tax services and data-driven solutions needed today.

Our professionals work with you to define and build an ideal target operating model, improve compliance processes, engage in discussions around responsible tax, manage complex transactions, and add more value to the business and beyond.



LEGAL INSIGHTS





Multiple forces, from geopolitical change to business model evolution to increasing department digitalization are having an impact on business strategy and operations, and increasing the demands on legal departments today.

Facing pressures to reduce risk, improve efficiencies, increase productivity, drive economic growth and enhance the customer experience, the opportunity now exists for legal, risk, regulatory and compliance teams to respond to these forces and reimagine the way in which they deliver services.

They can achieve this by modernizing, simplifying and digitalizing their processes and functions, freeing up resources from focus on routine tasks and enabling their teams to focus on value-adding activities.

Here you will find a series of articles, publications and podcasts created for in-house legal leaders, delving deeper into these forces that are having an impact on businesses, and the opportunities in-house counsels have to evolve and reimagine their roles and functions for success.



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