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Why Responsible Tax
Key Themes
- Societal impacts of Tax Governments and world markets require a certain amount of tax revenue to function.
- Digital Taxation Digital goods and services and their potential impact on evasion, avoidance and tax morale.
- Corporation Tax Most corporations recognize the important role they play in contributing to society.
- Environmental Taxation Tax is being seen as increasingly important in the environmental agenda.
- Governance & Tax Transparency What tax strategies are being followed by companies globally?
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Gianni De Robertis

Chief Economist and Head of Transfer Pricing and the GTPS Leader for the KPMG EMA Region.

KPMG in Italy

Gianni's experience includes global documentation projects, advanced pricing agreements, mutual agreement procedures and audit defense. Prior to relocating to Italy, Gianni worked as a Senior Economist in KPMG in the UK’s London office and with Fidal Paris.He has also been an advisor on secondment to the OECD Transfer Pricing Unit and he was nominated as “alternate” representative at the EU...

He has also been an advisor on secondment to the OECD Transfer Pricing Unit and he was nominated as “alternate” representative at the EU JTPF.

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Governance & Tax Transparency

The end of the arm’s-length principle?

Where the context is complex, the best option is sometimes the ‘least-worst’ one.The arm’s-length principle can be complex to apply and is under pressure due to changing business models.Formulary apportionment appears to present a simpler approach to allocating taxing rights globally but is not without its own weaknesses and complexities.Formulary apportionment could only work if there was global agreement. However, this...