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When thinking about future growth locations, today’s scaling digital technology companies are more likely to think about attracting the best talent and gaining funding than considering tax.

Indirect taxation is becoming ever more complicated, varied between jurisdictions and prone to government tinkering. With some of the biggest tax reforms occurring within indirect tax, getting on top of the complexity and change is vital.

Guests are less loyal and more demanding than ever before. They use online travel agents (OTAs) and aggregators to find the best hotels and deals – which helps operators fill their rooms, but at a cost.

The current VAT system throughout the European Union was designed a quarter of a century ago and was a transitional system which was to be replaced eventually by a 'definitive' system. Much has changed in the world of commerce since then including an enlarged EU comprising 28 countries and the major impact of 'on-line' trading over the internet.

Mid-market businesses should feel empowered to ask for better service from their bank, says the Swedish lender that is challenging established global players. When the UK Chancellor, George Osborne, recently commissioned a study on how well Britain’s SMEs are served by the nation’s banks, it wasn’t a domestic lender that earned top marks – it was Sweden’s Handelsbanken.

Our latest International Business Report (IBR) research reveals that global business optimism has fallen to a three-year low in the first quarter of 2016. A potent combination of fragile financial markets, volatility in oil prices..

Risk and reputation is a hot topic – with the public, the press and in politics. Accordingly, it is important that businesses understand that risk management needs to be everyone’s responsibility. One significant area of risk is tax. Our article discusses the main sources of tax risk and how these can be effectively managed to ensure your businesses’ reputation is not damaged.

Singapore Budget 2016 observations and analysis

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The world is changing. The financial crisis emphasised the extent to which financial systems are connected globally. This interconnectedness not only brings greater prosperity, but also greater concentrations of systemic risk.

If you don’t want to deal with a communications crisis, make sure your corporate governance procedures are robust enough to prevent it in the first place.

The amount of government revenue collected through indirect taxes such as value added tax (VAT) or goods and services tax (GST) is increasing. As indirect tax grows in importance, the complexity, frequency of changes and scrutiny are also increasing.

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The gender diversity issue has been on the business agenda for many years now, yet a third of businesses still have no women at a senior management level. Somewhere there is a disconnect.

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