Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) offer a new and seamless way for individuals to connect, collaborate and capitalize on ideas using smart contracts embedded in blockchain. Host Susannah Streeter, welcomes Dennis Post, EY Global Blockchain Tax Leader, Thomas Shea, EY Americas Financial Services Crypto Tax Leader, and Darko Stefanoski, EY Digital Law Leader, Financial Services, to discuss how DAO members can best navigate the tax and legal complexity associated with this novel...

With women-led businesses comprising only 15% of global trade, the World Economic Forum estimates it will take over a century to bridge the divide without faster policy reform. In this episode, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom, Sally Jones, EY Trade Strategy and Brexit Leader and Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Executive Director of the International Trade Centre, discuss the challenges faced by women in the entrepreneurial world, including limited...

How to protect your business from tax risk and controversy Global businesses need robust tax governance to manage a new era of tax risk and controversy, which is resuming post-pandemic.  In this episode, Luis Coronado, EY Global Tax Controversy Leader, Fiona Moore, EY Oceania Tax Controversy Leader, and Bryon Christensen, EY US Tax Controversy Leader, discuss why businesses need to get on the front foot on tax risk and controversy.  EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to...

For businesses, the ESG landscape is shifting fast. Simply maintaining regulatory compliance may not be enough as voluntary disclosures increase. In this episode Paula Hogéus, EY Global Labor and Employment Law Leader, and Kasia Klaczynska Lewis, EY EU Green Deal Center of Excellence Leader, discuss how companies can further their sustainability efforts and why the law department is often the key to unlocking solutions. EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more of...

With governments publishing their plans to achieve carbon neutrality at COP27, and investors and consumers alike increasingly expecting businesses to follow suit, the stage is set for 2023 to be a year of action.  Cathy Koch, EY’s Global Sustainability Tax Leader, Alenka Turnsek, EY EMEIA Sustainability Tax Leader, and Jesper Solgaard, EY Asia Pacific Sustainability Tax Leader discuss how tax functions can help organizations navigate a complex global landscape of environmental taxes and...

How has Dow Chemical Company’s tax function gone from being described as a ‘black box’ by company leadership to saving millions of dollars and becoming an established strategic partner within the business in just four years? Marcelo Vieira, Dow’s Director of Tax Strategy and Global Tax Operations and Andrea Gronenthal, EY Americas Strategic Tax Transformation Leader, discuss how Dow has evolved into one of the few tax departments that enjoys a granular yet global view of its risks and...

By 2025 it is predicted that the metaverse economy will generate revenues exceeding $1 trillion. How should this economic activity be taxed? Podcast host Susannah Streeter welcomes Dennis Post, EY Netherlands Partner Tax, Global Leader in Blockchain Tax Services, David Wren, EY UK Tax Associate Partner and Mercy Joseph, Partner of Financial Services Tax at EY in Singapore, to discuss the challenges of tax in the metaverse. EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more...

With governments offering a rising tide of incentives to attract much-needed investment, Podcast host Susannah Streeter welcomes Amarjeet Singh, EY’s ASEAN Tax Leader, Kerstin Haase, EY Head of Global Incentives Advisory Practice in Europe West, and Brian Smith, EY’s Global Incentives, Innovation and Location Services leader to discuss the best ways to cut through the complexity and achieve long-term value. EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more of the member...

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 spotlight is really over. Host Susannah Streeter welcomes Barbara Angus, EY Global Tax Policy...

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 International Tax & Transactions Services Policy Leader, Luis Coronado, EY Global Tax Controversy...

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 digitalized, will tax collection become as sophisticated as consumer-facing big tech? Will this...

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 world. Here we revisit the creation of its dynamic managed services solution. Host Simon Hobbs is...

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 are being forced to harness technology themselves, at an ever-faster rate, just to keep up. But...

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 and more, host Simon Hobbs is joined by EY Global Law Leader, Cornelius Grossman, EY Global...