Future of Tax & Legal

Understanding the Metaverse: Tax, strategy and other considerations

Moderated by Grant Wardell-Johnson, Global Tax Policy Leader, KPMG International, and featuring insights and perspectives from Jana Valkovicova, Head of Luxury Sector, KPMG in Switzerland; Hugues Salomé, Partner, Tax & Legal, KPMG in Switzerland; Elfie Ossard-Quintaine, Partner, Co-Head of Global Transfer Pricing Services, KPMG Avocats; and Eric Janowak, Managing Director and Deputy Global Lead, Sovereign Wealth and Pension Funds Tax, KPMG Lower Gulf, this podcast the Metaverse and introduces different tax and strategy considerations.

Macrotrends driving the future of the legal function

KPMG Legal Transformation leaders explore macrotrends in the market and the pressures faced by legal functions today.

Part 2: Centralizing tax processes through technology and data management

In the second half of this two-part podcast, Jay Ayrton, EMA Regional Tax Reimagined Leader and Partner, KPMG in the UK, and Susie Cooke, Global Tax Transformation Services Leader, KPMG International, and Partner, KPMG in Canada, discuss how the centralization of an organization’s tax process aligns with the globalization of regulators and tax authorities.

Part 1: Centralizing tax processes through technology and data management

Jay Ayrton, EMA Regional Tax Reimagined Leader and Partner, KPMG in the UK, and Susie Cooke, Global Tax Transformation Services Leader, KPMG International, and Partner, KPMG in Canada, discuss how organizations can look to centralize tax processes through both technology and effective data management.

Using taxation to pursue decarbonization

The Terms of Reference for the Climate Club were released on 12th December, after the recording of this podcast. However, due to the high level nature of the announcement, many of the questions on the operation of the climate club – discussed herein – are still open.

Climate actions: Recent and forthcoming developments in the area of investment treaties

Grant Wardell-Johnson, Global Tax Policy Leader, KPMG International, and Hughes Salome, Partner, Tax & Legal, KPMG in Switzerland, discuss international investment agreements connected to the climate change debate and the Energy Charter Treaty, as well as their related tax considerations.

Part 2: The impact of ESG on private enterprises

In the final half of this two-part episode, Mike Linter, Global Head of Private Enterprise Tax, KPMG International, Loek Helderman, Global Tax Lead, KPMG ESG, KPMG International, and Partner, KPMG in the Netherlands, and Shay Menuchin, Policy Lead for KPMG’s Private Enterprise Tax Network, KPMG in Canada, discuss ESG strategies, opportunities and challenges for private enterprises related to the regulatory environment and more.

Part 1: The impact of ESG on private enterprises

In part one of this two-part episode, Mike Linter, Global Head of Private Enterprise Tax, KPMG International, Loek Helderman, Global Tax Lead, KPMG ESG, KPMG International, and Partner, KPMG in the Netherlands, and Shay Menuchin, Policy Lead for KPMG’s Private Enterprise Tax Network, KPMG in Canada, discuss how ESG is impacting private enterprises in relation to tax. 

How the recent BEPS Pillar 2 developments are impacting tax leaders in the Asset Management sector

In this podcast, Dave Neuenhaus, Global Leader, Asset Management, KPMG International, Sam Riesenberg Principal, Washington National Tax, International Tax, KPMG in the US and Eric Janowak, Managing Director, Deputy Global Lead, Sovereign Wealth and Pension Funds Tax, KPMG Lower Gulf, discuss the recent BEPS Pillar 2 developments and how they are impacting the Asset Management sector.

The impact of tax policy on private enterprises

Mike Linter, Global Head of Private Enterprise Tax, KPMG International, and Shay Menuchin, Policy Lead for KPMG’s Private Enterprise Tax Network, KPMG in Canada, discuss the tax policy landscape and how the latest Pillar Two BEPS developments are playing out for private tax enterprise leaders globally.