Future of Tax & Legal

Optimal Corporate Structures: Effective Treaties

Grant Wardell-Johnson, Global Tax Policy Leader, KPMG International, is joined by Hugues Salome, Partner, KPMG in Switzerland, and Lieke Mutsaers, Senior Tax Manager KPMG in the Netherlands, to discuss the different factors affecting corporate structures today.

Perspectives from the C-Suite

Brad Brown, Head of Global Tax Technology and Innovation, KPMG International, and Partner, KPMG in the US, discusses the perspectives of C-suite executives on the future of the tax departments and their predictions for the upcoming years.

KPMG Mobility professionals’ perspectives on innovation and technology for gender equality

Alison Shipitofsky, Senior Manager, Client Strategy, KPMG in the UK, is joined by Arunima Kaul, Senior Manager, Business Process Automation, KPMG in Switzerland, Charlotte Malan, Director, Technology, KPMG in the UK, and Katja Toth, Executive Director, Client Service Delivery, KPMG in the US, to discuss the opportunities and challenges faced by women in global mobility technology.

KPMG Tax professionals’ perspectives on innovation and technology for gender equality

Susie Cooke, Global Tax Transformation Services Leader, KPMG International and Partner, KPMG in Canada, Emily Spinks, Global Tax Transformation Director, KPMG International and Director, KPMG in the UK, and Grace Lee, Director, KPMG in Australia and KPMG's Asia Pacific Tax Automation Lead, discuss their experiences as women leaders in tax transformation, technology and innovation.

The impact of tax on Family Office philanthropy

Mike Linter, Global Head of Private Enterprise Tax, Global Tax and Legal, KPMG International, and Greg Limb, Global Head of Family Office and Private Client, KPMG International, discuss how tax rules across jurisdictions can impact families in philanthropy.

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.