Tax administration without borders
Successfully navigate a rapidly changing landscape for tax controversy and risk management 
Over the past few years, we have seen a rapid succession of tax legislative and regulatory changes and a continuously evolving tax administrative approach that have led to increased cross-border conflict and an environment filled with more tax controversy and risk – financial, reputational and, increasingly, personal – than ever before.
We believe that the pace of change will only accelerate. As governments and businesses reflect on lessons learned from the global economic crisis, we will see regulatory policies redrafted, businesses reinvented, industries redefined and new markets created. An ability to view these changes in terms of opportunity rather than adversity will be key to successfully navigating a rapidly changing landscape for tax controversy and risk management.
"Tax administration without borders" – which is aligned with EY's Lessons from Change program – is designed to help businesses understand the risks and opportunities they face in a rapidly changing environment for tax controversy and risk management; identify the key focus areas for tax administrations in the countries where they operate; and highlight leading practices for effectively managing their tax controversy and risk on a worldwide basis.
Five Leading practices from "Tax administration without borders":
1. Adopt a global approach to tax controversy and risk.
2. Evaluate global systems and resources for risk management.
3. Manage your ongoing and potential controversies at a strategic level.
4. Include global tax risk as a corporate governance issue.
5. Stay connected with tax policy and legislative changes.
The world in which multinationals operate today is dramatically different from the one in which they operated a year ago. A year from now, it is likely to be different still. Adapting to these shifts requires global companies to think in new ways about their tax positions and their overall approach to managing tax risk. Find out more in Tax administration without borders(pdf, 2mb).
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