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AMERICAS TAX AWARDS 2020

The awards recognise the leading tax and transfer pricing firms in North, Central and South America, as well as leading firms in six US metropolitan areas.

To be eligible, cases must have been concluded between March 1 2019 and April 1 2020.

Awards are allocated in four main categories: national, regional, in-house and leaders. ITR will also recognise the most impactful deals and cases concluded during the awards period.

Submission guidelines:

All submissions should be uploaded by Monday, 22 June to:

You may include work on confidential matters, but please mark these as “confidential” on the form. All information is confidential and viewed by the ITR team only. No data is published.

National awards

For the national award categories, ITR will take into consideration all submissions made for the World Tax 2020/21 and World Transfer Pricing 2020/21 rankings. If your firm did not submit to the rankings research process or would like to provide supplementary information, please use the submission forms.

Regional awards

Please use the submission forms to provide information to put your firm forward for consideration. For the Americas Tax Firm of the Year and Americas Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year awards, there is no separate form and the winners will be decided from the individual national and regional submissions. The ITR research team will also assess World Tax submissions to see if firms fulfil criteria for particular awards, though we encourage you to put your firm forward as desired.

In-house awards

Please use the submission forms to provide information to put your in-house team or individual leader forward for consideration.

Leader awards

Please use the submission forms to provide information to put an exceptional individual forward for consideration. The ITR research team will also assess World Tax submissions to see if individuals fulfil the criteria for particular awards, though we encourage you to put your candidate forward as desired.

Impact deals and cases

Using the deals provided in the submissions, ITR will produce a list of the most impactful deals and cases completed in the eligible timeframe.

Nominations

In 2020, ITR has included an optional nomination form to ensure the assessment panel can take into consideration how market participants view their local competition. Please highlight firms and individuals – other than your own firm – on this form.

Assessment criteria

The awards will be judged according to four metrics:

• Size (Not conclusive, though it does indicate what a tax team is capable of taking on);

• Innovation (Did the advice the firm gave show something more than the straightforward answer that is commonly used? Did the matter address tax issues that were out of the ordinary and what ingenuity did the firm show to solve them?);

• Complexity (Did the matter address tax issues that were out of the ordinary and what ingenuity did the firm show to solve them?); and

• Impact (What effect did the matter have on the client's business? Was it transformative? What has the conclusion of the matter enabled the client to achieve? Did the work completed on the matter have a wider impact that just for the client?)

Eligibility

National awards are allocated according to the following regions:

Central America:

□ Central America (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama)

North America:

□ Canada

□ Caribbean

□ Mexico

□ US: Chicago

□ US: Houston and Dallas

( US: Los Angeles

( US: New York

□ US: San Francisco and the Bay Area

□ US: Washington, DC

South America:

□ Argentina

□ Bolivia

□ Brazil

□ Chile

□ Colombia

□ Ecuador

□ Paraguay

( Peru

□ Uruguay

□ Venezuela

Awards

National awards:

1. National Tax Firm of the Year: For the firm that has displayed outstanding achievement in advising clients on local direct and indirect tax matters, as part of cross-border matters.

2. National Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year: For the firm that has displayed outstanding achievement in advising clients on transfer pricing matters.

Regional awards:

3. Americas Tax Firm of the Year: For the firm that has displayed outstanding strength and depth in cross-border direct and indirect tax matters in the awards period across the region. There is no individual submission form for this category and winners will be decided from national submissions.

4. Americas Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year: For the firm that has displayed outstanding strength and depth in transfer pricing work in the awards period across the region. There is no individual submission form for this category and winners will be decided from national submissions.

5. Americas Tax Disputes Firm of the Year: For the firm that has demonstrated outstanding ability to conclude disputes. For cases to be eligible, the proceedings may have commenced before March 1 2019 but the final decision, after all appeals, must have been delivered before April 1 2020.

6. Americas Indirect Tax Firm of the Year: For the firm that has demonstrated outstanding ability to deliver complex, innovative tax advice in cross-border indirect tax work in the awards period.

7. Americas Tax Policy Firm of the Year: For the firm that has contributed most to the development of national tax policy in consultations with government between March 1 2019 and April 1 2020. Results of the contributions should be included in the submission.

8. Americas Tax Compliance and Reporting Firm of the Year: For the firm that has displayed outstanding strength in tax compliance and reporting matters in the awards period.

9. Americas Tax Technology Firm of the Year: For the firm or service provider whose process or system (e.g. technology) has improved the efficiency of an in-house tax department in the awards period.

10. Americas Tax Innovator of the Year Award: For the firm that has used an innovative offline or online approach or solution to deal with tax matter, or explain the practicalities of tax and increase the understanding of clients.

11. Americas Tax Court Firm of the Year: For the firm that has provided the most impactful tax litigation advice in cases that were decided by courts in the Americas. For cases to be eligible, the proceedings may have commenced before March 1 2019 but the final decision, after all appeals, must have been delivered before April 1 2020.

12. International Firm of the Year in the Americas: For the team at the non-American headquartered firm that has displayed outstanding strength in depth in cross-border work in the awards period in the region.

13. Americas Tax Pro Bono Firm of the Year: For the top tax team across the region that has engaged in the most impactful pro bono work with presentable results in the awards period.

14. Americas Diversity & Inclusion Firm of the Year: For the top tax team across the region that has used a diverse range of people across its tax team to complete goals and achieved success in tax matters for clients or wider industry through its diverse team.

15. Americas Best Newcomer: This award will consider the work over the qualifying period of any international tax practice that has been set up in any jurisdiction across the Americas region in the past five years (incorporation no earlier than 2015).

In-house awards:

16. Americas In-house Tax Team of the Year: This will consider the work over the qualifying period of an in-house tax team dealing with direct tax matters based in the Americas region that has displayed outstanding achievement in tax matters. The tax team may be part of a wider tax team, or work across several tax areas, but the examples presented must focus on direct tax.

17. Americas In-house Transfer Pricing Team of the Year: This will consider the work over the qualifying period of an in-house team working on transfer pricing matters in the Americas region that has displayed outstanding achievement in TP matters. The TP tax team may be part of a wider tax team, or work across several tax areas, but the examples presented must focus on transfer pricing.

18. Americas In-house Indirect Tax Team of the Year: This will consider the work over the qualifying period of an in-house tax team dealing with indirect tax matters based in the Americas region that has displayed outstanding achievement in tax matters. The indirect tax team may be part of a wider tax team, or work across several tax areas, but the examples presented must focus on indirect tax.

19. Americas In-house Tax Technology Team of the Year: This will consider the work over the qualifying period of an in-house team achieving efficiencies or developing innovative solution through technology. A tax department does not need a specific tax technology team The particular tax technology team may be part of a wider tax team, or work across several tax areas, but the examples presented must focus on tax technology.

20. Americas In-house Direct Tax Director of the Year: This will consider the work of the in-house tax director, who can demonstrate an outstanding record of achievement in leading her/his team in work that made a material difference to their company, and/or in the development of tax through their representation in industry associations or participation in government consultations.

21. Americas In-house Transfer Pricing Director of the Year: This will consider the work of the in-house transfer pricing director, who can demonstrate an outstanding record of achievement in leading her/his team in work that made a material difference to their company, and/or in the development of tax through their representation in industry associations or participation in government consultations.

22. Americas In-house Indirect Tax Director of the Year: This will consider the work of the in-house indirect tax director, who can demonstrate an outstanding record of achievement in leading her/his team in work that made a material difference to their company, and/or in the development of tax through their representation in industry associations or participation in government consultations.

Leader awards:

23. Americas Tax Practice Leader of the Year: For the private practitioner that can demonstrate an outstanding record of achievement in leading their team in complex and innovative tax work for clients, and in development of their firm’s practice in this area.

24. Americas Transfer Pricing Practice Leader of the Year: For the private practitioner that can demonstrate an outstanding record of achievement in leading their team in complex and innovative transfer pricing work for clients, and in development of their firm’s practice in this area.

25. Americas Indirect Tax Practice Leader of the Year: For the private practitioner that can demonstrate an outstanding record of achievement in leading their team in complex and innovative indirect tax work for clients, and in development of their firm’s practice in this area.

26. Americas Tax Disputes Practice Leader of the Year: For the private practitioner that can show how their successful work on pre-court settlements and court cases made a material difference to their clients and made a substantial impact to the development of tax law, and in development of their firm’s practice in this area.

Deals and cases:

27. Most Notable Deals and Cases of the Year: Using the deals provided in the submissions, ITR will produce a list of the most impactful deals and cases completed in the eligible timeframe.

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