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ASIA TAX AWARDS 2019

Award categories

Awards period: January 1 2018 – December 31 2018

1. National Tax Firms 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 Firms of the Year: For the firm that has displayed outstanding achievement in advising clients on transfer pricing matters.

3. National Tax Litigation and Disputes Firms of the Year: For the firm that has displayed outstanding achievement in advising clients on tax litigation and dispute resolution.

4. Asia 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.

5. Asia Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year: For the firm that has displayed outstanding strength and depth in transfer pricing work in the awards period.

6. Asia Tax Disputes Firm of the Year: For cases to be eligible, the proceedings may have commenced before January 1 2018 but the final decision, after all appeals, must have been delivered before December 31 2018.

7. Asia 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.

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

9. Asia Tax Transactions Firm of the Year: To the firm that has demonstrated the ability to deliver complex, innovative tax advice in a cross-border transaction(s) in the awards period.

10. US Corporate Tax Team in Asia: For the team at the firm that has displayed outstanding strength in depth in cross-border work in the awards period.

11. Withholding Tax Team of the Year in Asia: For the team at the firm that has displayed outstanding strength and depth in its withholding tax work in the awards period.

12. Global Executive Mobility Tax Team of the Year in Asia: For the team at the firm that has displayed outstanding strength when offering advice on the taxation of employer services and executive mobility in the awards period.

13. International Law Firm in Asia: This will be given to the international law firm headquartered outside Asia that has displayed outstanding strength in tax work to clients from offices in Asia in the awards period.

14. Asia Tax Innovator of the Year Award: For the firm that has used an offline or online initiative, such as meetings, conferences, websites, weblogs or webcasts, to explain the practicalities of tax and increase the understanding of clients.

15. Best Newcomer: This will consider the work over the last 12 months of any international tax practice that has been set up in any jurisdiction in Asia in the last five years. The firm, of which the international tax practice may be a part, may be older than this.

16. Asia In-house Tax Team of the Year: This will consider the work over the last 12 months of an in-house tax team based in Asia that has displayed outstanding achievement in tax matters.

17. Asia In-house Transfer Pricing Team of the Year: This will consider the work over the last 12 months of an in-house transfer pricing team based in Asia that has displayed outstanding achievement in TP matters.

18. Asia In-house 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.

19. Asia Tax Commissioner of the Year: This will be awarded to the national tax commissioner that can demonstrate a record of outstanding achievement in the way they have led their administration and developed their national tax agency, for example, through increased use of automation, improved compliance or leadership training for senior staff.

20. Asia 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 January 2018 and December 2018.

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

22. Asia 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.

23. Asia 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.

24. Asia Tax Litigation and Disputes Practice Leader of the Year: For the private practitioner that can show how their successful court work 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.

METHODOLOGY

Between October 2018 and December 2018, companies, law firms, tax advisers, accountants and other tax service providers from the below jurisdictions will be eligible to submit three examples of their best work for consideration for the national tax, and litigation and disputes awards:

Australia; Cambodia; China; Hong Kong; India; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; Myanmar; New Zealand; Pakistan; Philippines; Singapore; South Korea; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Thailand and Vietnam.

The awards for Asia Tax Firm of the Year, Asia Firm of the Year, Asia Tax Litigation and Disputes Firm of the Year, Best Newcomer (international tax practices of ................
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