IBFD Tax Research Platform: Your Essential Tool for Navigating the Complex Tax Landscape
Stay Ahead with Our Latest Enhancements
The global tax environment is evolving rapidly, shaped by regulatory changes, international initiatives, and digital transformation. To remain ahead, you need a reliable, comprehensive, and forward-looking resource. That’s where the IBFD Tax Research Platform proves indispensable.
This year, we have introduced a range of enhancements to ensure the platform remains your go-to tool for navigating tax complexity. These updates are designed to help you optimise your tax strategy, mitigate risks, and make well-informed decisions.
IBFD Tax Research Platform: Your Essential Tool for Navigating the Complex Tax Landscape
Stay Ahead with Our Latest Enhancements
The global tax environment is evolving rapidly, shaped by regulatory changes, international initiatives, and digital transformation. To remain ahead, you need a reliable, comprehensive, and forward-looking resource. That’s where the IBFD Tax Research Platform proves indispensable.
This year, we have introduced a range of enhancements to ensure the platform remains your go-to tool for navigating tax complexity. These updates are designed to help you optimise your tax strategy, mitigate risks, and make well-informed decisions.
New Content and Features
Case Law Collection : International Investment Agreements (IIA)
A new collection summarising the tax-related aspects of key investor-state arbitration cases is now available in the Case Law collection.
New General Chapter: Africa’s Economic & Trade Agreements
This chapter offers a comprehensive overview of major economic and trade agreements across Africa, detailing their objectives and main protocols.
Environmental and Green Taxes Monitor Expanded
Now covering 15 jurisdictions, this monitor provides a detailed country-by-country overview of environmental taxes and green incentives implemented globally including plastic levies, carbon pricing mechanisms, energy taxes, and sustainability-focused incentives.
Revamped General Chapters: Transfer Pricing & Business Restructuring
These chapters have been updated with practical tools, checklists and actionable road maps to support your strategic planning.
DAC8 Compliance Tables
Track the domestic implementation of tax transparency rules on crypto assets and cross-border rulings for high-net-worth individuals across EU Member States.
Global Minimum Taxation Monitor Update
Will include DAC9-related information on EU rules for MNEs and large domestic groups under the Minimum Taxation Directive (2022/2523).
New and Expanded Tax Dossiers
Dedicated Pillar One Dossier
Links to the latest news reports, articles, key documents and other resources are all available in one dedicated space on developments related to Amount A and Amount B of Pillar One.
International Guide on Global Trade
Insights into the latest developments on international trade and their impact on global economics.
Dedicated Pillar Two Dossier
Links to the latest news reports, articles, key documents and country implementation tables are all available in one dedicated space on the developments related to Pillar Two around the world.
DAC Implementation Status Dossier
Now includes DAC8 and DAC9, covering::
- DAC8: Tax transparency rules on crypto assets and cross-border rulings concerning high-net-worth individuals across EU Member States.
- DAC9: Filing obligations and exchange of information by MNEs and large domestic groups under the Minimum Taxation Directive (2022/2523).
New Functionality
Optimised MLI Alert boxes in Income / Capital Treaties
The updated design of the MLI boxes has been divided into three, covering information on MLI Matching, Modifications and Positions.
Improved Editorial Alerts in News and Country Tax Guides
Now more prominently displayed in our News and Country Tax Guides collections. They include a user-friendly control to expand or collapse the related information as needed.
Search Engine Upgrade for Enhanced User Experience
We have upgraded our search engine to bring you even closer to the most relevant results. New semantic search features now interpret the meaning of words and phrases in your search query significantly improving the relevance of results.
TNS Email Customization
Customize your TNS email with more topic categories relating to other taxes like environmental and green taxes, and specific sectors like digital economy.
Enhanced Treaty Article Export Feature in Tools
Effortlessly export bilateral Income and Capital treaties or selected articles of a single country to PDF or Excel, using the Treaty Article Export wizard. Find it under the Tools tab, and enjoy a seamless experience with just a few clicks!
Treaty Withholding Rates Table Comparison Improved
We introduced a new design of the many important footnotes in the Treaty Withholding Rates Table Comparison functionality, improving the accessibility to important exceptions, most favoured nation clauses, and relevant links to more detailed information.
New books Published on the Tax Research Platform
The IBFD book collection is an essential resource for tax professionals and scholars worldwide. We deliver in-depth reference works on international tax and cutting-edge analyses of pressing issues, some of the new releases are:
- Taxation of International Partnerships - 2nd edition
- Taxation and Inequalities
- Blueprint for Individual Income Taxation Reform in a Globalized World
