Doug McHoney (PwC’s International Tax Services Global Leader) is joined by Will Morris, PwC’s Global Tax Policy Leader, at PwC’s Asia-Pacific Global Tax Symposium in Hong Kong. Will previously chaired the Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) Tax Committee for 10 years. Doug and Will discuss the acute uncertainty surrounding Pillar Two filing readiness as initial 2024 calendar-year deadlines approach, including the OECD’s May 18, 2026, common understanding document, GIR central filing, local filing portals, XML schema differences, penalty relief, safe harbor elections, QDMTT and top-up tax returns, taxpayer outreach to BIAC, the OECD, and national governments, the OECD implementation toolkit, 52/53-week fiscal-year UTPR guidance, and unresolved dispute resolution questions.
