Paul Sutton talks to Sam Barrett – Managing Director, Americas Operating Model Effectiveness, which is part of the International Tax practice at Ernst & Young LLP – about operating model effectiveness and global value chain projects. What are they, what do they try to achieve, and how can they be implemented successfully?

Paul and Sam’s discussion covers:

·       What operating model effectiveness aims to achieve, and how

·       The typical drivers behind operating model effectiveness and global value chain projects

·       How the tax and transfer pricing teams should be involved

·       The role of non-tax functions such as IT, HR and Legal

·       General principles and methodologies that can be applied

·       How to make sure that, after implementation, projects have actually achieved the intended results

·       The main challenges for multinational groups’ tax functions over the next year

·       Key takeaways for heads of tax and their advisers.

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