Taxes are increasingly being discussed at board level: Jane McCormick

Also says, tax directors need to be connected with what is going on outside

Jane McCormick, partner, global head of tax, KPMG, shares with Sudipto Dey her insights on how businesses could prepare for a fragmented and changing global tax landscape. Edited excerpts
 

How does the global tax landscape look like in the backdrop of Brexit, the Trump factor, and the anti-globalisation sentiment?

The phrase we have been using is fragmentation and change. There is a view that Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) marks the high-water mark of the globalisation of tax policy. We are now moving to a situation of more fragmentation and change at national levels. So, rather than going to