Tax Insurance 101

In this episode of the “GILTI Conscience” podcast, David Farhat, Nate Carden and Stefane Victor are joined by Mike Gaffney of Atlantic Global Risk to talk about tax insurance and its role in addressing uncertainty in tax laws. 

Mike describes the workings of tax insurance, including the length of a typical policy, particularly surrounding a deal, and explored ideas such as deciding what covered tax position to insure and how various jurisdictions come into play.

The conversation takes listeners through the impact that evolving international tax law has had on tax insurance; what multinationals need to consider when exploring a policy; recognizing risk, particularly surrounding BEPS; and tax insurance in an M&A transaction.

💡 Featured Guest 💡

Name: Michael Gaffney

What he does: Mike is a director and a member of Atlantic Global Risk’s tax team responsible for tax liability insurance products. Prior to joining Atlantic, Mike most recently was PwC’s global tax leader for the banking and capital markets practice and advised financial institutions on complex tax matters. He has authored several articles on international tax, financial products and transfer pricing.

Organization: Atlantic Global Risk

Words of wisdom: “The way I think of the product is it’s a tool for advisors to have and for taxpayers to know about.” 

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