Cross Border Tax Strategies

He specialises in tax advisory, policy formulation, international treaty negotiation, and tax audit.  His experience covers advisory on tax-efficient supply chain management, R&D and IP management, headquarters and treasury management, manufacturing, IPO and M&A deals.  Often valued for his close connection with Singapore government agencies, he is able to provide valuable insights on how best to obtain government support and has successfully assisted more than 300 incentive advisory cases, including more than 60 family office cases.  Some of the key incentives which he is often being engaged to assist on are Headquarters Programme, Global Trader Programme, Finance & Treasury Centre Incentive, investment allowances and fund tax exemption schemes. Kah Chuan is often invited as lecturer for EMBA and Masters programmes and trainer or speaker for tax and incentive related topics.

Prior to his time in Asia, Stephen spent over nine years in London advising European multinational corporations based in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Sweden and the UK. In addition, he spent three years in Taiwan, where he co-managed the transfer pricing team. Stephen has advised on projects including the restructuring of global supply chains for multinational corporations, global transfer pricing documentation projects, transfer pricing controversy (including APAs), cash pooling structures as well as IP structuring. Stephen is a frequent speaker at seminars and events on transfer pricing and operating model effectiveness and has written numerous articles on these topics as well. Stephen has a Double-Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Accountancy from the University of Adelaide (Australia). Stephen is also a member of the Singapore Chartered Professionals. Stephen is a facilitator for the Advanced Tax Programme (International Tax Module) conducted by the Tax Academy of Singapore.

Matilda is a Director in the Transfer Pricing practice of the EY global member firm in Singapore and has more than 13 years of experience working in the Transfer Pricing and Operating Model Effectiveness (OME) arenas, with a focus in the high-tech, service, apparel and consumer goods industries. Matilda was also previously seconded to the EY Australia (Sydney) Transfer Pricing practice and had 18 months of experience in Australian specific transfer pricing and tax controversy cases, advanced pricing arrangements (APAs), and multinational anti-avoidance law (MAAL) cases.

Ying Quan is currently on a part-time secondment to Enterprise Singapore in relation to BEPS 2.0 Pillar Two implications to businesses, and Singapore international tax policies and regimes relevant to enterprises seeking global expansion and internationalization. He also served as a faculty member of the EY BEPS University (Singapore edition), where he instruct courses centered on the rules and practical application surrounding BEPS 2.0 Pillar Two rules. Ying Quan holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (Cum Laude) from the Singapore Management University with a second major in Finance. He is a certified Chartered Accountant of Singapore and an Accredited Tax Advisor (Income Tax) of the Singapore Chartered Tax Professionals Limited.