Our research

Welcome to World Tax, International Tax Review's guide to the world's leading tax advisory practices, including law and accountancy firms.
The annual World Tax guide is a key resource in assisting tax professionals locate specialist advice. Each edition rates the tax expertise offered in various jurisdictions, giving tax executives the most comprehensive information about the market for tax advice.
As you peruse the guide, you will find that we have added extra rankings tables detailing firms' prowess in indirect tax, transactional tax and tax disputes.
World Tax is unique as it classifies professional services, law firms and other tax advice providers together, rather than looking at them separately, because they undoubtedly compete for work.

To take part in the annual research simply download, complete and submit our RESEARCH FORM.
You can submit your research form using our ONLINE PORTAL.
Submissions are due on March 27 2020.
You can submit one research form for each jurisdiction in which your firm is active.
PLEASE NOTE - The research form is a combined one allowing you to submit for both the World Tax and World Transfer Pricing research at the same time. However, we are happy to accept separate forms for both – and indeed for each sub-category within tax as well – If that is more relevant to your practice.
If you are a tax practitioner you can also take part in our PRACTITIONER SURVEY.

Research begins - January 2020
Submission deadline - March 27 2020
Research interviews conducted with practitioners and clients - April-June 2020
Rankings published - October 2020

Each year we also produce three individual guides recognising the abilities of individual practitioners. Inclusion in the guides is based on either recommendations received from market practitioners, client feedback or evidence of best practice in their work.

The relevant guides are:

• Indirect Tax
• Tax Controversy
• Women in Tax

If you are a tax professional you can have you say and nominate individuals by taking part in our PRACTITIONER SURVEY

Our research is entirely free and independent and no firm or professional can pay to be included.
Our rankings are based on three key criteria:

Work evidence

We ask all firms to provide deal and case highlights from their last 12 months of work.

Peer feedback

No one knows more about the tax market than those professionals who work in it.

We conduct a PRACTITIONER SURVEY of tax professionals to get their thoughts and feedback on our existing rankings and to get nominations for the Leaders Guides. All active legal tax professionals are invited to take part and we also speak to a great number of professionals through phone and face-to-face interviews.

Professionals cannot recommend their own firm or colleagues in their own firm.

Client feedback

We speak to a wide range of corporate and in-house contacts as part of our Client Feedback Survey to get their opinions on the firms and professionals they use.

We ask for feedback on the following attributes:

• Technical ability
• Accessibility and communication
• Depth of team
• Value for money
• Client/lawyer relationship
• International network

TP Week, International Tax Review's online-only publication about transfer pricing, publishes its own directory about advisers, lawyers and providers in that market. Please refer to it at www.worldtransferpricing.com if you are looking for more depth in this area.