Tax Advisers - Deloitte

United States
Alan M Shapiro
Deloitte Tax LLP
111 S Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606-7002
US
Tel: (1) 312 486 9112
Fax: (1) 202 638 7313
Email: ashapiro@deloitte.com
Website: www.deloitte.com
Alan Shapiro is a partner in the Chicago office of Deloitte and a member of the national
transfer-pricing team. He works with the firm’s largest US and non-US multinational
companies to develop and implement transfer-pricing strategies. He has over 30 years
of experience, of which the last 20 have been devoted to specializing in the full range of
transfer-pricing issues.
Mr Shapiro is one of the firm’s leading experts on the cross-border taxation of
intangible property, including the development of transfer-pricing regimes that focus
on minimizing the worldwide tax imposed on intangible property. He has represented
clients in controversies with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and in competent
authority proceedings between the US and foreign tax authorities. His industry
experience includes automotive, pharmaceuticals, electronic components, high tech,
software and consumer products.
Mr Shapiro is widely quoted on transfer-pricing topics in BNA’s Daily Tax Report and
Transfer Pricing Report, and he has been recognized by Euromoney as one of the leading
transfer-pricing specialists in the world. He has authored or co-authored numerous
articles on transfer pricing, including: “New Services and Intangible Regulations: IRS
Changes the Mix” 15 BNA Transfer Pricing Report 308 (August 16 2006); “Proposed
Cost Sharing Regulations: Are They a Realistic Alternative?” 109 Tax Notes 239
(October 10 2005); several chapters for Intellectual Property (International Tax Review’s
Tax Reference Library 12, 2003); “Proposed Cost Sharing Stock Option Regulations”
Tax Planning International: Transfer Pricing (February 2003); “Proposed Rev Proc 65-17:
Update Raises Many Issues” BNA Transfer Pricing Report (January 13 1999); “Planning
Opportunities Under the Final US Cost-Sharing Regulations” IBFD International
Transfer Pricing Journal (March/April 1998); and “Lost in Cyberspace: Transfer Pricing
Aspects of Proposed §861 Computer Software Regulations” BNA Transfer Pricing
Report (December 12 1996).
Mr Shapiro holds an LLM (tax) and a JD from Georgetown University Law School,
and an MA (economics) and a BS (business administration) from Boston University. Mr
Shapiro is a member of the Bar of the State of Pennsylvania and is a certified public
accountant.
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