District of Columbia area – International Tax and Transfer Pricing Expert Authors

Dr. Ednaldo Silva is Founder & Director of RoyaltyStat, a leading online database of royalty rates extracted from unredacted license agreements filed with the SEC.

He is an economist with over 25 years of experience in transfer pricing innovation and the valuation of intangibles.

Dr. Silva helped draft the US transfer pricing regulations as Senior Economic Adviser in the IRS Office of Chief Counsel. He was the originator and developer of the “comparable profits method” and introduced the best method rule and the concept that arm’s length is represented by a range of results. Dr. Silva was also the first economist in the IRS's Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) Program.

Amanda Varma advises clients on US federal income tax matters, with particular focus on international tax planning and controversies.

Her practice includes counseling domestic and foreign businesses with respect to cross-border acquisitions, business restructurings, and financings, tax treaty matters, deferral and foreign tax credit issues, transfer pricing, and withholding and reporting issues.

She also regularly advises clients on special issues arising in international tax controversies, including competent authority and information exchange. Ms. Varma also represents clients in connection with regulatory and legislative tax policy matters.

Daniel Bunn is Vice President of Global Projects at the Tax Foundation, where he researches international tax issues with a focus on tax policy in Europe.