Haruka Abe

Principal
Haruka Abe | Transfer Pricing | Charles River Associates

Ms. Haruka Abe is a principal in the Transfer Pricing Practice of Charles River Associates and has over a decade of transfer pricing planning and compliance, cross-border dispute resolution, and valuation experience.

Her career is defined by her ability to navigate the complexities of the global tax landscape for a diverse portfolio of clients, ranging from agile, high-growth startups to some of the world’s most prominent Fortune 500 enterprises.

Haruka specializes in aligning transfer pricing structures with overarching business objectives, ensuring both robust compliance and operational efficiency. Her experience spans the full lifecycle of transfer pricing, from multi-jurisdictional planning and IP valuations to defending complex positions during IRS and global tax authority audits (including ATO, HMRC, and NTA). With a deep command of compliance requirements across the globe, she provides a steady hand for clients in a wide variety of industries, including Life Sciences, SaaS, and Financial Services, delivering clarity in an increasingly complex global regulatory environment.

Selected engagements

  • 01
    Coordinated transfer pricing and antitrust defense for commodity transactions
    The client operated in a highly regulated environment with heightened scrutiny over pricing policies from both transfer pricing and antitrust perspectives. The...
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  • 02
    Form 8975 review and Pillar Two Safe Harbour considerations
    With the introduction of the Transitional CbCR Safe Harbour, taxpayers face questions regarding whether their existing Form 8975 CbCR was prepared in a manner...
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  • 03
    Economic analysis of international hub and advanced pricing agreement negotiation
    The uptick in global tax disputes necessitated a rethinking of the company’s transfer pricing strategy to manage HQ double taxation. CRA performed a...
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