Ed Boal
Regulatory Whiplash and Structural Complexity
Beyond the headline rate, several experts argue that the real burden lies in regulatory instability including our own Ed Boal.
Ed Boal, Chief Domain Expert at StructureFlow, emphasised that tariffs rarely operate in isolation. “The immediate impact of a 15% global tariff is clear: higher landed costs, margin compression and working capital pressure. But for SMEs operating internationally, the deeper cost is structural,” he said, noting that supply chain routing, entity structures and transfer pricing arrangements may all require reassessment.
Taking that further:
When tariffs shift:
- Supply chain routing may need redesigning
- Intercompany flows may no longer be efficient
- Entity structures may expose unexpected tax leakage
- Transfer pricing models may become misaligned
- Working capital pressure may surface in the wrong part of the group
Most manage this across spreadsheets, PDFs, emails and static charts.
Which means the real question becomes:
Can you see the full structure before you change it?
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