Czech Republic: Obligatory reporting on related-party transactions

11 August, 2014

The Czech Tax Administration has declared a new reporting obligation for all entities accountable for corporate income tax in the Czech Republic who has dealings with related parties. Czech taxpayers will have to file a separate disclosure form

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India: Introduces new rules aim to reduce transfer pricing tax disputes

14 July, 2014

The government of India introduced new tax rules with their new budget target to reducing litigation with multinational firms over cross-border transactions the government considers tax avoidance schemes. Now days, transfer pricing is an application

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Slovak Republic: New improvements in Transfer Pricing

14 July, 2014

The Financial Directorate in Slovak Republic has issued a methodological guideline on the application of transfer pricing methods. According to the changes to the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines in July 2010, the amendment to the ITA has abolished

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Tanzania: regulations on transfer pricing released

08 July, 2014

The Transfer Pricing Regulations in Tanzania has finally been released through Government Notice No. 27 of 2014 and which is effective from 7 February 2014. The Income Tax Act 2004 already had a requirement in section 33 to transact between

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Angola introduced transfer pricing rules

16 June, 2014

Angola introduced a transfer pricing rule with a Presidential Decree n. 14713 on June 2014. According to the decree, the taxpayers require to submit transfer pricing documentation by the end of June 2014 to the tax management for the 2013 tax year.

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Mexico – Transfer pricing implications of pro-rata expense decision

29 April, 2014

A recent decision from Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice declared a provision of the tax law to be unconstitutional. The provision related to pro-rata expenses incurred abroad relating to natural or legal persons that are not Mexican taxpayers.

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OECD official suggests alternatives to arm’s length standard may be needed

27 April, 2014

As part of the action plan on base erosion and profit shifting consideration is being given to ways to improve the transfer pricing rules. According to an official of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the arm’s

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Australia: Draft ATO guidance on new transfer pricing rules

27 April, 2014

New draft tax Rulings and draft Practice Statements outline the Australian Tax Office’s approach to transfer pricing and the standards that are required from taxpayers. Businesses need to urgently consider these publications in order to manage tax

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Saudi Arabia issues new Ministerial Resolution amending tax by-laws

27 April, 2014

Saudi Arabia issued Ministerial Resolution No 1776 on 19 March 2014 to give effect to changes in some of the implementing regulations of the tax law. The resolution is effective from the date of issue and will apply to all tax cases including those

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Russia Clarifies transfer pricing for Domestic Transactions

31 March, 2014

Letter No 03-01-18/2080 issued by the Russian Finance Ministry on 22 January 2014 clarifies that some domestic transactions are to be subject to the transfer pricing rules as they are deemed to be controlled transactions for this purpose. These

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Israel: Information regarding controlled transactions and documentation

14 March, 2014

According to the Art. 57 of Act 90/2003, parties are considered as related if they are part of a group under Art.2 Act 3/2006. The majority of shares is owned, directly or indirectly, by two or more legal entities within the group or they are

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Iceland enacted its own transfer pricing legislation

09 March, 2014

Iceland has recently enacted its own transfer pricing legislation, which became effective from January 1, 2014. The transfer pricing rules are now regulated by Article 57 of Act No. 90/2003 on Income Tax based on the arm's length standard. There

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Russia: Ministry of Finance clarifies the transfer pricing rules

17 February, 2014

The Ministry of Finance Letter No. 03-01-18/53941, issued on 10 December 2013, clarifies the rules to determine the income for controlled transactions purposes. The Ministry of Finance specified that transactions defined in article 105.14 of the Tax

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India – Arm’s length price for sourcing support services

26 December, 2013

The Delhi High Court has held that the Transfer Pricing Officer’s determination of an arm’s length price based on a 5% markup of the “free on board” (FOB) value of goods sourced for a related party’s contract with third parties was

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India: Determines guarantee rates on loans are arm’s length

12 December, 2013

The Mumbai Bench of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal held that bank guarantee rates cannot be mechanically applied in determining the arm’s length price. The tribunal explained the difference between corporate guarantee and bank guarantee, and

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Russia–Readjusting the taxable base for transfer pricing purposes may impact on the VAT base

10 December, 2013

The Russian Ministry of Finance has made public Letter No. 03-01-18/19214 clarifying the rights of tax authorities to readjust the taxable base in the case of selling goods and performing of works or services between related parties. Article 105.3

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India: Determines arm’s length price of share transfers

10 December, 2013

The Income-tax Appellate Tribunal has held that the discounted cash flow method was preferable over the “yield” method or “net asset value” method for purposes of determining the arm’s length price of shares transferred to related parties.

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Brazil: Changes to transfer pricing regulations

22 October, 2013

Brazil issued Normative Instruction 1,395/2013 on 30 September 2013.This Instruction introduced changes to Normative Instruction 1,312/2012 regarding the prices that must be used in cross-border transactions involving the sale and purchase of goods,

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