South Korea: National Tax Service publishes notice on recent changes in transfer pricing rules
On 2 April 2018, the South Korean National Tax Service has published a notice on certain changes including arm's length price determination and APA procedures. In determining the arm's length price, non-price transaction terms are also taken into
See MoreIndia: President approves Finance Act 2018
On 29 March 2018, the Finance Bill 2018 received the approval of the president and now is enacted law, following some changes made by the lower house of parliament on 15 March 2018. This law would apply with effect from 1 April 2018. The main tax
See MoreUS: IRS issues additional guidance for computing the “transition tax” on foreign earnings
On 2 April 2018, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service published additional guidance (Notice 2018-26) for computing the “transition tax” on the untaxed foreign earnings of foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies under the Tax
See MoreAustralia: Minimum interest rate for simplified transfer pricing record keeping for 2018
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has updated its guidance on simplified transfer pricing record keeping options to include the minimum interest rate for the simplified option for low-level outbound loans for the 2018 income year, which is set at
See MoreIndia: High Court Decision on separate business segments for benchmarking purposes
On 7 November 2017, the High Court(HC) in the case of: (CIT v. ESPN Software India Limited ) decided that two closely related separate business segments can be combined for arm's length price determination. In this case, the question was whether
See MoreBelgium issues Circular for the settlement of disputes under tax treaties
On 7 March 2018, following the recommendations that were made in Belgium’s BEPS Action 14 (Making Dispute Resolution Mechanisms More Effective) peer review report, the Belgian tax authorities have issued Circular Letter 2018/C/27 on the existing
See MoreAustralia introduces Treasury Laws Amendment (OECD MLI) Bill 2018
On 28 March 2018, the Australian Government introduced Treasury Laws Amendment (OECD Multilateral Instrument) Bill 2018 (the MLI Bill) into Parliament, together with a detailed explanatory memorandum. The MLI bill will need to be passed by the House
See MoreTransfer Pricing Brief: March 2018
Hong Kong: CbC reporting requirement: On 5 March 2018, Hong Kong government announced that it has launched its country-by-country reporting portal. Hong Kong Ultimate Parent Entities of Reportable Groups (HK UPEs) can now file CbC Returns for
See MoreEl Salvador: Ministry of Finance publishes updated transfer pricing guidelines
On 21 March 2018, the Ministry of Finance has published the updated transfer pricing guidelines (DG-001/201). The guidelines outline the comparability analysis adjustments and adjustment information provided in the transfer pricing
See MoreThe Swiss Federal Council approves tax proposal 17
The Swiss Federal Council has adopted the dispatch on TP17 for the attention of the Federal Assembly on 21st March 2018. It wishes to quickly to improve matters for domestic and foreign companies with the proposal, also on the basis of international
See MoreIndia publishes clarification regarding requirement for furnishing CbC report
On 23 March 2018, the Government of India published clarification regarding requirement for furnishing of Country-by Country Report under Section 286(4) of Income Tax Act, 1961. The government also confirmed that where a non-parent constituent
See MoreIndonesia: New guidance on CbC reporting
On 26 March 2018, the tax authority of Indonesia published an updated guidance on Country-by-Country (CbC) reporting. The guidance includes: The general CbC reporting requirements applicable for MNE groups with consolidated gross revenue
See MoreArgentina: CbC notification deadline extends for fiscal years ending
A Resolution entitled “General Resolution 4218 of 23 March 2018” was published in the Official Gazette. This gives an extension of the established term for the Country-by-Country (CbC) information system and also the due date to submit the
See MoreKorea: Imposed limitation on expense deductions relating to hybrid financial instruments
The 2018 Tax Reform introduces a limitation on deductible expenses relating to hybrid mismatch arrangements as a commitment to implement the hybrid mismatch rules recommended by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s. The
See MoreKorea: Increased noncompliance penalties on transfer pricing documentation requirement
Korea has increased noncompliance penalties on transfer pricing documentation requirement. Taxpayers who fail to file a Combined Report of International Transactions (CRIT) or file false information are subject to penalties of KRW10 million
See MorePoland extends the deadline for Transfer Pricing documentation
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) released the Regulation of the Minister of Finance of 14 March 2018 regarding the extension of the deadline for taxpayers to comply with certain transfer pricing documentation obligations on 15th March 2018 in the
See MoreSingapore: New transfer pricing rules
Singapore Inland Revenue Authority published transfer pricing documentation rules and transfer pricing guidelines in February 2018. The major expansions of the transfer pricing rules are as follows: The arm’s length principle is aligned with
See MoreSlovenia deposited its instrument of ratification of the MLI
The OECD announced on 22 March 2018 that the multilateral monvention to implement tax treaty related measures to prevent base erosion and profit shifting (MLI) will first enter into force on 1 July 2018, following Slovenia’s deposit of the fifth
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