Australia: Amended the Transfer Pricing Rules as per 2015 OECD Transfer Pricing Recommendations
Australia's transfer pricing legislation currently specifies that it be interpreted to achieve consistency with the OECD transfer pricing guidelines as last updated in 2010. The OECD's final report on Action Items 8-10 of the G20/OECD BEPS Action
See MoreDenmark: Plans for the introduction of alternative dispute resolution for TP cases
The Minister of Taxation announced on 2 May 2016, for transfer pricing cases they are planning for the introduction of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) system. The introduction of ADR is considered essential in order to assurance that transfer
See MoreSouth Africa: SARS introduced certain changes to the Income Tax Return for Companies (ITR14)
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) introduced certain changes to the Income Tax Return for Companies (ITR14) on 18 April 2016. Changes include the expansion of information required in relation to transfer pricing transactions. ITR14 increasing
See MoreSweden Proposes Implementation of BEPS 13
The Swedish Tax Agency (STA) has proposed to implement transfer pricing documentation and Country-by-Country (CbC) Reporting. As per the proposal, the Master File reporting obligations will be applicable to MNEs that have more than 250 employees and
See MoreTransfer Pricing Brief: April 2016
Portugal: General rule for CbC reporting requirement: Portugal has introduced Country-by-Country (CbC) reporting requirement for domestic entities with consolidated group revenue of €750 million or more for an accounting period. The CbC report
See MoreEcuador: Issued Executive Degree 973 to clarify applicability of CUP method
The Executive Decree 973 issued by the president of Ecuador eliminates the application of the CUP method for import and export transactions with public and well-known international prices and the CUP Method for import and export transactions through
See MoreRussia: Draft law on CbC reporting requirements issued for public consultation
The Russian Finance Ministry has issued a draft law regarding the introduction of country-by-country (CbC) reporting in Russia on 8 April 2016. The CbC reporting requirements would apply only to international groups whose aggregate revenue according
See MoreIndia: Bench marking the arm’s length interest rate on related-party debt
The Mumbai Bench of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal held in the case of India Debt Management Pvt. Ltd. v. DCIT [IT(TP)A No. 7518/Mum/2014, held that the selection of tested party shall be done with reference to the entity which has undertaken
See MoreSwitzerland: Published draft legislation on country-by-country reporting
The Swiss Federal Council published draft law with respect to Country-by-Country reporting for consultation on 13 April 2016. The draft law is based on the recommendations contained in the OECD BEPS Action Plan 13 (“Transfer Pricing Documentation
See MoreSouth Africa: SARS publishes draft regulations concerning CbC reporting standard for MNEs
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) on 11 April 2016 published draft regulations concerning a country-by-country (CbC) reporting standard for multinational enterprises. South African MNEs with annual group consolidated turnover exceeding ZAR
See MorePortugal-Budget Law for 2016 implements country-by-country reporting requirements
The Portuguese Budget Law for 2016 has been approved on 16 March 2016. The approved Budget Law implements country-by-country reporting requirements. Country-by-Country (CbC) reporting requirement will be applicable for domestic entities with
See MoreIndia: Factors to be used in selecting comparables
The Bangalore Bench of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal recently provided judgment in the case of ACIT v. McAfee Software (India) Pvt Ltd, on factors such as functional comparability that are to be used in transfer pricing reports and
See MoreTransfer Pricing Brief: March 2016
India: General rule for CbC reporting requirement: India has proposed in the 2016 Union Budget to introduce the country-by-country reporting rules pursuant to the OECD’s three-tier transfer pricing documentation approach. Multinational groups
See MoreGreece: Amended Transfer Pricing Penalty in Adjustment
The most important development that took place with regard to Greece’s transfer pricing regime was the enactment of Law 4337/2015 and inclusion of revised transfer pricing penalty in adjustment in new law. As per Law 4337/2015, additional tax
See MoreMalaysia: IRB is planning to introduce a Country-by-Country (CbC) reporting requirement
The Malaysian Inland Revenue Board announced plans to introduce a Country-by-Country reporting requirement and to update current local transfer pricing documentation requirements to include the Master File and Local File concepts, in line with
See MoreTanzanian Requires Taxpayers with Related-Party Transactions Contemporaneous Transfer Pricing Documentation
The requirement for transfer pricing documentation has been in place since February 7, 2014 but the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) had not previously enforced this requirement. TRA have started requesting transfer pricing documentation from
See MoreJapan approves tax reforms for 2016
The parliament (National Diet) on 29 March 2016 passed the tax reform for 2016. The main changes are set out below: Corporate income tax: The main corporation tax rate is to be reduced to 23.4% from 23.9% for taxable years beginning on or after 1
See MoreUK: Responses to call for evidence on cash and noncompliance
On 24 March 2016 HMRC published a summary of responses to the call for evidence on cash, tax evasion and the hidden economy. The call for evidence had asked for views on the relative decline in the use of cash and its impact on tax compliance, the
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