India- introduction of an APA program

20 May, 2012

The Finance Minister of India introduced the Finance Bill, 2012, on 16 March 2012 in which with respect to transfer pricing, the introduction of an advance pricing agreement (APA) program as well as other transfer pricing-related items has been

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Russia- Introduces new Transfer Pricing Rules

12 February, 2012

New Federal Law FZ-227 of 18 July 2011 which enacted comprehensive transfer pricing rules entered into force on 1 January 2012. According to the new Law, companies falling under the scope of transfer pricing rules will be obligated to disclose

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Lithuania- APA

10 January, 2012

The amendment to the Tax Administration Law applicable from 1 January 2012, enables taxpayers to apply for advance transfer pricing agreements with the tax administrator. Agreements between taxpayers and the tax administrator on transfer pricing

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UK: Latest Transfer Pricing Statistics Released

30 December, 2011

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) settled the UK’s Transfer Pricing rules such a way that the pricing of transactions between connected can result into an increased revenue yield. The internationally recognized ‘arm’s length principle’ is

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New transfer pricing form issued by Malaysia’s tax authority

17 August, 2011

Malaysia’s Inland Revenue Board (IRB) has issued a new form to collect information on transfer pricing compliance, and enforce transfer pricing rules for the corporate taxpayers. The IRB targeted the corporate taxpayers because they have

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Transfer pricing gets intensive focus in Vietnam’s General Department of Taxation

15 August, 2011

During the late July 2011 Vietnam’s General Department of Taxation (GDT) and HCM tax authorities took several activities on transfer pricing (TP) which focused importantly on increasing awareness and strengthening the implementation of TP

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Authorities’ use of net-back approach in transfer pricing case has been overruled by the Russian Court

15 July, 2011

The Federal Arbitration Court of the Moscow Region rejected the Russian Tax Authorities’ attempt to adjust a taxpayer’s transfer pricing by applying the net-back approach. The net-back method are applied to oil production and operates by taking

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