Germany publishes updated draft bill on DAC 6 Rules
On 9 October 2019, the German Federal Government issued an update of the draft legislation on Mandatory Disclosure Rules addressing the implementation of the European Union (EU) Directive on the mandatory disclosure and exchange of cross-border tax
See MoreFrance: Government publishes transposition order of DAC6
On October 22, 2019, Government published a French Ordinance No. 2019-1068 of 21 October 2019, regarding the Automatic and Compulsory Exchange of Information in the Field of Taxation in Relation to Cross-Border Devices for Reporting. The EU
See MoreSlovenia implements the mandatory disclosure rules
On 28 May 2019, the Slovenian Parliament has approved the EU Directive on the mandatory disclosure and exchange of cross-border tax arrangements (DAC6). The final Slovenian Mandatory Disclosure Rules legislation is significantly aligned to the
See MoreCyprus publishes a draft law implementing EU directive on cross-border tax arrangements
On 19 March 2019, the Cypriot Ministry of Finance (MoF) published a draft law implementing EU Directive 2018/822/EU of 25 May 2018 on the mandatory disclosure and exchange of cross-border tax arrangements into national legislation. The Directive
See MoreItaly issues final transfer pricing regulations on the application of the arm’s length principle
Italy issued final transfer pricing regulations on May 14 regarding the application of the arm’s length principle. The publication follows the release of a draft for public consultation in February and a consultation in May. The guidance supports
See MoreUkraine: SFS clarifies the definition of related parties for the recognition of controlled transactions
On 16 May 2017, the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine published a letter No. 9012/6/99-99-15-02-02-15 concerning the definition of related parties for the recognition of transactions controlled and guided by article 52 of the Tax Code of Ukraine. The
See MoreCyprus: Tax authority published circular on transfer pricing adjustment
The Cyprus Tax Department on 24 November 2016 issued Circular 2016/15 clarifying the application of article 33 of the Income Tax Law. Article 33 allows the tax authorities to adjust transactions between related parties on terms which, in the opinion
See MoreIndia: Tribunal held that Transfer Pricing Officers have the authority to determine the arm’s length price
The Delhi Bench of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal in the case of: Nikon India Pvt. Ltd. v. DCIT (ITA No. 6314/Del/2015), held that Transfer Pricing Officers have the authority to determine the arm’s length price of any international transaction
See MoreIndia: Delhi Tribunal allows use of multiple-year data for purposes of determining arm’s length price
In the case of DCIT v. Innodata Isogen India Pvt. Ltd. , the Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal upheld a decision of the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) to allow the taxpayer to use multiple-year data in determining the arm’s
See MoreIndia: Determines arm’s length price of share transfers
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.
See MoreGermany: Enactment of Cross-border profit allocation rules
Enactment of legislation regarding cross-border profit allocation was published in the Germany federal law gazette on 29 June 2013. Changes with regard to transfer pricing with the transposition into German tax law of article 7 of the OECD Model
See MoreIndia: Central government has issued Notification on transfer pricing tolerance band
If the transfer price charged by a taxpayer is within a certain percentage of the arm’s length price determined under section 92C of India’s Income Tax Act no adjustment is required. In previous years there has been some misunderstanding as to
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