India: Listed price cannot be used under the Comparable Uncontrolled Price (CUP) method

June 18, 2013

In a recent decision, the Chennai Bench of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal held that the list price on a manufacture’s website is only an “indicative price” and so the list price alone cannot be used to determine the arm’s length price of

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Brazil: Expands Threshold for Companies for presumed Profit Method

May 16, 2013

The profit method is one of four calculation regimes that may be applied by some companies for the computation of profits for Brazil’s corporate income tax. This is a simplified regime that enables a company to pay tax based on a percentage of its

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Australia: Amends Transfer Pricing Regulations

May 16, 2013

Australia has introduced the Tax Laws Amendment (Countering Tax Avoidance and Multinational Profit Shifting) Bill 2013 (“the Bill”) in the House of Representatives for approval. The new transfer pricing regulations will significantly bolster the

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Ukraine: New transfer pricing law

May 08, 2013

A transfer pricing Bill to amend the legislation with regard to transfer pricing and introduce best practice was registered with parliament on 12 March 2013. The Tax and Customs Committee of parliament has confirmed that the Transfer Pricing Bill

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India: Guidelines for application of the profit split method

April 01, 2013

India’s Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued Circular No. 2 of 2013, setting out guidelines for application of the Profit Split Method (PSM) in international transactions. The profit split method is one of the permitted methods for

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Philippines: Transfer Pricing Regulations

February 05, 2013

On 23 January 2013, the Philippines Secretary of Finance issued transfer pricing regulations (Revenue Regulation (RR) No. 02-2013). The regulations provide guidance for applying the arm’s length principle for pricing in related-party transactions

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Nigeria introduced new TP regulations

January 06, 2013

Nigeria has announced new Transfer Pricing Regulations on October 22, 2012. This will be applicable retroactively to August 2, 2012. The TP Regulations provide that all transactions between connected parties should be at arm’s length. Taxpayers

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