Common misconceptions about transfer pricing documentation updates
Knowledge • Common misconceptions about transfer pricing documentation updates
Knowledge • Common misconceptions about transfer pricing documentation updates
The OECD released on October 2015, the final report on Transfer Pricing Documentation and Country by Country Reporting, Action 13. The report emphasises, among others, on the importance for taxpayers to prepare contemporaneous transfer pricing documentation to support the prices of the international related party dealings. The report also confirms that is critical for taxpayers to periodically review and update the transfer pricing documentation in order to ensure that the information is accurate and reliable[1]
We are hearing from many companies having trouble understanding what contemporaneous documentation really means and what are the practical implications. The following case study summarises our experience with the most common misunderstandings.
AusCo is a subsidiary of ForCo, a company located in the United States. AusCo main business is the distribution of electronic products in Australia; AusCo purchases finished goods from ForCo to sell in Australia.
AusCo has prepared transfer pricing documentation for the income year ended 30 June 2011. The transfer pricing documentation included a benchmarking analysis prepared by ForCo for 30 June 2011; the search included companies located in the United States engaged in the distribution activities with third parties in similar conditions to the distribution arrangement between AusCo and Forco.
AusCo will be submitting the 30 June 2015 income tax return and International Dealings Schedule (IDS) in the next month and has advised their tax agent to disclose that AusCo has 100% transfer pricing documentation (Code 6) to support the prices of its purchases of finished goods from its international related party ForCo.
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