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OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Tax Administrations 2009

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OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Tax Administrations provides guidance on the application of the "arm's length principle" for valuation for tax purposes of cross-border transactions between associated enterprises. In a global economy where multinational enterprises (MNEs) play a prominent role, governments need to ensure that the taxable profits of MNEs are not artificially shifted out of their jurisdiction and that the tax base reported by MNEs in their country reflects the economic activity undertaken therein. For taxpayers, it is essential to limit the risks of economic double taxation that may result from a dispute between two countries on the determination of the arm’s length remuneration for their cross-border transactions with associated enterprises.

The OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines clarifies these issues and were originally approved by the OECD Council in 1995. In this 2009 edition, some amendments have been made to Chapter IV, primarily to reflect the adoption, in the 2008 update of the Model Tax Convention, of a new paragraph 5 of Article 25 dealing with arbitration, and of changes to the Commentary on Article 25 on mutual agreement procedures to resolve cross-border tax disputes.

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Special Considerations for Intangible Property

This chapter discusses special considerations that arise in seeking to establish whether the conditions made or imposed in transactions between associated enterprises involving intangible property reflect arm's length dealings. Particular attention to intangible property transactions is appropriate because the transactions are often difficult to evaluate for tax purposes. The chapter discusses the application of appropriate methods under the arm's length principle for establishing transfer pricing for transactions involving intangible property used in commercial activities, including marketing activities. It also discusses specific difficulties that arise when the enterprises conducting marketing activities are not the legal owners of marketing intangibles such as trademarks and trade names. Cost contribution arrangements among associated enterprises for research and development expenditures that may result in intangible property will be discussed in Chapter VIII.

English Also available in: French

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