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Controversy & certainty

Transfer pricing is a forecast that gets tested years later. This is the toolkit for defending it, and for buying certainty in advance.

Year-end adjustment

5 min

An adjustment made by the taxpayer before or at year end to bring a controlled outcome into the arm's length range.

Transfer pricing adjustment

5 min

A change to taxable profit imposed by a tax authority, or made by a taxpayer, to reflect arm's length conditions.

Advance pricing agreement (APA)

5 min

An agreement with one or more tax authorities fixing the transfer pricing method for specified transactions over a future period.

Mutual agreement procedure (MAP)

5 min

A treaty mechanism through which two tax authorities negotiate to resolve taxation not in accordance with the treaty, including double taxation from transfer pricing adjustments.

Business restructuring

6 min

The cross-border reallocation of functions, assets or risks between associated enterprises, and the compensation, if any, due for it.

Transfer pricing risk assessment

4 min

A structured review identifying which controlled transactions are most likely to attract challenge and what the exposure would be.

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