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Revised Guidance on the Application of the Transactional Profit Split Method - BEPS Action 10

 

Published: 21 June 2018

 

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In October 2015, as part of the final BEPS package, the OECD published the report on Aligning Transfer Pricing Outcomes with Value Creation under BEPS Actions 8-10. The Report contained revised guidance on key areas, such as transfer pricing issues relating to transactions involving intangibles; contractual arrangements, including the contractual allocation of risks and corresponding profits, which are not supported by the activities actually carried out; the level of return to funding provided by a capital-rich MNE group member, where that return does not correspond to the level of activity undertaken by the funding company; and other high-risk areas. This Revised Guidance on the Application of the Transactional Profit Split Method responds to the mandate in the 2015 BEPS Action 10 report of the BEPS Action Plan.

This guidance will be incorporated into the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines, replacing the previous text on the transactional profit split method in Chapter II. The revised guidance retains the basic premise that the profit split method should be applied where it is found to be the most appropriate method to the case at hand, but it significantly expands the guidance available to help determine when that may be the case. It also contains more guidance on how to apply the method, as well as numerous examples.

 

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