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OECD incorporates BEPS amendments into Transfer Pricing Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Tax Administrations

The OECD Council approved the incorporation of BEPS amendments into the Transfer Pricing Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Tax Administrations.

The specific changes introduced in the Transfer Pricing Guidelines are as follows:

  • The current provisions of Chapter I, Section D of the Transfer Pricing Guidelines are deleted in their entirety and replaced by new guidance.
  • Paragraphs are added to Chapter II of the Transfer Pricing Guidelines, immediately following paragraph 2.16.
  • A new paragraph is inserted following paragraph 2.9.
  • The current provisions of Chapter V of the Transfer Pricing Guidelines are deleted in their entirety and replaced by new guidance and annexes.
  • The current provisions of Chapter VI of the Transfer Pricing Guidelines and the annex to this Chapter are deleted in their entirety and replaced by new guidance and annex.
  • The current provisions of Chapter VII of the Transfer Pricing Guidelines are deleted in their entirety and replaced by new guidance.
  • The current provisions of Chapter VIII of the Transfer Pricing Guidelines are deleted in their entirety and replaced by new guidance.

Further work is being undertaken to make conforming amendments to the remainder of the Transfer Pricing Guidelines, in particular to Chapter IX “Transfer Pricing Aspects of Business Restructurings.”