scholarly journals Implementation of step 13 of the BEPS Action Plan in the context of introducing automatic exchange of information for tax purposes

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (10) ◽  
pp. 41-47
Author(s):  
Yana OLIYNYK ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Transfer Pricing ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
International Exchange ◽  
Appropriate Use ◽  
International Group ◽  
Exchange Of Information ◽  
Multilateral Agreement ◽  
Tax Legislation ◽  
Model Action

The precondition for Ukraine's accession to the multilateral agreement on automatic exchange of interstate reports is the introduction of the Report by countries of the international group of companies (hereinafter - the intercountry report), which is part of the OECD-recommended three-tier transfer pricing documentation model (Action Plan 13, BEPS Action Plan 13). It has been proven that the implementation of the intercountry report is in the early stages of the implementation of Step 13(tax legislation establishes the obligation of multinational enterprises to submit such reports; the form and procedure for its preparation are designed , but there is no mechanism for ensuring confidentiality and appropriate use of information of such reports). The conclusion is made on the need to further improve the legislation of Ukraine in the field of international exchange of information for tax purposes and the relevance of research on these issues.

scholarly journals Assessment of Ukraine’s readiness for international automatic exchange of information for tax purposes

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-97
Author(s):  
Yana OLIYNYK ◽  
◽  
Maria KUCHERIAVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Support ◽  
Transfer Pricing ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Competent Authority ◽  
International Exchange ◽  
General Distribution ◽  
Multinational Group ◽  
Exchange Of Information ◽  
Constituent Element ◽  
State Tax

The implementation of a constituent element of a three-tier model of transfer pricing documentation – a report in the context of the countries of the multinational group of companies – is a prerequisite for Ukraine's joining the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement as a measure for implementation of Action 13. The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, together with the State Tax Service of Ukraine, developed a Roadmap on preparation and harmonization of the draft regulatory legal acts necessary to ensure implementation of the Law of Ukraine dated January 16, 2020 No. 466-IX, according to which the development, approval and registration of the regulatory legal acts for the country-by-country reporting and the procedure for filling it out must be completed until November 23, 2020. The purpose of the article is to determine the institutional basis for improving the legislation of Ukraine in the field of international exchange of information for tax purposes, in particular, the development of recommendations and proposals of the OECD in the field of country-by-country reporting of the multinational group of companies. In the course of study, the authors examined the OECD documents that form the institutional basis for the development of methodological and organizational support for reporting in the context of countries. In accordance with Action 13 of the BEPS Action Plan, jurisdictions of the world have undertaken to increase the transparency of taxation by enshrining in law the requirement to disclose information on the general distribution of their income, taxes and other indicators by the location of economic activity of multinational group of companies. The comparative analysis of the termino­logy and content of information to be disclosed in the country-by-country reporting in accordance with OECD documentation and Law № 466-IX shows that there is a discrepancy in terminology, indicators and degree of data disclosure in some indicators.

scholarly journals Corporate Income Shifting in an Era of Tax Multilateralism: The Impact of Exchange-of-Information Agreements

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 357-389
Author(s):  
Devan Mescall ◽  
Paul Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Transfer Pricing ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Income Shifting ◽  
Exchange Of Information ◽  
Pricing Rules ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact

Using data from the annual reports of over 100,000 subsidiaries of multinational enterprises (MNEs) from 55 countries between 2003 and 2012, the authors of this article investigate the impact of exchange-of-information agreements ("EOI agreements") on tax-motivated income shifting. Transparency created by the signing of EOI agreements is expected to reduce the tax-motivated shifting of income by multinational corporations. Whether such agreements affect the income-shifting behaviour of multinational corporations is an unanswered question. The authors find evidence that, on average, EOI agreements do have an impact on tax-motivated income shifting. Additionally, they find that more advanced, modern EOI agreements are associated with a larger decrease in tax-motivated income shifting compared to the impact of early EOI agreements. This evidence challenges the prevalent assumption in empirical studies that EOI agreements are homogeneous. Supplemental analyses suggest that factors that affect the information asymmetry between MNEs and tax authorities, such as corporations with high levels of intangibles and tax authorities with strong transfer-pricing rules and enforcement, can diminish or enhance the effectiveness of EOI agreements in moderating tax-motivated income shifting. The evidence provided by this study shows that consideration of the tax authorities' information environment and the substance of an EOI agreement is essential when assessing the impact of such an agreement on the tax behaviour of sophisticated taxpayers such as multinational corporations.

scholarly journals Country-by-country reporting: international experience of implementation

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (6) ◽  
pp. 29-39
Author(s):  
Iryna KRYSHTOPA ◽  
◽  
Larysa NIKOLENKO ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Income Distribution ◽  
Tax Evasion ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Transfer Pricing ◽  
International Experience ◽  
Country Report ◽  
Financial Flows ◽  
National Legislation ◽  
International Group

Considering the tasks set for Ukraine in frames of combating tax evasion of multinational enterprises, it is extremely important to bring the provisions of national legislation in line with international rules of tax administration. This primarily concerns the creation of institutional conditions in order to increase the financial flows transparency of multinational enterprises for tax administrations and enable them to obtain necessary information for identifying and assessing transfer pricing risks.Nowadays, more than 100 countries prepare a country-by-country report of an international group of companies, which discloses data on activities of certain enterprises in accordance with the requirements of national legislation and the unified standard of country-by-country reporting, approved by the OECD [1]. However, the analysis of domestic practice of reporting by countries of international group of companies, as well as the study of other regulations, which application allows metropolitan countries to ensure the transparent level of taxation of their multinational corporations, indicates the need for further improvement of domestic mechanisms for counteracting tax base erosion and exchange of information obtained in the framework of international exchange. This fact actualizes a chosen research topic. It is revealed that information disclosed in country-by-country reports gives the possibility for tax administrations to assess high risks of transfer pricing. In turn, the development of the mechanism for ensuring confidentiality and appropriate use of such reports will oblige taxpayers to careful adhere to transfer pricing rules and mandatory tax information exchange. The investigation of international experience in frames of implementation of uniform standards for the disclosure of information on income distribution and tax payments suggests the importance of country-by-country reporting. And identification of main trends in the field of international initiatives on issues of disclosure of income distribution information by groups of enterprises brings Ukraine closer to the consistent implemen­tation of this approach in practice of international groups of companies.

scholarly journals INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS IN UKRAINE: TAX COMPONENT

2021 ◽  
pp. 46-49
Author(s):  
Ірина Береза ◽  
Володимир Соколенко
Keyword(s):  
International Business ◽  
Transfer Pricing ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Market Mechanism ◽  
Tax Legislation ◽  
Pricing Rules ◽  
Economic Interaction ◽  
Effective Level ◽  
National Tax ◽  
Thin Capitalization

In the system of regulation of international business, the tax component is of exceptional importance. The development of business is largely dependent on tax policy tools, the actual task of which is to create an optimal tax field in Ukraine, for the development of an open national economic system. The article is devoted to the study of theoretical and practical tax aspects in the international business of Ukraine. Effective level and taxation regime helps to attract foreign capital, develop international business, increase state revenues and increase gross domestic product of the country. The factors hindering the process of investing in our country are considered. The problems, as well as ways of their solution, concerning the tax component of Ukrainian business are analyzed. Detailed attention is focused on some tax aspects, which primarily include: transfer pricing rules, the rule of "thin capitalization", the rules of reporting of international groups of companies by country. Essential characteristics, features and rules of transfer pricing and "thin capitalization" are highlighted. The actions on the BEPS Action Plan are considered, which propose to eliminate the shortcomings of international tax regulation and differences in the national tax legislation of different countries, which promote "concealment" of corporate profits and its artificial transfer to low tax jurisdictions, where companies are no longer engaged in economic activity. The proposals on the improvement of bills that will recognize Ukraine as a cooperating country on taxation issues have been formed. These bills will make it possible to strengthen the economic link between Ukraine and the countries of the CIS and Eastern Europe. Recovering and strengthening these ties is the easiest to date, as each party feels that need. Right now Ukraine is taking measures for their restoration on the basis of an effective market mechanism of economic interaction.

scholarly journals CONTROLLED TRANSACTIONS WITH INTANGIBLE ASSETS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE BEPS ACTION PLAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 135 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-118
Author(s):  
UMANTSIV Halyna ◽  
SHUSHAKOVA Iryna
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Intangible Assets ◽  
Transfer Pricing ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Business Transactions ◽  
Tax Legislation ◽  
Transfer Prices

Background. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has laun­ched a number of initiatives to solve global tax problem, since there are incon­sistencies and gaps in the international tax legislation. The BEPS Plan is the most signi­ficant of these initiatives. Analysis of recent researches and publications. The review of scientific articles and publications revealed the relevance of the study of the analysis of the conditions of opera­tions controllability with intangible assets and the choice of transfer pricing method through the identification of potential signs of comparability. The aim of the article is to study the approaches to the transfer pricing of intangible assets in the BEPS context in accordance with the concept of their implementation of the "outstretched hand" principle. Materials and methods. Different methods of scientific knowledge such as analysis, synthesis, deduction and induction, as well as methods of comparison, generalization and systematization have been used in the article. Results. Modern tendencies of development of the sphere of intellectual property have been analyzed. The globalization dimension of the processes of intellectual property formation has been studied and the place of Ukraine in these processes is revealed. The main trends of foreign economic transactions with intangible assets are identified. Business transactions with intangible assets for the purposes of transfer pricing are specified. The main measures for the implementation of the BEPS Action Plan in Ukraine are presented. Conclusion. It is identified that the results of comparability of the conditions of the controlled operation, the parties to the controlled operations with intangible assets should receive compensation based on the value they create through the performed functions, used assets and risks assumed in the development process, strengthening, maintenance, pro­tection and use of such assets. This necessitates the formation of approaches to the tax admi­nistration of transfer prices, which will ensure the creation of competitive economic relations, the introduction of clear and transparent mechanisms for determining contract prices. Keywords: transfer pricing, related parties, controlled transactions, BEPS, intangible assets, royalties, international trade in services.

scholarly journals Formation of conditions for BEPS analysis in Ukraine

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (11) ◽  
pp. 88-102
Author(s):  
Olga IVANYTSKA ◽  
◽  
Tetiana KOSHCHUK
Keyword(s):  
Transfer Pricing ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Statistical Information ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Profit Shifting ◽  
Country Report ◽  
International Group

The article reveals the problems related to the formation of conditions for analyzing the transfer of profits between countries according to the OECD indicators of Action 11 of the OECD Recommendations on preventing the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS Action Plan) in Ukraine. It is established that the calculation of OECD indicators with data on Ukraine may be complicated due to the lack of relevant statistical information, as well as due to the establishment of the process of processing, aggregation and analysis of information from companies (including new reporting – Notification of participation in an international group of companies and transfer pricing reporting according to the “three-tier model”, which includes Сountry-by-country report). It is determined: 1) what information needed to calculate OECD indicators for BEPS analysis is already available in statistical sources and financial statements of companies; 2) what data for these purposes can be obtained by government agencies from new reporting for international groups of companies and their members in Ukraine, which will be submitted by them from 2021 and later; 3) what economic figures will not be available for BEPS analysis according to OECD indicators after the start of these new reporting forms. The necessity of forming organizational bases for collecting and processing domestic data at macroeconomic and microeconomic levels is substantiated in order to include them in global calculations of OECD indicators and use them in determining the effectiveness of BEPS countering measures in Ukraine.

The concept of controlled transactions in the context of transfer pricing

2021 ◽  
pp. 78-84
Author(s):  
Artem Kotenko
Keyword(s):  
Transfer Pricing ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Association Agreement ◽  
Tax Legislation ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Complicated Process ◽  
Representative Office ◽  
Problem Setting ◽  
The Eu

Problem setting. Since 2017, Ukraine has joined the International Enhanced Cooperation Program on the Implementation of the BEPS Action Plan and has undertaken obligations under the Association Agreement with the EU to introduce a number of rules, among which transfer pricing occupies a leading role. The legislator defines two types of criteria for determining transactions as controlled, in particular, it is about content and cost criteria. Given that each of these criteria is characterized by a certain peculiarity in practical application, the purpose of the article is to analyze the category of "controlled transactions," as well as the principles that affect the recognition of taxpayer's economic transactions controlled in accordance with the requirements of the current tax legislation. Article’s main body. The article considers the concept of controlled transactions in the context of transfer pricing. Cost and content criteria for determining transactions controlled were analyzed. It is emphasized that by declaring controlled transactions, the permanent representative office should take into account all funds received from a non-resident for the maintenance of such a representative office or transferred by the permanent representative office in favor of residents for the services rendered (performed works) for a non-resident. Conclusions. Taking into account the analysis, we state that in order to recognize the taxpayer's economic transactions as controlled, it is necessary to prove their compliance with the worthwhile and content criteria set by the legislator. At the same time, it should be noted that establishing the conformity of operations with the fixed criteria is a rather complicated process, since each of such regulated criteria (both worth and content) is characterized by a number of features, on some of them we focused our attention in this publication.

TRANSFER FİYATLAMA UYGULAMASININ İŞLETME PERFORMANSINA ETKİSİ VE VERGİSEL AÇIDAN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
Serdar KUZU
Keyword(s):  
Business Performance ◽  
Transfer Pricing ◽  
Tax Law ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Tax System ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Tax Legislation ◽  
International Transactions ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

The size of international trade continues to extend rapidly from day to day as a result of the globalization process. This situation causes an increase in the economic activities of businesses in the trading area. One of the main objectives of the cost system applied in businesses is to be able to monitor the competitors and the changes that can be occured as a result of the developments in the sector. Thus, making cost accounting that is proper according to IAS / IFRS and tax legislation has become one of the strategic targets of the companies in most countries. In this respect, businesses should form their cost and pricing systems according to new regulations. Transfer pricing practice is usefull in setting the most proper price for goods that are subject to the transaction, in evaluating the performance of the responsibility centers of business, and in determining if the inter-departmental pricing system is consistent with targets of the business. The taxing powers of different countries and also the taxing powers of different institutions in a country did not overlap. Because of this reason, bringing new regulations to the tax system has become essential. The transfer pricing practice that has been incorporated into the Turkish Tax System is one of the these regulations. The transfer pricing practice which includes national and international transactions has been included in the Corporate Tax Law and Income Tax Law. The aim of this study is to analyse the impact of goods and services transfer that will occur between departments of businesses on the responsibility center and business performance, and also the impact of transfer pricing practice on the business performance on the basis of tax-related matters. As a result of the study, it can be said that transfer pricing practice has an impact on business performance in terms of both price and tax-related matters.

Taxes, Transfer Pricing, and The Multinational Enterprise

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorraine Eden
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Transfer Pricing ◽  
Multinational Enterprise ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Taxation ◽  
Complex Issue ◽  
Daunting Task ◽  
National Governments

For more than ten years now, transfer pricing has been the top international taxation issue faced by multinational enterprises (MNEs). This article aims to outline, for the reader, the complex issue of transfer pricing, as seen by MNE managers and by governments faced with the daunting task of taxing business profits. The article is organized as follows. First, it briefly discusses transfer pricing from the MNE's perspective and the problems that this raises for national governments. It then reviews the basic rules of international taxation as they apply to MNE profits. The specific rules and procedures that apply to transfer pricing, as practiced in the United States and recommended by the OECD, are then outlined. It concludes with a discussion of unresolved problems that are likely to plague transfer pricing over the next few years.

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