We are delighted to have hosted a webinar with guest speaker Danny Beeton, of Arendt on the subject of transfer pricing in the context of private equity businesses. The webinar considers The risks faced by private equity businesses in a developing transfer pricing landscape The benefits of effective transfer pricing planning for private equity businesses, …

As I’m sure you know, Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, one of the draftsmen of and signatories to the Declaration of Independence, as well as being a diplomat, scientist and inventor. He was not born into wealth – he was the 15th child of a man who made soap and candles – and yet …

Intercompany agreements for Cost Contribution Arrangements (CCAs) / Cost Sharing Arrangements (CSAs) are special for a number of reasons. One is that, more than any other transaction type, the arrangements just doesn’t exist without an appropriate legal agreement. Another is that the US Treasury rules are very prescriptive about what must be included …

Here are some of the comments from one of the ‘transfer pricing superheroes’ who has already participated in a free trial free trial of our new ‘fast track’ online tool, which helps multinational groups to get the intercompany agreements they need for their TP compliance: “I like the questionnaire a lot. [The draft intercompany agreement] …

Value chain analysis and economic theory are undoubtedly powerful tools when designing a transfer pricing policy. But sometimes these perspectives can result in a confused description of what the controlled transactions within a group actually are. The consequences can include very strange looking titles for intercompany agreements – such as ‘entrepreneurial …