Episode 11: Intra-group franchising arrangements, with Spencer Ho

  • Updated: November 1, 2023
  • Read Time: 1 minute read

Paul Sutton talks to Spencer Ho from RoyaltyStat, which recently became part of Exactera. RoyaltyStat is an industry-leading online database of royalty rates extracted from license agreements and interactive transfer pricing analytics.

Paul and Spencer discuss a range of issues around intra-group franchising arrangements, including:

  • a high-level perspective on how franchises work as between unconnected third parties
  • the key documents involved
  • the key elements of the financial arrangements
  • what information is available for the benchmarking of intra-group franchise arrangements
  • what factors transfer pricing practitioners should consider, in addition to the headline royalty rates.
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