Transfer Pricing

Global transfer pricing

Transfer pricing relates to all aspects of intra-group pricing arrangements between related business entities. It is particularly relevant to multinationals as they expand their operations across the world.

Changing regulations, escalating documentation requirements and penalties, and increasing audit activity globally. Never before have companies faced so much scrutiny over their transfer pricing policies.

Potential issues

Setting and implementing a robust and defendable transfer pricing policy that complies with the arm's length principle.

Evidencing and supporting compliance with transfer pricing regulations, including documentation requirements, both in Ireland and abroad.

Managing transfer prices and head office or branch attributions accurately within your group across many jurisdictions.

Designing intra-group business models to achieve sustainable financial and operational benefits.

Determining how shared services between departments can help control costs, optimise your processes, and create visibility throughout your business' value chain.

Defending and managing challenges from tax authorities internationally.

Increasing scrutiny from tax authorities on the pricing of intra-group financial transactions and supporting such financial transactions in this environment.

Understanding what impact the OECD's Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) action plan will have on your business.

How can we help?

Our transfer pricing team in Ireland has extensive experience in leading and coordinating international projects to develop and implement intra-group transfer pricing models, to assist with dispute resolution and to prepare transfer pricing documentation across all industries, including financial services where we have dedicated transfer pricing specialists in the following sectors: insurance, asset management, banking and capital markets and aircraft leasing.

We can help with the following:

Managing your transfer pricing requirements from policy setting and documentation to implementation and integration within your business structure.

Developing and implementing sustainable intra-group business models that allocate profit appropriately across the group and realise intra-group optimisation of intellectual property.

Providing health checks to identify risks, gaps or opportunities in your transfer pricing procedures.

International dispute resolution: in the event of a transfer pricing dispute, we can help you to manage and defend a tax authority enquiry.

Providing pragmatic valuable guidance on the full range of intra-group financial transactions and the unique transfer pricing issues that the financial services industry faces.

BEPS-related strategic risk assessments.

Leveraging our global presence to develop a compliant, tax-efficient structure covering all of your business locations.