Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 1 of 1
Full-Text Articles in Law
Transfer Pricing In Business Restructurings – Reasoning From Implausible Assumptions Issue Note 2 – (Oecd, Discussion Draft), Richard Thompson Ainsworth, Andrew Shact
Transfer Pricing In Business Restructurings – Reasoning From Implausible Assumptions Issue Note 2 – (Oecd, Discussion Draft), Richard Thompson Ainsworth, Andrew Shact
Faculty Scholarship
The OECD’s Center for Tax Policy and Administration roundtable on business restructurings in January 2005 led to a Joint Working Group project later that year on permanent establishments and business restructurings. One of the results was the Discussion Draft on Transfer Pricing Aspects of Business Restructurings that was available for public comment between September 19, 2008 and February 19, 2009.
This paper concerns Issue Note No. 2 in the Discussion Draft – Arm’s Length Compensation for the Restructuring Itself.
Issue Note No. 2 is deeply flawed. It relies on an unproved correlation between structure and performance (profit/loss potential). The Discussion …