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The EdgarStat Blog explores issues in transfer pricing and application of the transactional net margin method (TNMM or CPM in the US) and other enterprise profit-based methods.

Intercompany Loans Involving Chinese and South Korean Affiliates
February 17, 2023 by Harold McClure

The tax authorities in China and in South Korea have issued different safe harbors with respect to the interest rates on intercompany loans. Safe harbor rates are often in conflict with what would represent an arm’s length rate. Our discussion poses a hypothetical intercompany loan from a South Korean parent corporation to its Chinese manufacturing affiliate to highlight how the arm’s length interest rate depends on the contractual terms of the loans including date, term, and currency and the credit rating of the borrowing affiliate.

Topics: Credit Rating Interest Rates Intercompany Financing Arm's Length Interest Rates

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Dutch Tax Authority Wins Challenge of British American Tobacco's Intercompany Financing
November 10, 2022 by Harold McClure

The Dutch tax authority prevailed in its challenge of several British American Tobacco intercompany financing transactions.

Topics: Intercompany Guarantee Fees Intercompany Loans Intercompany Financing Arm's Length Interest Rates

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Fixed-Rate Intercompany Loans and Currency Denomination
September 12, 2022 by Harold McClure

Harold McClure expounds on the issue of currency denomination in intercompany financing, addressing currency adjustments in longer-term fixed interest rates, past controversies, and regulatory guidance.

Topics: Financial Transactions OECD United Nations Adjustments Intercompany Financing Arm's Length Interest Rates

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Tutorial: Country Risk Adjustment in Intercompany Financing
May 26, 2022 by John Hollas

One of the most challenging transfer pricing issues regarding financial transactions is making a comparability adjustment for differences in country risk between the tested non-US borrower’s country and the comparable US borrower's country in pricing the intercompany loan interest rate.

Topics: CUFT State Transfer Pricing Adjustments Intercompany Financing Arm's Length Interest Rates

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Tutorial: Benchmarking with the CUFT Loan Agreements Database in EdgarStat
September 28, 2021 by John Hollas

Intercompany financing is a growing area of focus in transfer pricing. CUFT Analytics co-founder and managing director John Hollas provides guidance on using the EdgarStat CUFT Loan Agreements Database to benchmark an arm's length range of interest rates.

Topics: CUFT Credit Risk Intercompany Financing Arm's Length Interest Rates

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