YOUR RELIABLE PARTNER. New Regulations To Control Transfer Pricing.
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YOUR RELIABLE PARTNER
New Regulations To Control Transfer Pricing
A new section to control of
transactions will be in the Tax Code of Russia
since
January 1, 2012
New control mechanism includes:• Rules for determining the controlled transactions
• Methods for determining the income on transactions between related parties
• Tax control procedure
At least one of the parties will reduce or increase the tax base on:
- Corporate income tax
- VAT
- Personal income tax
- Mineral Extraction tax
Transactions are subject to control
when:
What kinds of transactions will be under the tax control?
• Between related parties
• Foreign trade transactions
• Equated to transactions with related parties
• Transactions with offshores
Related partiesNow
• Individuals or companies directly or indirectly own more than 25% of the shares of a company
• One person is subordinated to another ex officio
• Relatives
• Company - in case one person (or legal entity) posseses directly or indirectly more than 25% of shares
• Companies - when the same individuals are 50% of the Board of Directors
• Company and person who has athourity to appoint CEO or not less then 50% of Bord of directors
• Companies in witch CEO or not less of Bord of Directors was appointed by one person
• Company and its CEO• Companies and individuals when share
of direct participation os each previous person in each subsequent one is more than 50%
Before
• Company directly or indirectly owns more than 20% of the shares of another company
• One person is subordinated to another ex officio
• Relatives
Equated to transactions with related parties
Transactions with independent parties, whose role in the execution of the contract is minimal:
– not perform any functions other than resale of goods or services
– do not assume any risks– do not use the assets
Foreign trade transactions:• Transactions with
the global exchange trade commodities:
- Oil and oil products - Ferrous metals- Non-ferrous metals- Chemical fertilizers- Precious metals and
stones
• Transactions with off-shores
Transactions beyond the tax control:
• Transactions between the parties of the same consolidated group
• Transactions between the parties that:
- Registered in one of the Russian regions - Do not have separate divisions in other Russian regions - Do not pay corporate income tax on the territories of other Russian regions;
- Do not have losses for corporate income tax purposes
Transactions between Russian related parties are monitored under the
following conditions:
Since 2014 year• The amount of income of
transactions of both parties is more than RUR 1 billion (2012 - RUR 3 billion; 2013 - RUR 2 billion)
• One of the parties is a payer of Mineral extraction tax , subject of transaction are minerals and the amount of income for the year is more than RUR 60 million
• One of the parties applies the special tax regime and the amount of income for the year is more than RUR 100 million
• One of the parties applies a tax rate of 0% and the amount of income for the year is more than RUR 60 million
• If at least one of the parties is a resident of the Special Economic Zone and the amount of income of transactions for the year is more than RUR 60 million
Transitional provisions
All transactions meeting the criteria are under the control when the amount of income from one person per year exceeds:
- 2012 - RUR 100 million - 2013 – RUR 80 million
The amount of income of transactions for the year is determined by adding the amounts of income received by the parties
Transactions made in calendar year
Date of the contract - NO
Date of recognition of income and expenses - YES
Since 2012
Control over transfer pricing will be a separate type
of tax audit
The main differences of tax audit
Controlled transactions
- is carried out by the Federal Tax Serviceonly- subject of audit is controlled transactionsonly
- repeated audit is prohibited
Conventional audit
- usually is carried out by territorial tax body
- subject of audit is taxation of current activity
- repeated audit is possible
Period of tax audit
No more than 3 years
Methods for determining the compliance of costs of transactions
with market prices
• method of comparable market prices• method of follow-up of prices• cost method• method of comparable cost-effectiveness• method of distribution of profits
Consequences of identification
of non-market pricesOne side of the
transaction
Additional charge of tax
The other side of the
transaction
Adjustment of Tax Base
Thank you for attention!
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