In cases involving smaller taxpayers or less complex transactions, the benefits of safe harbours may outweigh the problems raised by such provisions. Provided the safe harbour is elective, taxpayers may consider that a moderate level of double taxation, if any arises because of the safe harbour, is an acceptable price to be paid in order to obtain relief from the necessity of complying with complex transfer pricing rules. One may argue that the taxpayer is capable of making its own decision in electing the safe harbour as to whether the possibility of double taxation is acceptable or not.
TPG2017 Chapter IV paragraph 4.116
Category: E. Safe harbours, OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines (2017), TPG2017 Chapter IV: Administrative Dispute Resolution | Tag: Safe harbour
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