While ideally taxpayers will use transfer pricing documentation as an opportunity to articulate a well thought-out basis for their transfer pricing policies, thereby meeting an important objective of such requirements, issues such as costs, time constraints, and competing demands for the attention of relevant personnel can sometimes undermine these objectives. It is therefore important for countries to keep documentation requirements reasonable and focused on material transactions in order to ensure mindful attention to the most important matters.
TPG2017 Chapter V paragraph 5.9
Category: A. Introduction, OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines (2017), TPG2017 Chapter V: Documentation | Tag: Administrative-/compliance burden, Compliance costs, Transfer pricing documentation
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