These Guidelines are also intended primarily to govern the resolution of transfer pricing cases in mutual agreement proceedings between OECD member countries and, where appropriate, arbitration proceedings. They further provide guidance when a corresponding adjustment request has been made. The Commentary on paragraph 2 of Article 9 of the OECD Model Tax Convention makes clear that the State from which a corresponding adjustment is requested should comply with the request only if that State “considers that the figure of adjusted profits correctly reflects what the profits would have been if the transactions had been at arm’s lengthâ€. This means that in competent authority proceedings the State that has proposed the primary adjustment bears the burden of demonstrating to the other State that the adjustment “is justified both in principle and as regards the amount.†Both competent authorities are expected to take a cooperative approach in resolving mutual agreement cases.
TPG2017 Preface paragraph 17
Category: OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines (2017), TPG2017 Preface | Tag: Corresponding adjustment, Mutual agreement procedure (MAP)
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