According to a U.S. regulatory filing, Daimler AG has paid the federal, Ontario and Alberta governments more than $700 million after accepting a settlement in June, 2010. Daimler further expects to pay the remainder of a $1.5-billion extra tax bill this year to settle a long-standing dispute over how its former partner, Chrysler, accounted for auto and parts shipments across the Canada-U.S. border. The tax case is about transfer pricing, or how Chrysler accounted for intercompany shipments of vehicles and parts across the Canada-U.S. border. The auto maker was reassessed taxes by the Canada Revenue Agency for those 11 years, starting in 1996. The agency asserted that Chrysler Canada Inc. should have reported higher profits in Canada and lower profits in the United States ...