The IRS filed a summons to get BMC’s computer source code as part of a transfer pricing audit, but in this decision, the court ruled in favor of BMC.
US vs. BMC. January 1999
Category: Burden of Proof, Legality - Legitimacy - Constitutional, Transfer Pricing Documentation | Tag: Documentation denied, Source code
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