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New Italian Transfer Pricing Regulations Affect Multinational Enterprises

New Italian Transfer Pricing Regulations Affect Multinational Enterprises

Italian transfer pricing documentation rules were introduced in 2010. The system affords taxpayers the possibility of penalty protection for transfer pricing adjustments, provided that qualifying transfer pricing documentation is maintained by the taxpayer. Late in 2020, new regulations were introduced. The new regulations contain several important changes for multinational enterprises based in Italy or having an Italian member. Marco Valdonio, a partner of Maisto e Associati, Milan, and Mirko Severi, an associate of Maisto e Associati, Milan, explain the principal revisions to the Italian rules. They address the changes that broaden the scope of companies required to maintain a master file, reductions in the scope of the exception to annual filing for certain local members of a foreign-based multinational group, and changes to the content of both the master file and the local file.

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I.R.S. Pushes to Ease Implementation of Country-by-Country Reporting for U.S. M.N.E.’s

I.R.S. Pushes to Ease Implementation of Country-by-Country Reporting for U.S. M.N.E.’s

It is widely known that the U.S. is following its own path towards international tax compliance.  It has not signed onto the O.E.C.D.’s Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on the Exchange of Country-by-Country Reports; it does not participate in the Common Reporting Standard; and it did not sign the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent B.E.P.S.  Nonetheless, at the request of U.S. multinationals, the I.R.S. has adopted domestic income tax regulations on country-by-country (“CbC”) reporting.  In May, the I.R.S. confirmed the first bilateral competent authority agreement regarding CbC reporting was signed with the Netherlands.  That agreement has now been followed by agreements with Canada, Denmark, Guernsey, Iceland, Ireland, Korea, Latvia, New Zealand, Norway, Slovakia, and South Africa.  Galia Antebi and Kenneth Lobo delve into the U.S. rules and forms for CbC reports.

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I.R.S. Adopts O.E.C.D. Standard in New CbC Reporting Regulations

I.R.S. Adopts O.E.C.D. Standard in New CbC Reporting Regulations

In December, the I.R.S. released Prop. Treas. Reg. §1.60384 -15, which details the country-by-country (CbC) reporting that will be required of large U.S.-based business entities. The proposed regulations define the persons required to file the CbC report, companies that are to included in the report, information that must be reported, acceptable measurement methodologies to be used, and uses to which data may be put.

These regulations closely follow the model recommended by the O.E.C.D. B.E.P.S. report. Sheryl Shah and Stanley C. Ruchelman explain the I.R.S.’s reasons and request for input regarding national security exemptions not otherwise considered by the O.E.C.D.

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