
Identify intangibles and determine their valuation and arm's length pricing within the value chain, using comparability and the fundamentals of transfer pricing.
Explore the development, maintenance, protection, and exploitation of intangibles, and learn to allocate returns using the six-step transfer pricing analysis, addressing DMP risks and arm's length considerations.
Explores OECD examples of transfer pricing for intangibles, focusing on patent administration, arm's length pricing, and how ownership and licensing affect risk, value, and tax factors.
Analyze the function, assets, and risks behind intangibles to allocate profits at arm's length, using function analysis, comparability, and outsourcing scenarios.
Identify assets and funding capabilities, apply function analysis and the DMP principles to allocate funding and risks in intangibles within transfer pricing.
Apply transfer pricing principles to intangibles in specific situations, aligning actual returns with risks and functions, and adjusting compensation under arm's length norms for marketing, distribution, and R&D.
Explore the transfer of intangibles under U.S. transactions and determine arm's length conditions using chapter 6 guidance. Focus on rights, restrictions, and the functional analysis for precise pricing.
Learn to delineate intangible transactions for arm's length pricing, using comparability analysis, ownership, contributors, and risk to select the appropriate transfer pricing method.
Explore valuing intangibles in transfer pricing with discounted cash flow, sensitivity analysis, and terminal value; apply arm's length, comparables, and profit-split methods when valuation is hard.
Learn to use the royalty start platform with canonical search criteria to identify comparables based on net sales and IP, analyze territory and exclusivity, and justify transfer pricing decisions.
Explore cost contribution arrangements, define CCI as a contractual framework where contributions and risks are shared to develop assets, applying the arm's length principle through functional analysis.
Explain cost contribution arrangement in transfer pricing, focusing on agreement of each party's contributions and expected benefits, including balancing payments, arm's length valuation, and intangibles, with a group CTA example.
Analyze the CCAR framework within transfer pricing, examining contract terms, risk, funding, and the link to intangibles and services, including development and service CCAR.
Explore cost contribution arrangements, balancing payments, and the value of contributions under the arm's length principles, distinguishing cost contribution arrangements from service arrangements, and calculating equitable benefit shares.
Explore delineation in cost contribution arrangements, covering risk and contribution sharing, balancing payments, tax treatment, withdrawal and termination, and best practices for structuring and documenting CCAs.
Explore the complexity of financing within transfer pricing, from intercompany loans and guarantees to cash pooling, hybrid financing, and treasury services, plus risk management across currencies and commodities.
Explore current transfer pricing guidance on intercompany loans, guarantees, risk sharing, and hybrid instruments, with fixed ratio and group ratio rules and key takeaways from Chevron and General Electric cases.
Explore the benefits and risks of intercompany debt, balancing tax deductions, transfer pricing rules, and considerations for guarantees and hybrid financing.
Explore transfer pricing financing, debt structuring, interest deduction rules, and measures like hybrid instruments and fixed ratio rules to curb abuse.
Explore cash pooling as a key treasury tool, comparing notional pooling and zero balancing, and cover intercompany services, cost allocation, interest flows, and related risk considerations.
Explore factoring and supplier funding as transfer pricing strategies, including discount pricing, debt management, and foreign exchange hedging, with case study insights on captive insurance and substance.
Map all functions and risks within an intergroup treasury, tailor a global policy with standardized practices, and monitor governance, pricing, and adherence to manage cross-border financing.
Course Aims:
The aim of this module is to ensure a student understands how certain of the more complex type of TP transactions are to be identified, treated, analysed and priced in terms of the OECD guidelines.
The module aims to provide sufficient guidance to a student to identify Intangible transactions, their owners, how these are to be priced, how the transfer of intangibles is to be treated & priced and allocations to be made based upon the OECD guidelines and the arm’s length principle.
The module aims to provide the student with a detailed understanding of cost contribution arrangements, the application of the arm’s length principle to such arrangements and how adjustments are to be made.
The module aims to provide an understanding of the various types of financial transactions in a TP environment including cash pooling and provides guidance on how to price such transactions on an arm’s length charge.
When the course is complete the student will be able to:
1. Identify intangible transactions for transfer pricing purposes as per the OECD Guidelines.
2. Review the general issue of entities joining or leaving a Cost Contribution Arrangement (CCA).
3. Outline the various types of inter-company financial transactions (including cash pooling).
4. Distinguish cost contribution arrangements from other transactions.
5. Recognise whether the conditions established by associated enterprises for transactions covered by a CCA are consistent with the arm’s length principle.
COURSE NOTE:
This course is Module 2 of a 4 Module course on Transfer Pricing. Each Module stands separately, however, we suggest that you complete all 4 courses in order to get the full benefit of these teachings.
Additional Modules in the whole course are:
Module 1 - Transfer Pricing Legal Framework
Module 2 - Sharing Corporate Resources
Module 3 (this course) - Transfer Pricing Specialised Areas
Module 4 - PE's & Compliance and Dispute Resolution