International Journal of Social Sciences & Economic Environment

International Journal of Social Sciences & Economic Environment

Online ISSN : 2456-7485

Frequency : Half Yearly

Current Issue : Volume 1 , Issue 1
2016

AN OUTLINE OF INTERCONTINENTAL TRANSFER PRICING AND STATUTORY LAW

*A.E.Omoregie, **Eromosele, P.E, ***Osazuwa, F. U

 

*Department of Accounting, Faculty of Management Sciences, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma

**Department of Accounting, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City

***Department of Accounting, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City

Published Online : 2016-12-30

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Multinational Corporations have seen transfer pricing as a handy tool to achieving their acceptable corporate objectives to the detriment of home/host countries through unethical movement of one country’s tax revenue to another, thus, making transfer pricing a top-of-mind concern for most Countries. In an attempt to fight perceived income shifting by Multinational Corporations (MNCs), some countries have enacted transfer pricing rules which are either in accordance with the widely adopted Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Transfer Pricing Guidelines or far from it. This paper therefore seeks to discuss the common transfer pricing methods employed by multinational corporations and the use of appropriate legislations in some selected countries to control the unwholesome transfer pricing strategies employed by MNCs.

Keywords: Transfer Pricing, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Arm’s – Length Principle