China Increasingly Sophisticated In Handling Of Transfer Pricing Audits

Chinas State Administration of Taxation has been developing and implementing growing resources on transfer pricing audits, both in terms of increasing personnel in charge of audits, and improving audit practices by issuing a number of tax circulars starting in 2007 to address specific issues related to transfer pricing.

Recently, instead of focusing on transactions using traditions methods such as comparable controlled price, cost plus or resale price, more transfer pricing audits have been focusing on intangibles and the preference for the profit split method over traditional methods according to a recent Ernst & Young report.

This is believed to be due to two factors:

* Chinas changing status from being only a low cost factory for the world to also supporting one of the fastest growing consumer markets; as companies restructure their China investment to take advantage of the growing demand inside the country, the changes required have brought about significant intangibles such as trade names and marketing issues not previously faced in China
* A US$3.4 billion tax settlement reached between GlaxoSmithKline, the London-based pharmaceutical giant, and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service that has provided further precedence for SAT inquiries into marketing intangibles; the SAT has been evaluating the facts of the Glaxo case for further use in its own transfer pricing audits in China

This intensification by the SAT on related party transactions and some more non-traditional methods to evaluate them shows the growing sophistication and worldliness that the SAT has been able to achieve in a relatively short span. With an increased burden on compliance and stricter penalties in place, it is important that enterprises involved in any aspect of transfer pricing maintain their transfer pricing documentation and keep themselves completely updated on all tax requirements.

About the Author:
This article was written for the China business news website, China-Briefing.com, by the China tax experts at Dezan Shira & Associates.

Dezan Shira maintains China accountants, tax and business advisors in China and Hong Kong.

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