KPMG’s Transfer Pricing Alert highlights current transfer pricing audits in Vietnam based on risk assessments, including key observations and insights.
Following the Action Plan on Transfer Pricing Management (the Action Plan) announced by the Ministry of Finance under Decision 1250/QD-BTC dated and effective 21 May 2012, the General Department of Taxation (GDT) has rolled out transfer pricing audits across a number of provinces in the context of challenging 2013 tax revenue collection.
Key observations include the preference of transfer pricing methods, secret comparables, irrelevance of commercial/economic factors and arbitrary transfer pricing adjustments.
Audits in Vietnam and similar markets should be monitored closely, noting appeal and arbitration opportunities that may mitigate double taxation. Refer to my prior post of 2 December 2013 summarizing Vietnam’s proposed anti-treaty shopping rules to deny tax treaty benefits.
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