NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2017
Decree No. 20/2017/ND-CP (“Decree 20”) guiding tax management on transfer pricing (TP) On 24th February 2017, the Government issued Decree No. 20/2017/ND-CP guiding tax management for enterprises which have related party transactions. There are some changes in Decree 20 compared with Circular No. 66/2010/TT-BTC issued by the Ministry of Finance. Principles The tax authority shall manage, check, and inspect prices of related party transactions performed by taxpayers based on arm’s-length transaction and substance-over-form principles. Related parties The threshold of investment capital of the owner increases from 20% to 25%. In the past, two parties are considered to be related parties...