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Transfer pricing. Documentation, analyses, defence of tax settlements.

The first educational portal devoted to transfer pricing in Poland. The tax advisors of DMS TAX prepare documentation and benchmarking studies and represent taxpayers in proceedings.

The price between related parties must be at arm's length.

A transfer price is the price applied in all transactions carried out by entities linked by capital, family or personal ties. The category also covers the transfer price in transactions with entities whose registered office, place of management or place of residence is in a country or territory applying harmful tax competition (a so-called tax haven).

Our portal tells you everything about transfer pricing. We supply the most important and the most recent information on both Polish and foreign regulations and guidelines. It is a continuously expanding knowledge base for practitioners who deal with the subject every day, including managers, accountants, tax advisors, legal counsel and statutory auditors.

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From assessing the obligation to filing the TPR return.

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Assessment of the documentation obligation

We establish which transactions exceed the documentation thresholds and whether exemptions apply, including safe harbour.

Benchmarking study

We verify the arm's length level of prices on the basis of comparable data and the appropriate transfer pricing method.

Local File and Master File

We prepare documentation that meets statutory requirements, with a description of the transaction, a functional analysis and the rationale for the method.

TPR return and statement

We prepare the TPR form and provide support during verification activities and audits if the authority approaches the taxpayer.

Transfer pricing at the meeting point of tax law, finance and management.

Tax and law

Transfer pricing is shaped by national legislation and by international directives and guidelines. Knowing the rules and regulations on the application of transfer prices allows businesses to plan their tax burden and to minimise the related risk.

Finance and accounting

Accounting makes it possible to record transactions between related parties. It allows a company to manage the effect of transactions and decisions on its financial position and assets. It is a tool for monitoring how value is transferred and allocated across the business.

Economics and management

Managing transfer prices makes it possible to minimise the risk arising from transactions with related parties, whether by drawing up a transfer pricing policy, preparing tax documentation or concluding advance pricing agreements. It must be borne in mind that the differing objectives of the individual entities making up the group always have to be taken into account.

The questions taxpayers ask most often.

What is transfer pricing?
Transfer prices are the financial results of conditions agreed or imposed in transactions between related parties. They may be prices in the sense of a price for goods, services or intangible assets sold, but also remuneration, financial results or financial ratios. In Poland the detailed rules on transfer pricing are set out in two acts: the Corporate Income Tax Act (CIT) and the Personal Income Tax Act (PIT).
Which entities are related?
Related parties are entities between which material dependencies exist. They may be legal persons, natural persons and also organisational units without legal personality that take part in the management of another entity or exercise control over it. They are often companies within one capital group. The relationship between entities may take various forms: capital ties, for example where one company holds at least 25 per cent of the shares in another, personal ties, for example where the same people sit on the management boards of two companies, and also informal ties, where no official relations
Why are transfer prices used?
Transfer prices serve numerous purposes, both for the economy and for an individual company. Above all, applying them correctly minimises the risk arising from transactions between related parties. This makes it possible to plan and coordinate activities across all related entities within a group. From the state's point of view, transfer prices prevent actions contrary to the public interest, that is the reduction of tax through the shifting of profits and costs between entities, and they also safeguard fair competition and the application of market conditions.
Who creates the rules on transfer pricing?
Transfer pricing rules can broadly be divided into regulations and recommendations. Regulations have the force of law. Since transfer pricing concerns international operations, it is intergovernmental organisations that perform the regulatory function here. They include the UN, the OECD and the EU Joint Transfer Pricing Forum. Given the enormous importance of transfer pricing for the market economy and the fairness of transactions, the power to issue recommendations, which may or may not be reflected in legislation, rests with organis
How are transfer prices determined?
The methods for determining transfer prices have been listed in the form of recommendations by the OECD, but the catalogue is not a closed one. In practice entities do most often choose one of the five methods proposed. Choosing one's own method requires an argument as to why none of the five OECD proposals is suitable in the particular situation and why the method proposed by the taxpayer is better. The methods proposed by the OECD are the comparable uncontrolled price method, the resale price method, the cost plus method, the transactional net margin method and the profit spli
What does transfer pricing documentation contain?
Transfer pricing documentation is evidence that transfer prices have been set correctly. It must be made available to the tax authorities at their request. That is why preparing it meticulously matters so much. Transfer pricing documentation contains basic information about the entities and about the transaction, including the cost of the transaction, the form and date of payment, a description of the entity's business strategy, the way expected profits and benefits are calculated, and any other information relevant to the transaction in question.

An audit does not stop at transfer pricing

Audit activities rarely stop at a single tax. The authorities have data from standard audit files, the STIR system and TPR returns, so the verification of transfer prices is often the starting point for questions about VAT, withholding tax or debt financing costs. We prepare documentation in the context of the taxpayer's entire settlement and, once an audit has been opened, the DMS TAX team handles the case across every area the proceedings touch.

The course of audit activities, the powers of the authorities and ways of defending tax settlements are described on kontrolepodatkowe.org. The full range of tax advisory services, from CIT and VAT to restructurings and international taxation, is provided under the DMS TAX brand.

Descriptions of the cases we have handled are collected in the section case studies.

Documentation for the current tax year

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