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Glossary term

Arm's Length Principle

The standard requiring related-party transactions to be priced as between unrelated parties.

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Definition

The arm's-length principle is the foundation of international transfer pricing under the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines and Section 482 regulations. Methods include CUP, resale price, cost-plus, TNMM, and profit split.

Examples

  • A multinational documents royalty rates between related parties using a CUP analysis.

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Translations

ESprincipio de plena competencia
ZH公平交易原则
DEFremdvergleichsgrundsatz
FRprincipe de pleine concurrence
JA独立企業間原則

Citations

26 U.S.C. · 482

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