THE INFLUENCE OF BEPS INITIATIVES ON FORENSIC EXPERTISE CONCERNING THE ISSUE OF TRANSFER PRICING

Abstract

Ukraine has joined the BEPS (Base Erosion and Profit Shifting) action plan to combat tax evasion and increase tax transparency around the world. In other words, the state must respond appropriately to ensure the taxation of profits in the country where the taxpayer is engaged in economic activities. Such actions will reduce the transfer of capital to jurisdictions with low levels of taxation, which in turn will help to increase the revenues of the state budget. With regard to the implementation of the provisions of the BEPS Action Plan, Law No. 465-IX introduced the concept of taxation of profits of controlled foreign companies at the level of the controlling entity; introduced a three-tier documentation structure for international groups of companies, which includes transfer pricing documentation (local file), global documentation (master file) and country-by-country reporting; implements provisions 8 to 10 of the BEPS plan to control the distribution of functions, risks and intangible assets within a group of companies, improve the rules for commodity transactions by eliminating the restriction on the use of stock quotes of certain exchanges and allowing the use of quotations for such commodities; the procedure for carrying out the mutual agreement procedure has been determined, which provides for the mechanism of submitting the application for the consideration of the case under the mutual agreement procedure, the requirements for such application, the procedure for the action of the competent authority, etc .; introduced the concept of taxation of dividends equal to dividends, which provides for adjustments to the methodology and procedures envisaged to control transfer pricing when conducting transactions with non-residents.