The competent authority informs the subject of the outcome of the negotiations. Many states require the taxpayer to approve the agreement before it becomes binding. The basic idea of an APA is to increase the efficiency of tax administration by encouraging taxpayers to present to the tax authorities all the relevant elements for a proper analysis of transfer prices and to work towards a reciprocal agreement. The APA reduces the burden of compliance by ensuring taxpayers greater security about their transfer pricing methods, promoting their problems and allowing them to discuss and find a solution before the tax authorities. Differences in tax rates in different countries encourage several companies operating in the same country to transfer their profits to low-tax sites. The result is a loss of tax revenue for countries with high tax systems. Transfer pricing laws are used as a means of curbing tax evasion by manipulating the costs of cross-border intragroup transactions in order to maximize taxable profits in low-tax areas and minimize these profits in high-tax countries. The author, after a detailed analysis of the provisions of the TP, considers that, although the TPs are complete in several respects and generally in line with international practices, the methods, documentation requirements and penalties impose sanctions, but do not produce the taxpayer for the ability to obtain APAs and do not deal specifically with intangible assets, e-com , international commercial derivatives, etc. that require special attention.
The author suggests that, since transfer pricing is a necessary tax rule to push our share of revenue from international transactions, it should be managed sensitively, so as not to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. Bilateral and multilateral APAs are generally bilateral or multilateral, i.e. they also enter into agreements between the subject and one or more foreign tax administrations under the control of the Mutual Agreement Procedure (POP) under the tax treaties. [3] The subject benefits from such agreements, since he is assured that income from covered transactions is not subject to double taxation on the part of the IRS and the relevant foreign tax authorities. The IRS policy is to “encourage” taxpayers to apply for bilateral or multilateral APA where there are provisions of the competent authority. “Advance Pricing Agreement” is an agreement between a tax payer and a tax authority on an appropriate transfer pricing method for a number of transactions over a period of time in the future.