Many Singapore taxpayers were required to prepare transfer pricing documentation for Year of Assessment (“YA”) 2019 in accordance with Section 34D of the Income Tax Act and the Income Tax (Transfer Pricing Documentation) Rules 2018. In line with the Singapore transfer pricing rules, these companies are also required to prepare transfer pricing documentation for YA 2019 and YA 2020. With the YA 2020 year being the COVID-19 year for most taxpayers, it is critical that taxpayers have prepared the required analysis to demonstrate the impact of COVID-19.
Stemming from the need to prepare mandatory transfer pricing documentation, the IRAS has started conducting transfer pricing audits whereby IRAS has explicitly requested for transfer pricing documentation.
While taxpayers may have prepared transfer pricing documentation, IRAS has also commented on the inadequacy of such documentation in certain cases. Thus, this workshop addresses the pertinent question of whether the transfer pricing documentation prepared will withstand the scrutiny of IRAS.
The highly-experienced Trainer will share practical experiences from case studies and live audit cases, and observations on the type of scrutiny that IRAS applies to transfer pricing documentation.
A Highlight of Key Areas:
The transfer pricing landscape
- Key drivers of transfer pricing
- Pre-COVID 19 transfer pricing trends and impact of COVID-19 on transfer pricing
Components of transfer pricing documentation
- Understanding transfer pricing documentation compliance in Singapore
- Preparing transfer pricing documentation
- What related party transactions exist in your organisation
- Do your related party transactions demonstrate compliance with the arm’s length standard?
Can your transfer pricing documentation withstand the scrutiny of IRAS?
- Through a live case study, we will further examine the following :
- Areas of IRAS scrutiny
- How can you answer queries raised by IRAS?
- Defending your transfer pricing documentation
Pre-year end: How do you determine the impact of COVID-19 on your transfer prices and financial position?
Dr Sowmya VaradharajanHead of Transfer Pricing
DFDL
Dr. Sowmya Varadharajan is the Head of the transfer pricing practice at DFDL. She helps companies to design and document appropriate transfer pricing strategies and approaches for their related party transactions. Having been trained in the U.S. on international tax and transfer pricing issues through blue-chip corporations, Sowmya now applies her transfer pricing training to transfer pricing issues in the Asia Pacific region. Sowmya has extensive experience in the high technology/ semiconductor as well as pharmaceutical/ biomedical industries.In addition to transfer pricing, Sowmya is also skilled in Intellectual Property (“IP”) valuation. With the growth in transfer pricing related audits in the Asia Pacific region, Dr. Sowmya has assisted clients in India, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore in defending their transfer pricing arrangements with tax authorities.Sowmya is an economist with Ph.D. in Economics from Cornell University and has more than 20 years of transfer pricing consulting experience.