The IRAS first issued its brief guidance in September 2020 with respect to how transfer pricing arrangements should be treated to reflect the commercial and financial relations of COVID 19.
More recently, the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (“OECD”) has issued its long-awaited “Guidance on the transfer pricing implications of the COVID-19 pandemic” on 18 December 2020. How does this additional guidance impact taxpayers in Singapore?
Our highly experienced Trainer will share practical insights on the guidance provided by the OECD and how it can be interpreted by tax payers in preparing transfer pricing documentation for FY 2020. This workshop will also provide guidance on how the financial statements for FY 2020 should be prepared from a transfer pricing perspective. In addition, there will also be a discussion on key transfer pricing developments that taxpayers can expect in 2021.
A Highlight of Key Areas:
- Transfer pricing guidance issued by IRAS enhanced by discussion
- Critical steps to take in preparing transfer pricing documentation for 2020 & 2021
- Recent transfer pricing developments
- Transfer pricing developments to be anticipated in 2021
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.