New OECD Guidance on Financial Transactions

On 11 February 2020, the OECD published the “Transfer Pricing Guidance on Financial Transactions” document (hereinafter “Report”). 
The Report, which will constitute the new chapter 10 of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines, provides specific guidelines on how to apply the arm’s length principle for financial transactions. 
The publication of the Report is of greater relevance in view of the period of crisis triggered by Covid-19. 
As such, one of the main impacts for multinational groups concerns liquidity management. 
In order to ensure full operability, companies need to manage their financial resources in the best possible way. This is performed by: 

• taking actions by increasing the management efficiency of the receivable and payable accounts

• the utilisation of public support such as:

  • tax measures (i.e. suspension of tax obligations, suspension of the terms of the activities of collection offices, tax credit) 

  • financial support measures (i.e. wage compensation funds, access to public sector subsidies to businesses)

• taking actions aimed at finding additional resources of private financing.

Published in: Crowe TP Wednesday - 03 June 2020

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Mobility Monday’s - Transfer Pricing, How Costs of Employees is Born and Cross Charged

Tax issues and global mobility go hand in hand. There can be tax matters for the employee and for the employer. The corporate tax implications (tax matters that relate to the employer entities) are generally less well understood in the world of Mobility/HR, than the payroll and employee and employer issues.

Within the corporate tax area is transfer pricing. In the context of employee mobility, this is an area that concerns itself with how the cost of employees is borne and cross charged within a group. Mobility often has to work in partnership with finance and tax departments around this issue.

Published in: Mobility Mondays - Crowe UK

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International Tax Dispute Resolution: New EU Rules

lnternational tax disputes arise, in principle, where

1. there is a bilateral or multilateral treaty for the avoidance of double taxation (hereinafter "Double Tax Convention" or "DTC") or an equivalent instrument and

2. the contracting jurisdictions exercise their taxing power in a manner resulting in violation of its provisions.

In addition, such disputes can also arise without violation of the DTC (including equivalent instruments), if there  is disagreement or uncertainty in relation to the correct application of its provisions. In a nutshell, international tax disputes can arise, if there is a framework agreed between two or more jurisdictions regarding the exercise of their taxing power in cases involving both of them (in principle in a DTC).

In their vast majority, existing DTCs previde for the resolution of the above disputes through the so-called mutuai agreement procedure or MAP, following the respective provisions of the OECD Model Tax Convention (hereinafter the "OECD Model"). MAP aims at dispute resolution through agreement between  the national tax authorities involved, on the basis of dialogue and cooperation, following request by the taxpayer affected.

Published in: IAFEI Quarterly (43rd Issue) - 11 April 2019

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Mandatory Electronic Invoicing: Are You Ready?

The Italian Revenue Agency has provided clarifications and practical guidance on the issuance, receipt and preservation of electronic invoices through various rulings.

The Italian Budget Law 2018 provided that both companies and individuals liable to VAT must issue and receive electronic invoices when they supply goods or services to Italian tax residents. The obligation enters into force on January 1 2019. However, it already applies to the supply of gas and petrol as motor fuel as of July 1 2018.

Published in: TP Week - 2 August 2018

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Lawyer Monthly - Women In Law Awards Edition 2017

The Lawyer Monthly Women in Law Awards celebrate and highlight the achievements of women in the legal profession across the globe.

As a result of several months of research and preparation, the Lawyer Monthly Women in Law Awards reward female legal experts that have overcome challenges and influenced the wider legal profession in their jurisdiction. The winners include all areas of the legal profession, from high achieving junior associates, to long serving barristers.

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Country-by-Country Reporting Finally Arrives in Italy

Published in: TPWeek

In February 2017, the Italian Ministry for Finance issued the long-awaited ministerial decree for the implementation of country-by-country reporting (CbCR) in Italy – Ministerial Decree No. 23 of February 23 2017. Antonella Della Rovere and Filipa Correia of Valente Associati GEB Partners discuss the implications.

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Automatic Information Exchange Comes to Italy

Published in: TP Week

In December 2016, the Italian Council of Ministers presented to Parliament the Draft Legislative Decree for the implementation of Directive 2015/2376/EU.
The decree sets out automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation, in particular with respect to advance cross-border rulings and advance pricing agreements (APAs).

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Italy’s Anti-BEPS Struggles

Published in: TP Week

The OECD-recommended measures to counter tax evasion have been integrated in the language routinely used by tax advisers, businessmen and by other interested parties as well.
Without implementation however, it would be much ado about nothing.

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A Experiência Da Multidisciplinaridade Em Itália

Published in “Advocatus Magazine” (June 2016 Edition)

É portuguesa, nascida e licenciada no Porto, mas é em Itália que a carreira de Filipa Correia na advocacia está a ser construída.
Um mercado muito competitivo, que se diferencia do português desde logo pela existência de multidisciplinaridade. Assim é na Valente Associati GEB Partners, de que é sócia e responsável pela área de prática de Fiscal.

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Transfer Pricing Audits: Approach by Italian Tax Authorities

Within Europe, policies have been developed to enable the free circulation of people, goods and services. Alongside this, steps have been made towards greater interconnection between the tax systems of different countries.

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Country-by-Country Reporting Under Italian Law

Published in: TP Week
Date: 15.02.2016

In line with international developments, the Italian Government has been focusing on fighting tax evasion and avoidance in recent years.
Studies and in-depth analyses on evasion and aggressive avoidance, conducted under the OECD BEPS project, which was delivered in October 2015, have led to the issuing of a series of measures to be implemented by members of the international community.
BEPS studies have shown that transfer pricing is the area where aggressive tax planning schemes can be most easily implemented by multinational companies.

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