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Description
Many Singapore taxpayers are 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. 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. This webinar addresses the pertinent question of whether the transfer pricing documentation prepared will withstand the scrutiny of IRAS.
What you will learn
- Understand the key areas of scrutiny applied by IRAS to transfer pricing documentation
- Evaluate whether your transfer pricing documentation is prepared in a manner consistent with Income Tax (Transfer Pricing Documentation) Rules 2018
Programme Outline
Components of transfer pricing documentation
- Understanding transfer pricing documentation compliance in Singapore
- Do your related party transactions demonstrate compliance with the arm’s length standard
Does 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
Expert Speaker
Dr Sowmya Varadharajan is a Director at IC Advisors Pte Ltd, a firm that helps companies 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, she is also skilled in IP valuation. With the growth in transfer pricing related audits in the Asia Pacific region, 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 17 years of transfer pricing consulting experience.
Target Audience
- Business Managers and Directors
- Tax Professionals, Finance Professionals, Accountants and Auditors