LCN Legal Course in Intercompany Agreements for Transfer Pricing Compliance
Course
Online
Description
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Type
Course
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Level
Intermediate
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Methodology
Online
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Duration
10 Weeks
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Start date
Different dates available
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Online campus
Yes
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Delivery of study materials
Yes
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Support service
Yes
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Virtual classes
Yes
An online learning course for International Tax and Transfer Pricing Professionals, In-house Counsel within Multinational Groups, and Lawyers in Private Practice. The course is listed by the UK’s Chartered Institute of Tax as a supplement to the ‘International Tax’ and ‘Transfer Pricing’ modules of the Advanced Diploma in International Taxation.
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About this course
Intercompany agreements are legal agreements which define the terms on which services, products and financial support are provided between related parties. For groups which operate internationally, intercompany agreements are the essential foundation for complying with transfer pricing regulations and for minimising the risk of double taxation or adverse TP adjustments and penalties. Intercompany agreements also play an important role in various other aspects of the operation of multinational groups, including subsidiary governance, asset protection, VAT / GST compliance, customs duties and exchange control.
This course will give you a greater understanding of:
the role which intercompany agreements play in transfer pricing compliance and corporate governance;
the key components of a system for creating, reviewing and maintaining intercompany agreements for multinational groups;
contractual approaches to the allocation of risk and reward in the context of TP compliance; and
best practice in the drafting, implementation and maintenance of intercompany agreements.
Certificate of completion, with 7.5 hours’ CPD credit
This new online course has been designed for three main types of people:
In-house legal counsel within multinational groups
Transfer pricing and tax professionals
Lawyers in private practice, who have the opportunity to assist their clients with intercompany agreements
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Subjects
- Risk
- Compliance
- International
- IT risk
- Tax
- Webinars
- Participants
- Distance
- Learning
- Opportunity
- Presenters
- Questions
Course programme
A 10-week online distance learning course comprised of 10 recorded webinars which are released weekly in sequence, and which participants can access and review in their own time.
Each module is between 45 and 60 minutes’ duration, and is followed by a self-assessment questionnaire so that participants can check their understanding of the course materials.
Course participants will have the opportunity to address questions to the presenters at any time during the period of the course. Responses will be shared (on an anonymised basis) with other course participants.
CONTENT OVERVIEW
Module 1: Introduction to intercompany agreements (ICAs) and their role in TP compliance and corporate governance
Including:
- Relevant provisions of the OECD’s Transfer Pricing Guidelines
- The fundamentals of corporate and subsidiary governance
- Implications of having defective ICAs and how to identify the gaps
Including:
- Starting with the end in mind: audit-ready ICAs
- A typical process for creating, reviewing and maintaining ICAs
- Non-transfer pricing issues affecting the form and content of ICAs
Including:
- Interpreting and applying TP policies to legal structures and ICAs
- Identifying key transaction types / material intra-group supplies
- Prioritising the creation and review of ICAs
Including:
- Bilateral vs multilateral agreements
- Best practice regarding drafting styles and structure of ICAs
- The use of third party agreements for the purposes of ICAs
- Treatment of arrangements between a company and its own branch / permanent establishment
- Dealing with translations
- Applicable law
Including:
- The relationship between implied and express contractual terms
- Duty defining
- Control
- Ownership or control of intangible assets
- Limitation and exclusion of recourse – transfer of risk
- Indemnities and counter-indemnities
Including:
- Support services / back office services
- Agents and commissionaires
Including:
- Key concepts: passing of risk and title, product liability and regulatory liability
- Distribution and resale
- Limited risk distributors and common mistakes
Including:
- Licenses and franchise arrangements
- Key contractual terms for intellectual property licenses
- Relationship with sale of goods and supply of services
Including:
- Bilateral loan agreements, loan notes and promissory notes
- Overdrafts, term loans and revolving credit facilities
- Cash pooling arrangements
Including:
- The relationship between transfer pricing methods and pricing clauses
- ‘Agreements to agree’ and legal certainty in pricing provisions
- TP / tax adjustment clauses
- Fixed price approaches
- Cost plus approaches – cost keys and allocation keys
- Residual outcome approaches
- Royalty-type approaches
How to improve efficiencies by using checklists included in the book ‘Intercompany Agreements for Transfer Pricing Compliance – A Practical Guide’ and free resources published by LCN Legal
LCN Legal Course in Intercompany Agreements for Transfer Pricing Compliance