The accurate delineation of the cash pooling transactions will depend on the particular facts and circumstances of each case. As cash pooling is not undertaken regularly, if at all, by independent enterprises, the application of transfer pricing principles requires careful consideration. As paragraph 1.11 notes “Where independent enterprises seldom undertake transactions of the type entered into by associated enterprises, the arm’s length principle can be difficult to apply because there is little or no direct evidence of what conditions would have been established by independent enterprises.”
TPG2020 Chapter X paragraph 10.115
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Category: OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines (2017) | Tag: Cash pool, Delineation of cash pooling arrangements, Financial transactions, Treasury functions
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