OECD COVID-19 TPG paragraph 46

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The above analysis outlines the factors that should be considered when determining whether associated parties may at arm’s length consider revising their intercompany agreements and/or their conduct in their commercial relationships as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it is important to emphasise that in the absence of clear evidence that independent parties in comparable circumstances would have revised their existing agreements or commercial relations, the modification of existing intercompany arrangements and/or the commercial relationships of associated parties is not consistent with the arm’s length principle. Accordingly, such modifications should be treated with caution and well-supported by documentation outlining how the modification is in line with the arm’s length principle.

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