During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments’ overriding concern has been public health and controlling the spread of the virus while at the same time trying to help enterprises manage the impact of the decline of business activity and workers facing a decline in employment opportunities and income.
OECD COVID-19 TPG paragraph 61
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Category: OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines (2017) | Tag: COVID-19, Government assistance, Government interventions
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