Particular considerations should be borne in mind when determining a credit rating for a specific MNE within an MNE group for the purpose of assessing controlled transactions. Where an MNE has a publicly available credit rating published by an independent credit rating agency, that rating may be informative for an arm’s length analysis of the MNE’s controlled financing transactions. However, in most cases, publicly available credit ratings are only available for the MNE group. An approach often used for a specific MNE is to apply quantitative and qualitative analyses of the individual characteristics of the MNE using publicly available financial tools or independent credit rating agencies’ methodologies to seek to replicate the process used to determine the credit rating of the MNE group. This approach also involves taking into account improvements in creditworthiness that the specific MNE would be assumed to receive as a result of being part of the MNE group.
TPG2022 Chapter X paragraph 10.71
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Category: OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines (2022), TPG2022 Chapter X: Transfer Pricing Aspects of Financial Transactions | Tag: Credit rating, Credit rating agency, Financial tools, Financial transactions, Intra-group loan, Loan, Treasury functions, Use of credit ratings
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