Regulations Governing Assessment of Profit-Seeking Enterprise Income Tax on Non-Arm's-Length Transfer Pricing Article 22

A profit-seeking enterprise undertaking Controlled Transactions, when filing the current-year income tax returns or making a current-year final report, shall prepare a transfer pricing report containing at least the following information of the profit-seeking enterprise:1. A comprehensive business overview, including history, a detailed description of business activities and business strategies pursued by the enterprise, analysis of industry and economic conditions, major competitors, and analysis of economic and legal factors that affect transfer pricing, as well as an indication whether the enterprise has been involved in or affected by business restructuring or intangible transfers in the present or immediately past year and an explanation of those aspects of such transactions affecting the enterprise.2. A description of group organization and management structure, including the management structure and organizational chart, a description of the individuals to whom local management reports and the countries in which such individuals maintain their principal offices, register of directors, supervisors, and managers and data of change one year before and after the current year.3. Summaries of Controlled Transactions, including:(1)A description of the types of major transactions and their backgrounds, including procedures, dates, transaction subjects, quantities, terms of sale, contract clauses and purposes of the assets or services of the transactions. The description shall explain the sale or use and benefits concerned.(2)The parties involved in each type of Controlled Transactions and the relationship amongst them.(3)The amount of payments and receipts for each type of Controlled Transaction involving the enterprise broken down by country or jurisdiction of the payor or recipient.(4)Copies or their abridged versions of all material intergroup agreements concluded by the enterprise.4. Controlled Transaction analysis:(1)An analysis on the function and risk of each party involved in the Controlled Transaction, including any changes compared to prior years.(2)A description of an instance complied by the principle of Article 7.(3)Comparability analysis, a description of comparables and comparable uncontrolled transactions selected by the principle of Article 8, and related information thereof.(4)Risk analysis by the principle of Article 8-1.(5)An analysis on the most appropriate Arm's-length Method determined in accordance with Article 9.(6)An estimation of whether the allocation of profits in the Controlled Transaction is at arm’s length while the Business Restructuring is involved, in accordance with Article 9-1.(7)An estimation of whether the allocation of profits in the Controlled Transaction is at arm’s length where the transaction of Intangible Assets is involved, in accordance with Article 9-2.(8)A description of the tested party and the most appropriate Arm’s-length Method selected, the reasons for this selection, and an explanation of why alternative methods were not selected.(9)Transfer Pricing method of related parties for conducting controlled transactions and relevant data.(10)The conclusion of measurement of the method selected by the most appropriate method including the information of selected comparables and comparable Uncontrolled Transactions (including profit level indicators), and the source of such information, the adjustments made to eliminate the difference of factors and assumptions prescribed in Subparagraph 1 of Article 9, assumptions used, arm’s length range, the result of the conformation of the arm’s length and the adjustments based upon the results of the arm’s length transactions, as well as a summary of financial information used in applying the Arm's-length Method. An explanation of the reasons for performing a multi-year analysis under the proviso of Item 1, Subparagraph 4 of Article 7.(11)A copy of existing unilateral advance pricing agreements and any advance rulings concerning cross-border income distribution with other countries or jurisdictions, and which are related to Controlled Transactions described above.5. Statements and consolidated reports of the Affiliated Enterprises and other materials as required pursuant to Article 369-12 of the Company Law.6. Other documents in relation to related parties or controlled transactions, which may affect pricing, if any.In the event that the relationship between two profit-seeking enterprises, due to special market or economic conditions, satisfies the criteria prescribed in Items 3 to 5, Subparagraph 8, Article 3 hereinabove, but nevertheless do not have de facto controlling or subordination relationships, the taxpayers may, prior to filing their annual income tax returns, produce sufficient evidentiary documents to the collection authorities-in-charge for ratification. Once the documents provided have been ratified, the requirements of the transfer pricing report set forth in the preceding paragraphs shall not apply.Where the total amount of revenue and the amount of Controlled Transactions of a profit-seeking enterprise engaged in Controlled Transactions below the standards as prescribed by the MOF, the transfer pricing report as described in Paragraph 1 of this Article can be replaced with other substitute document that prove the pricing of the Controlled Transactions are at an arm’s-length result. The amount of Controlled Transactions excludes the amount of any transaction that is signed in an advance pricing arrangement with the collection authorities-in-charge.When the collection authorities-in-charge conduct the investigation pursuant to the Regulations, the profit-seeking enterprises shall produce the required transfer pricing report set forth in Paragraph 1 of this Article or the substitute document set forth in the preceding paragraph within one month after receipt of a notice of investigation sent by the collection authorities-in-charge. In the event that the required transfer pricing report or substitute document cannot be produced within the prescribed time limit, the taxpayer should apply for an extension prior to the deadline. The extension can be granted only once and cannot exceed one month. The profit-seeking enterprise should, within one month, provide additional supporting documents as deemed necessary by the collection authorities-in-charge after reviewing the provided transfer pricing report or the substitute document.The transfer pricing report or the substitute document provided by profit-seeking enterprises pursuant to the preceding paragraphs should contain a table of contents and an index. Chinese translation shall be attached if the materials provided are in a foreign language, unless otherwise agreed by the collection authorities-in-charge with the provision of the English documents.
中文原文 營利事業所得稅不合常規移轉訂價查核準則第22條
從事受控交易之營利事業,於辦理交易年度之所得稅結算或決算申報時,應備妥移轉訂價報告,至少包括該營利事業之下列內容:
一、企業綜覽:包括營運歷史、商業活動及所採行商業策略之詳細說明、產業及經濟情況分析、主要競爭對手、影響移轉訂價之經濟、法律及其他因素之分析,並說明當年度或上年度是否參與企業重組或無形資產移轉交易及所受影響。
二、企業集團組織及管理結構:包括管理架構及組織結構圖、管理報告呈交之個人及其主要辦公處所所在地國或地區、董事、監察人及經理人名冊及查核年度前後一年異動資料等。
三、受控交易之彙整資料:
(一)主要交易類型之說明及背景介紹,包括交易流程、日期、標的、數量、價格、契約條款及交易標的資產或服務之用途。
所稱用途,內容包括供銷售或使用及其效益敘述。
(二)各類型受控交易之參與人及相互間關係。
(三)按各類型受控交易之他方交易人所屬國家或地區,分別列示交易金額。
(四)所簽訂之集團內部重要協議影本或主要節本。
四、受控交易分析:
(一)受控交易各參與人之功能及風險分析,包括當年度與上年度異動分析。
(二)依第七條規定原則辦理之情形。
(三)依第八條規定進行可比較程度分析、選定之可比較對象與可比較未受控交易及相關資料。
(四)依第八條之一規定進行風險分析。
(五)依第九條規定決定最適常規交易方法之分析。
(六)涉及企業重組者,依第九條之一規定評估利潤分配符合常規之分析。
(七)涉及無形資產交易者,依第九條之二規定評估利潤分配符合常規之分析。
(八)選定之受測個體及選定之理由、選定之最適常規交易方法及選定之理由、列入考量之其他常規交易方法及不予採用之理由。
(九)受控交易之其他參與人採用之訂價方法及相關資料。
(十)依最適常規交易方法評估是否符合常規或決定常規交易結果之情形,包括所使用之可比較對象與可比較未受控交易相關資料(含利潤率指標)及其來源、為消除第九條第一款規定因素及假設條件之差異所作之調整、使用之假設、常規交易範圍、是否符合常規之結論及按常規交易結果調整之情形、適用常規交易方法使用之財務資料彙整等。
依第七條第四款第一目但書規定使用多年度交易資料時,應說明使用之理由。
(十一)與其他國家或地區就前述受控交易簽署之單邊預先訂價協議及其他涉跨國所得分配之預先核釋影本。
五、公司法第三百六十九條之十二規定之關係報告書、關係企業合併營業報告書等資料。
六、其他與關係人或受控交易有關並影響其訂價之文件。
營利事業與另一營利事業相互間,如因特殊市場或經濟因素所致而有第三條第八款第三目至第五目規定之情形,但確無實質控制或從屬關係者,得於辦理該年度所得稅結算申報前提示足資證明之文件送交該管稽徵機關確認;其經確認者,不適用前項備妥移轉訂價報告之規定。
從事受控交易之營利事業全年收入總額及受控交易金額在財政部規定標準以下者,得以其他足資證明其訂價結果符合常規交易結果之替代文據取代第一項規定之移轉訂價報告。
所稱受控交易金額,不包括已與稽徵機關簽署預先訂價協議之交易金額。
稽徵機關依本準則規定進行調查時,營利事業應於稽徵機關書面調查函送達之日起一個月內提示第一項規定之移轉訂價報告或前項規定之其他替代文據;其因特殊情形,不能於規定期間內提示者,應於期間屆滿前申請延期,延長之期間最長不得超過一個月,並以一次為限。
稽徵機關經審閱營利事業所提示之移轉訂價報告或其他替代文據,認為有再提供支持該等報告或其他替代文據之必要文件及資料者,營利事業應於一個月內提供。
營利事業依前項規定提供之移轉訂價報告或其他替代文據,應附目錄及索引;提供之資料為外文者,應附中文譯本,但經稽徵機關核准提示英文版本者,不在此限。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.