Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for March 15, 2025 – March 28, 2025. IRS GUIDANCE - March 17, 2025: The IRS issued Revenue Ruling 2025-8, providing...more
The pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA) and the Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association (CGPA) have agreed to a new three-year pricing initiative for generic drugs, effective October 1, 2023. This agreement, which...more
Our International Tax Group unpacks recent IRS guidance and public comments that reveal how the agency is changing its advance pricing agreement (APA) procedures. The Large Business and International Division released a...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released instructions for employees that may have the effect of deterring some companies from submitting advance pricing agreement (APA) requests. That, in turn, could introduce...more
The IRS has announced new rules relating to the acceptance of Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) and renewal requests. On April 25, 2023, the IRS published interim guidance (the Interim Guidance), effective as of that date, that...more
Last year’s historic demand with a smaller staff compounded 2021’s challenges for the Advance Pricing and Mutual Agreement Program (APMA). Our International Tax Group delves into this year’s annual report to evaluate trends...more
On March 27, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued its Announcement and Report Concerning Advance Pricing Agreements (APA Report) for 2022, which presents the key APA results of the IRS’s Advance Pricing and Mutual...more
Our International Tax Group reviews a pair of tax decisions clarifying the IRS’s ability to cancel advance pricing agreements and how the arm’s-length standard applies to high-value intercompany licensing transactions. ...more
Despite adding personnel and making a concerted effort to speed up the advance pricing agreement process, the Advance Pricing and Mutual Agreement Program (APMA) faces challenges with the mounting demand. Our International...more
Our International Tax Group analyzes the report on the IRS’s Advance Pricing and Mutual Agreement Program and identifies important insights and trends for advance pricing agreements....more
In a significant taxpayer victory, the Tax Court, in a memorandum decision, has ruled in Eaton Corp. & Subsidiaries v. Commissioner that the IRS’s decision to cancel Eaton Corporation’s two advance pricing agreements (APAs)...more
On July 26, 2017, the Tax Court issued its opinion in Eaton Corp. v. Commissioner, holding that the IRS’s cancellation of two advance pricing agreements (“APAs”) reached with Eaton Corporation (“Eaton”) was “arbitrary and...more
To support the use of transfer pricing studies as an aid in establishing that prices paid or payable are not influenced by the relationship between vendor and purchaser, the World Customs Organization (WCO) has sought for...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Pennsylvania Attorney General (AG) have challenged the proposed combination of The Penn State Hershey Medical Center (Hershey) and PinnacleHealth System (Pinnacle) in Harrisburg,...more
On August 12, 2015, the IRS issued Rev. Proc. 2015-41, which sets out the procedures for pursuing advance pricing agreements (APAs). The new revenue procedure replaces Rev. Proc. 2006-9 and finalizes revenue procedures...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Tuesday, May 6, that the agencies will jointly hold a public workshop on June 23, 2014, to consider the economic effects and antitrust law...more
On November 22, 2013, the IRS issued Notice 2013-79, which contains draft Revenue Procedures applicable to Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs). The IRS requested comments by March 10, 2014. The Revenue Procedure and the...more
The International Ruling Office (the Office) of the Agenzia delle Entrate (the Italian Revenue Agency) has finally released the second issue of the Bulletin, almost three years after the release of the first issue. ...more