United Nations Practical Manual on Transfer Pricing for Developing Countries (2017)

The updated version of the Manual, developed by the UN Tax Committee, aims to address the requests and comments of representatives from developing countries, taking into consideration the outputs of the G20/OECD BEPS Project, including providing revised guidance relevant transfer pricing issues and new guidelines on relevant related topics, such as intra-group services and the treatment of intangibles. The first version of the Manual has already been of great assistance in helping developing countries to counter profit shifting, which deprives them of substantial revenues to finance their development. The Manual was instrumental in delivering capacity development activities to tax officials from 43 developing countries.