Multinational Firms Often Face Conflicting Pressures When Developing Transfer Pricing

question 141

Multiple Choice

Multinational firms often face conflicting pressures when developing transfer pricing policies. Tax avoidance results when:

• A) inflated transfer prices are used to reduce the profits of divisions in high tax-rate countries.
• B) inflated transfer prices are used to reduce the profits of divisions in low tax-rate countries.
• C) cost-based transfer prices are used instead of market transfer prices in high tax-rate countries.
• D) cost-based transfer prices are used instead of negotiated market transfer prices in low tax-rate countries.

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Definitions:

Trading Debt Securities

Refers to the buying and selling of debt instruments such as bonds in the financial markets, aiming for profits from changes in their prices.

Accounting Differences

Discrepancies that arise between accounting practices, often due to different standards or interpretations.

Unrealized Gain/Loss

Gains or losses on investments that the company holds but has not yet sold, and thus they have not realized the gains or losses.

Fair Value

An estimated market price of an asset or liability, reflecting the value for which it could be exchanged or settled between knowledgeable, willing parties.