The Main Stages of Normative Regulation of Financial Control Over Transfer Pricing in Ukraine

Abstract

Any activity is carried out in accordance with what laws and regulations are interpreted at the national level, and often with the direct consent o n the part of the State authorities. In Ukraine, the process of forming the normative regulation for control over transfer pricing is still underway, but conceptually it is already possible to define four main stages. Stage 1 (zero stage): 2010–2013 – in the national legislation were no definitions of controlled operations and transfer pricing, but the concept of ordinary price was widely used, and the tax legislation began to distinguish the methods for its determination and the procedure for application). Stage 2 (baseline stage): 2013–2014 – a significant transformation of tax legislation took place – transfer pricing was introduced in Ukraine. Stage 3 (crucial stage): 2015–2019 – the «arm’s length principle» was introduced, which was wider than the concept of «ordinary price», and relations between business entities were now evaluated not only at the price of transactions performed, but under the conditions of such operations. Stage 4 (renewal stage): 2020–2021 – transfer pricing rules were updated: new concepts were introduced into the national legislation – international group of companies, the group’s parent company, authorized participant; a three-level transfer pricing reporting model was implemented. Thus, Ukraine undergoes a constant change of national legislation, in particular in the normative regulation of financial control over transfer pricing, which for 10 years has been transformed from control over ordinary prices in the country to control over transactions of international groups of companies whose participants are residents of Ukraine.