Stricter international tax rules

A two-year negotiation process came to an end in September, when upon the initiative of the G20 group OECD completed its action plan for addressing the problems of base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS Action Plan). The action plan identifies 15 focus areas and according to Gabriella Nagy, transfer pricing senior manager of MAZARS Hungary, it perfectly specifies what steps need to be taken. In her view OECD’s efforts are going in the right direction as regards international transfer pricing, therefore many countries have already incorporated the recommendation into their national legislation. The expert thinks that Hungary will soon do to the same. One of the most important changes is that the new recommendation targets the mapping of areas such as activities related to intangible assets and intra-group financing.