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Appendix 5: Main pricing methodologies

Last updated 7 August 2014

The arm's length pricing methodologies should be identified using the codes listed below.

Arm's length pricing method

Code

Apportionment of costs

1

Apportionment of income

2

Comparable uncontrolled price method

3

Cost-contribution arrangement

4

Cost-plus method

5

Fixed mark-up applied to cost

6

Fixed percentage of resale price

7

Marginal costing

8

Profit split method

9

Resale price method

10

Transactional net margin method

11

Transactional net margin method (whole-of-entity)

12

Other arm's length methods

13

No transfer pricing method used

14

Further Information

The 'fixed mark-up applied to cost' and 'fixed percentage of resale price' methodology codes should be used when 'administrative practice' as described by TR 99/1Income tax: international transfer pricing for intra-group services has been utilised to set the pricing of intra group services. See Appendix 9 for when to use 'Transactional net margin method (whole-of-entity)' methodology.

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