Question 6

This question seeks information to assess transfer pricing risks arising from royalty and licence fee arrangements between Australian taxpayers and international related parties. We seek to determine the level of these transactions between Australian taxpayers and their international related parties, identify the pricing methodology used in relation to these arrangements and to ascertain the extent to which the taxpayer has transfer pricing documentation to support those dealings.

The dollar amounts or values asked for in this question are all based on your income tax records.

For the purpose of this question the term 'royalty' or 'royalties' is as defined in subsection 6(1) of the ITAA 1936 and in any applicable double tax agreement in the International Tax Agreements Act 1953. Where there is a conflict between the definition of royalty in subsection 6(1) of the ITAA 1936 and the definition in an applicable double tax agreement, use the definition in the double tax agreement (refer subsection 4(2) of the Agreements Act).

The term 'licence fee' has its ordinary meaning.

If you had international related party dealings involving royalties or licence fees during the income year, answer 'Yes' at label A of this question and complete the required label fields.

Item 6a is completed as follows:

• At label C, write the total amount of royalties payable by you to international related parties claimed as deductions for the income year.
• At label D, write the total amount of royalties you derived from international related parties included in your assessable income for the income year.
• At label E, write the Appendix 5 code for principal arm's length pricing method used to set or review consideration in respect of the royalties payable by and/or derived by you.
• At label F, write the Appendix 9 code for the percentage of your international related party dealings involving royalties for which you have documentation. 'Percentage of dealings with documentation' refers to the aggregate dollar amount of transactions reported at this question for which you have relevant documentation (as per TR 98/11) expressed as a percentage of total dollar value of transactions reported at this question.

Item 6b is completed as follows:

• At label C, write the total amount of licence fees payable by you to international related parties claimed as deductions for the income year.
• At label D, write the total amount of licence fees you derived from international related parties included in your assessable income for the income year.
• At label E, write the Appendix 5 code for principal arm's length pricing method used to set or review consideration in respect of the licence fees payable by and/or derived by you.
• At label F, write the Appendix 9 code for the percentage of your international related party dealings involving licence fees for which you have documentation. 'Percentage of dealings with documentation' refers to the aggregate dollar amount of transactions reported at this question for which you have relevant documentation (as per TR 98/11) expressed as a percentage of total dollar value of transactions reported at this question.