Singapore legislation

Regulation 3

of Income Tax (Transfer Pricing Documentation) Rules 2018

Regulation 3

Form and content of transfer pricing documentation

Amended byS 501/2024 wef 10/06/2024

Subregulation 1

The transfer pricing documentation required to be prepared under section 34F(3) of the Act for each transaction undertaken by an applicable entity with a related party in a basis period —

(a)

must contain the information specified in the Second Schedule in respect of the transaction, the applicable entity and the group of the applicable entity;

(b)

must specify the date on which the transfer pricing documentation is completed; and

(c)

must be in English or, if not in English, translated into English on the request of the Comptroller.

Subregulation 2

Despite paragraph (1), if the applicable entity has prepared a qualifying past transfer pricing documentation, then the transfer pricing documentation in relation to a transaction (called in this rule the subject transaction) must either —

(a)

satisfy paragraph (1)(a), (b) and (c); or

(b)

contain a declaration by the applicable entity that it has prepared a qualifying past transfer pricing documentation, and include, by way of an attachment, a copy of the qualifying past transfer pricing documentation.

Subregulation 2A

Amended byS 501/2024 wef 10/06/2024

The declaration mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) must, where the subject transaction is undertaken by the applicable entity in the basis period for the year of assessment 2026 or a subsequent year of assessment, specify the date on which the declaration is made.

Subregulation 3

In this rule, “qualifying past transfer pricing documentation”, for a subject transaction undertaken by an applicable entity, means —

(a)

transfer pricing documentation that —

(i)

was prepared for a transaction undertaken by the applicable entity with the same related party in the basis period (called in this rule the previous basis period) that immediately precedes the basis period in which the subject transaction is undertaken; and

(ii)

satisfies the conditions in paragraph (4); or

(b)

in a case where no transfer pricing documentation was prepared for a transaction mentioned in sub‑paragraph (a) in the previous basis period or such documentation was prepared but did not satisfy any condition in paragraph (4), transfer pricing documentation that —

(i)

was prepared for a transaction undertaken by the applicable entity with the same related party in the basis period immediately preceding the previous basis period; and

(ii)

satisfies the conditions in paragraph (4).

Subregulation 4

The transfer pricing documentation mentioned in paragraph (3)(a) and (b) must satisfy the following conditions:

(a)

it complies with paragraph (1)(a), (b) and (c);

(b)

the transaction for which the transfer pricing documentation was prepared is of the same type as the subject transaction;

(c)

the information it contains on all of the following matters accurately describes the same matters as regards the subject transaction:

(i)

the commercial or financial relations between the parties;

(ii)

the conditions made or imposed between the parties;

(iii)

the transfer pricing method that is used for the transaction;

(iv)

the arm’s length conditions within the meaning of section 34D(1)(b) of the Act.

Subregulation 5

To avoid doubt, a declaration and accompanying documentation mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) is not a qualifying past transfer pricing documentation.