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Newsletter | July 2016, Issue 2
TAX
Ministry of Strategy and Finance Issues Notice of a New Filing Requirement, and Those Companies Subject to the Comprehensive Report on International Transactions
Under the amendments to Article 11 of the International Tax Coordination Law (“ITCL”) and Article 21-2 of the Presidential Decree of the ITCL, taxpayers are required to submit an Individual Company Report, and a Comprehensive Report on International Transactions (“Comprehensive Report”) if their annual sales amount exceeds KRW 100 billion (approx. USD 83 million) and annual cross-border intercompany transactions exceeds KRW 50 billion (approx. USD 42 billion).
The new filing requirement is effective for fiscal years commencing on or after January 1, 2016.
On April 14, 2016, the MOSF issued a notice in relation to preparing and submitting a Comprehensive Report.
Key points of the MOSF notice are:
Parties subject to be included in the Comprehensive Report:
- Entities subject to the consolidated financial statements to which a taxpayer is included should be included in the Comprehensive Report.
- Where a taxpayer is included in two or more consolidated financial statements, entities subject to the top-level consolidated financial statements should be included in the Comprehensive Report.
If a multinational enterprise (“MNE”)’s business consists of more than two business groups, the Comprehensive Report may be prepared and submitted by each business group.
ŸIf a MNE group is controlled by a holding company, the Comprehensive Report may be submitted by each subsidiary.
Ÿ Representative submitting the Comprehensive Report:
- Where two or more taxpayers are required to submit the same Comprehensive Report, the controlling entity or the entity closest to the ultimate controlling entity should submit the Comprehensive Report.
- Where two or more taxpayers are equally close to the ultimate controlling entity based on the ownership structure, either may submit the Comprehensive Report.
ŸIn case where subsidiaries of a holding company under the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act carry on different businesses, each subsidiary can submit the Comprehensive Report separately.
- In this case, companies included in the consolidated financial statements of the subsidiary are subject to the Comprehensive Report.
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