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U.S. Tax Court Sustains IRS's Transfer Pricing Reallocations Under Comparable Profits Method

23 November 2020

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On 18 November 2020, an opinion of the U.S. Tax Court was published concerning whether the IRS abused its discretion by making transfer pricing reallocations of royalties by employing a comparable profits method (CMP). For the years concerned (2007-2009), the Coca-Cola Co. and its domestic subsidiaries ("Coca-Cola") joined in filing consolidated Federal income tax returns. Coca-Cola's foreign manufacturing affiliates ("supply points") had plants in Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Egypt, Ireland, Mexico, and Swaziland that produced concentrate used in the production of Coca-Cola's beverages. The supply points sold and distributed concentrate to independent bottlers in Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and...