<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Quartyl — Transfer Pricing OS</title><description>Turn a raw comparable-company dump into a defensible Accept-Reject matrix: quantitative screening, semantic and FAR-based AI analysis, arm’s-length statistics, and Excel, PDF and Word deliverables from one governed study workflow.</description><link>https://quartyl.com/</link><language>en-in</language><item><title>Australia Transfer Pricing: Division 815, Documentation and Penalties</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/australia-transfer-pricing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/australia-transfer-pricing/</guid><description>The Australian transfer pricing framework: Division 815 of the ITAA 1997, the ATO’s 28-day documentation window, the penalty protection, and the CbCR threshold.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Brazil Transfer Pricing: Law 12,715/2012 and the Prescribed Margins</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/brazil-transfer-pricing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/brazil-transfer-pricing/</guid><description>The Brazilian transfer pricing framework: Law 12,715/2012 and the prescribed fixed-margin methods, the return-linked electronic filing, the penalties, and the limits of treaty relief.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Canada Transfer Pricing: Section 247, Documentation and Penalties</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/canada-transfer-pricing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/canada-transfer-pricing/</guid><description>The Canadian transfer pricing framework: section 247 of the Income Tax Act, the section 233.4 contemporaneous documentation and reasonable-efforts standard, Form T106, and penalties.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>China Transfer Pricing: STA Rules, Announcement 42 and Documentation</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/china-transfer-pricing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/china-transfer-pricing/</guid><description>The Chinese framework: the Enterprise Income Tax Law’s special tax-adjustment rules, Announcement 42/2016’s documentation tiers, the related-party declaration, and the India reading.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Which Countries Have Transfer Pricing Rules? Global Coverage Guide</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/global-transfer-pricing-coverage/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/global-transfer-pricing-coverage/</guid><description>How transfer-pricing regimes cluster worldwide — the OECD standard, the EU overlay, the developing-country statutes, the no-CIT centres — and how to work any jurisdiction defensibly.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ireland Transfer Pricing: Section 80T, the Manual and Documentation</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/ireland-transfer-pricing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/ireland-transfer-pricing/</guid><description>The Irish transfer pricing framework: section 80T TCA 1997, Revenue’s transfer-pricing manual, the EU-derived master and local file, the 30-day production rule, and the MAP routes.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Japan Transfer Pricing: Article 66-4-3 and the Three-Month File</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/japan-transfer-pricing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/japan-transfer-pricing/</guid><description>Japan’s transfer pricing framework: the Corporation Tax Law control-transaction rules, Article 66-4-3 documentation, the prescribed methods and safe harbours.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Malaysia Transfer Pricing: LHDN Rules and Documentation</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/malaysia-transfer-pricing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/malaysia-transfer-pricing/</guid><description>The Malaysian transfer pricing framework: section 140A of the Income Tax Act 1967, the IRB Guidelines, the documentation duty, the 14-day production clock, and the India reading.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mauritius Transfer Pricing: MRA Rules, GBL Substance and India</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/mauritius-transfer-pricing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/mauritius-transfer-pricing/</guid><description>The Mauritian framework: the Income Tax Act’s associated-person rules, the MRA documentation duty, the global-business substance test, and the India corridor after the 2016 Protocol.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Netherlands Transfer Pricing: Article 8b and the 30-Day File</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/netherlands-transfer-pricing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/netherlands-transfer-pricing/</guid><description>The Dutch transfer pricing framework: Article 8b’s normalisatieleer, the Belastingdienst guidance, the 30-day documentation standard, and the conduit-substance and treaty-claim questions.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudi Arabia Transfer Pricing: ZATCA Bylaws and the Arabic File</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/saudi-arabia-transfer-pricing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/saudi-arabia-transfer-pricing/</guid><description>The Saudi transfer pricing framework: ZATCA’s TP bylaws applying from the 2024 period, the Arabic-language local and master file, the with-return filing, and the risk-rating examination.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>South Africa Transfer Pricing: Section 31, SARS Practice and the File</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/south-africa-transfer-pricing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/south-africa-transfer-pricing/</guid><description>The South African transfer pricing framework: section 31 of the Income Tax Act, the SARS guideline and SAICA practice, the 21-day documentation window, and the penalty exposure.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Vietnam Transfer Pricing: GDT Rules, Decree 132 and Documentation</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/vietnam-transfer-pricing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/vietnam-transfer-pricing/</guid><description>The Vietnamese transfer pricing framework: the General Department of Taxation’s regime, the arm’s length methods, the documentation duty, the 10-working-day production clock, and the India reading.</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Defensibility Grade: The A–F Score of the Finished Study</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/defensibility-grade/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/defensibility-grade/</guid><description>The defensibility grade in Quartyl: the A–F letter score (0–100) that rates a finished study on sample size, comparability, range tightness, margin placement and acceptance rate.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rule 10(3)(d): The Contemporaneous Documentation Condition</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/india-rule-10-3d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/india-rule-10-3d/</guid><description>Rule 10(3)(d) of the Income-tax Rules: the contemporaneous documentation condition — the TP documents and the accountant report that ride with the return of income.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rule 10D: Local File Requirements, Block by Block</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/india-rule-10d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/india-rule-10d/</guid><description>Rule 10D of the Income-tax Rules, block by block: what the Indian local file must contain, the 31 May preparation window, the 8 year retention and the section 282BC production.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rule 10E: CbCR Reporting (Form 3CEB and 3CEBA)</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/india-rule-10e/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/india-rule-10e/</guid><description>The Indian CbCR filing mechanics under section 92F: the Rule 10E family, the Form 3CEB and 3CEBA forms, the 1,000 crore group threshold and the information exchange channel.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Section 282BA: Penalty Protection for Contemporaneous Files</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/india-s282ba/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/india-s282ba/</guid><description>Section 282BA of the Income-tax Act: the safe harbour that keeps the section 271AA penalty off when the contemporaneous documentation is prepared and produced on time.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Section 282BC: The 30-Day Documentation Rule</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/india-s282bc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/india-s282bc/</guid><description>Section 282BC of the Income-tax Act: the TPO production notice for the contemporaneous transfer pricing documentation, the 30 day window and what production requires.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Section 282BE: Penalty for Inadequate TP Documentation</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/india-s282be/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/india-s282be/</guid><description>Section 282BE of the Income-tax Act: the penalty for failure to maintain or furnish the transfer pricing documentation, and its place in the penalty stack.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Section 92: The Controlled Transactions (s.92(1) to s.92(11))</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/india-s92/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/india-s92/</guid><description>Section 92 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 in plain English: the controlled transaction rule, the TPO determination, method substitution and the adjustment machinery it triggers.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Section 92F: The Documentation Thresholds (1 Crore and Related)</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/india-s92f/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/india-s92f/</guid><description>Section 92F of the Income-tax Act and the documentation thresholds it anchors: the 1,000 crore CbCR duty, the local file line and the 1 crore base documentation duty.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>OECD General Principles: The Arms-Length Standard</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-alp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-alp/</guid><description>Chapter 1 of the OECD Guidelines: the ALP as the standard behind s.92(1) and Article 9, the controlled-transaction concept, and the primary and correlative adjustment machinery.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>OECD Comparability: The Five Factors and the Two Screens</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-comparability/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-comparability/</guid><description>Chapter 3 of the OECD Guidelines: the five comparability factors at 3.7, their practical weighting at 3.30-3.31, and the adjust-versus-exclude decision for every difference.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Comparable Profits and Cost-Based Provisions</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-comparable-profits/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-comparable-profits/</guid><description>The cost plus and comparable profits provisions within Chapter 2 of the OECD Guidelines: cost base design, the comparable mark-up, contract manufacturing and routine services.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The CUP Provisions: When Direct Price Evidence Wins</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-cup/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-cup/</guid><description>The CUP provisions within Chapter 2 of the OECD Guidelines: internal and external CUP, commodity pricing, the comparability conditions and where no uncontrolled price exists.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>OECD Documentation: The Three-Tier Architecture</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-documentation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-documentation/</guid><description>Chapter 12 of the OECD Guidelines: the three-tier documentation architecture, what the local file, master file and CbCR each contain, and the India Rules 10D, 10E, 10DA, 10DB overlay.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>OECD Financial Transactions: Loans, Guarantees and Cash Pooling</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-financial/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-financial/</guid><description>Chapter 7 of the OECD Guidelines: interest benchmarking on intra-group loans, the genuine benefit test for guarantee fees at 7.13-7.19, and cash pooling.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>OECD Intangibles: DEMPE, HTVI and Cost Contribution</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-intangibles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-intangibles/</guid><description>Chapter 5 of the OECD Guidelines: DEMPE at 5.7-5.12, value creation and the residual, highly valuable intangibles, and cost contribution arrangements in practice.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>OECD Method Selection: Tested Party, PLIs and the Best Method</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-method-selection/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-method-selection/</guid><description>Chapter 2 of the OECD Guidelines: tested party selection at 2.48, the PLI list and selection logic at 2.50-2.53, and the five methods and best-methods rule at 2.62-2.80.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Profit Split Provisions: When Both Parties Are Non-Routine</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-profit-split/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-profit-split/</guid><description>The profit split provisions within Chapter 2 of the OECD Guidelines: contractual and residual splits, allocation keys, the data problem and the highly valuable intangible trigger.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Building the Range: IQR, Outliers and Significance</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-ranges-statistics/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-ranges-statistics/</guid><description>Chapter 11 of the OECD Guidelines: how benchmarking ranges are built, the interquartile range at 11.100-11.107, outlier treatment and the reliability of the result.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Resale Price Provisions: Distributors and Gross Margin</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-resale-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-resale-price/</guid><description>The resale price method within Chapter 2 of the OECD Guidelines: the reseller gross margin, when it fits distributors, and its link to tested party selection at 2.48.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>OECD Restructuring: Exit Charges, Location Savings and ThinCap</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-restructuring/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-restructuring/</guid><description>Chapter 9 of the OECD Guidelines: business rationale, exit charges, location savings and thin capitalisation, and how Indian practice picks up the same questions.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>OECD Services: Benefit Test, LTVAS and the Safe-Harbour Zone</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-services/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-services/</guid><description>Chapter 6 of the OECD Guidelines: the benefit test for intra-group services, the LTVAS framework at 6.102-6.113, and the link to India Rule 10TD(2B) LVAS safe harbour.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Uncontrolled Comparability Routes (UNGS and UNCR)</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-uncontrolled-comparables/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/oecd-uncontrolled-comparables/</guid><description>The uncontrolled goods or services and uncontrolled resale or conversion routes within Chapter 2 of the OECD Guidelines: the fallback references and when they work.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Treas. Reg. 1.482-1: General Principles and Best Method</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/us-482-1/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/us-482-1/</guid><description>Treas. Reg. 1.482-1: the general principles of the US transfer pricing regulations — the allocation authority, the best method rule and the contemporaneous documentation link.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Treas. Reg. 1.482-2: Price Adjustment Procedures</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/us-482-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/us-482-2/</guid><description>Treas. Reg. 1.482-2: the price adjustment procedures under section 482 — how a US transfer pricing adjustment is computed, allocated and applied to the taxable year.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Treas. Reg. 1.482-3: The Resale Price Method</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/us-482-3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/us-482-3/</guid><description>Treas. Reg. 1.482-3: the resale price method — the reseller margin test, the gross margin reference and where the method fits in the US method order of preference.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Treas. Reg. 1.482-4: Comparable Uncontrolled Price (CUP)</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/us-482-4/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/us-482-4/</guid><description>Treas. Reg. 1.482-4: the comparable uncontrolled price method in the US — the direct price test, the circumstances standard and the comparability adjustments.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Treas. Reg. 1.482-5: Comparable Profits Method (CPM) and the PLI Menu</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/us-482-5/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/us-482-5/</guid><description>Treas. Reg. 1.482-5: the comparable profits method — one-sided testing, the six regulatory profit level indicators and the tested party discipline under section 482.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Treas. Reg. 1.482-6: Splitting of Income (Profit Split)</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/us-482-6/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/us-482-6/</guid><description>Treas. Reg. 1.482-6: the profit split methods — the conventional and residual splits, the combined profit and the allocation of the residual for non-routine transactions.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Treas. Reg. 1.482-7: Uncontrolled Goods or Services</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/us-482-7/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/us-482-7/</guid><description>Treas. Reg. 1.482-7: uncontrolled goods and services — the cost plus method and the uncontrolled sales price method for related goods and services in the US.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Treas. Reg. 1.482-8: Uncontrolled Resale or Conversion</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/us-482-8/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/us-482-8/</guid><description>Treas. Reg. 1.482-8: uncontrolled resales and conversion — the uncontrolled resale price and uncontrolled cost of goods conversion routes for related goods in the US.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Treas. Reg. 1.482-9: Other Cost-Based Methods</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/us-482-9/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/regulations/us-482-9/</guid><description>Treas. Reg. 1.482-9: the other cost based methods — cost of goods sold (COGS) methods and the uncontrolled margin method under the US section 482 regulations.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Accept-Reject Matrix: The Comparable-by-Comparable Decision Record</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/accept-reject-matrix/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/accept-reject-matrix/</guid><description>The accept-reject matrix defined: the per-comparable keep-or-exclude decision with its recorded reason — the table examiners ask for first, and how a documented matrix becomes the audit defence.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Audit Packet: The Evidence Export That Defends the Study</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/audit-packet/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/audit-packet/</guid><description>The audit packet in Quartyl: the exportable evidence file for a proceeding — the ledger, the trail, the captures and the snapshots in one deliverable, with retention.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Base Erosion: What the BEPS Fight Is Actually Against</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/base-erosion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/base-erosion/</guid><description>Base erosion defined: the practice of shifting profits out of a jurisdiction’s tax base — the BEPS project’s target, the seven actions’ logic, and why it matters to the TP team.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Benchmark Refresh: When and How to Re-run the Comparables Study</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/benchmark-refresh/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/benchmark-refresh/</guid><description>The benchmark refresh defined: the re-run of the comparables search and screens on current data — the triggers (data age, the range position), and the record that makes a refresh defensible.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Buy-Sell Arrangement: The Double-Distribution Model</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/buy-sell/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/buy-sell/</guid><description>The buy-sell arrangement defined: the middleman entity that buys from the group and resells without taking the full risk — the double margin, the transfer price on both legs, and the benchmark.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cash Pooling: The Intra-Group Cash Netting Arrangement</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/cash-pooling/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/cash-pooling/</guid><description>Cash pooling defined: the intra-group netting of daily balances — the net position each participant actually holds, the deposit/lending rates, and the pool master’s service.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Comparable Set: The Group of Companies That Carries the Range</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/comparable-set/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/comparable-set/</guid><description>The comparable set defined: the final group of companies whose PLI values build the arm&apos;s length range — its size, its consistency requirements, and the documentation that stands behind it.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Contract Manufacturer: The Producer That Owns No IP or Customers</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/contract-manufacturer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/contract-manufacturer/</guid><description>The contract manufacturer defined: the producer that makes to order for the principal — the cost base it earns on, the risks it does not bear, and the cost-plus benchmark that prices the function.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Contract R&amp;D: Research Performed for the Client, Routine Return</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/contract-rd/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/contract-rd/</guid><description>Contract R&amp;D defined: the research performed for the client under contract — the routine profile, the cost-based return, the DEMPE line, and the entrepreneur it must not become.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cost Sharing Arrangement (CSA): Sharing the Cost of Building IP</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/cost-sharing-arrangement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/cost-sharing-arrangement/</guid><description>The cost sharing arrangement defined: the group pact to share the cost of developing IP for shared exploitation — the contribution, the CBA, and the exit charge when a participant leaves.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Country Premium: The Adjustment for Where the Comparable Sits</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/country-premium/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/country-premium/</guid><description>The country premium defined: the margin difference attributable to the comparable’s country of operations — the tax differential, the risk — and when it is adjusted versus disclosed.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Distributor: The Buying and Reselling Entity in a TP Structure</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/distributor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/distributor/</guid><description>The distributor defined: the group entity that takes title and resells to third parties — the FAR profile, the risk the title actually carries, and the methods that price the function.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DTA: The Double Taxation Agreement That Prevents Double Tax</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/dta/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/dta/</guid><description>The DTA defined: the bilateral treaty between two taxing jurisdictions — the relief it gives (the residence/source split, the reduced rates), and the TP team’s treaty questions.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Exit Charge: The IP Price When a Participant Leaves</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/exit-charge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/exit-charge/</guid><description>The exit charge defined: the arm’s length price of a participant’s interest in shared IP when it leaves a CSA — the valuation, the OECD intangibles logic, and the documentation.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Extraordinary Events: The One-Off Items That Distort the Benchmark</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/extraordinary-events/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/extraordinary-events/</guid><description>Extraordinary events defined: the one-off items — litigation, restructuring, spectrum charges, natural events — that distort a comparable’s PLI, and the adjust-versus-exclude discipline.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Guarantee Fee: Pricing the Intra-Group Credit Support</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/guarantee-fee/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/guarantee-fee/</guid><description>The guarantee fee defined: the arm’s length price of the intra-group guarantee — the genuine-benefit test, the two benchmark cases, and the Indian safe-harbour floor of 1% per annum.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Industry Classification: NIC, NACE and the Search’s First Filter</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/industry-classification/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/industry-classification/</guid><description>Industry classification in benchmarking: the NIC-2008 and NACE codes that anchor the comparable search — how to pick the right level, and why the code is a family, not a label.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Limited-Risk Distributor: The Routine FAR Profile (LRD)</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/limited-risk-distributor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/limited-risk-distributor/</guid><description>The limited-risk distributor defined: the contractually shielded reseller — the risk it does not bear, the routine return it earns, and the profile test that is its real benchmark.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Location Savings: The Profit Shift from Moving Functions</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/location-savings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/location-savings/</guid><description>Location savings defined: the profit a group captures by relocating a function to a lower-cost jurisdiction — the OECD’s scrutiny target, the arm’s length price of the move, and the documentation.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>LVAS: Low Value Adding Services and Their Safe-Harbour Treatment</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/lvas/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/lvas/</guid><description>LVAS defined: the low value-adding intra-group services — the routine, no-unique-intangibles slice — and the Indian safe harbour that prescribes their margin instead of a benchmark.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MAP: The Mutual Agreement Procedure for Double Tax Relief</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/map/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/map/</guid><description>The MAP defined: the treaty procedure where the two competent authorities agree to eliminate the double taxation — the India procedure, the timelines, and the practical outcomes.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MTT (Minimum Top-Up Tax): The Pillar Two Charge, Abbreviated</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/mtt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/mtt/</guid><description>MTT defined: the practitioner’s shorthand for the Pillar Two top-up tax — the 15% minimum charge on the undertaxed profit — and the three mechanisms that actually levy it.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pillar Two: The 15% Global Minimum Tax at a Glance</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/pillar-two/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/pillar-two/</guid><description>Pillar Two defined: the BEPS 2.0 global minimum top-up tax — the 15% floor, the €750 mn scope, the GloBE rules, the three charging mechanisms, and where India stands.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Royalty: The Intangible Use Fee and Its TP Treatment</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/royalty/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/royalty/</guid><description>The royalty defined: the fee for using another entity’s intangible — the arm’s length rate, the benchmark, the India TDS overlay, and the no-royalty question where no intangible is used.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rule 10E: India’s CbCR Rule (Form 3CEB / 3CEBA Reporting)</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/rule-10e/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/rule-10e/</guid><description>Rule 10E of the Income-tax Rules: the Indian country-by-country reporting rule under section 92F — who files Form 3CEB or 3CEBA, the ₹1,000 cr threshold, and the exchange mechanics.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SBIE: The Substance-Based Income Exclusion in GloBE</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/sbie/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/sbie/</guid><description>SBIE defined: the GloBE exclusion of the payroll and tangible-asset returns from the covered profit — the substance-based income exclusion, the mechanics, and a worked example.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Search String: The Benchmark Query That Finds Comparables</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/search-string/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/search-string/</guid><description>The search string defined: the database query — industry codes, keywords, size and geography filters — that builds the candidate pool, and how to keep it neither over- nor under-inclusive.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shared Services: The Intra-Group SSC That Needs a Benefit Test</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/shared-services/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/shared-services/</guid><description>Shared services in transfer pricing: the SSC/LVAS cost pools, the benefit analysis that justifies the charge, the allocation keys, and the mark-up question when the centre is not low-value.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Size Filter: The Turnover and Asset Thresholds in Screening</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/size-filter/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/size-filter/</guid><description>The size filter defined: the turnover and total-asset bounds that keep comparables in the tested party&apos;s size band — why scale affects the PLI, and the bounds that are documented and defensible.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Toll Manufacturing: Processing for the Customer’s Own Materials</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/toll-manufacturing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/toll-manufacturing/</guid><description>Toll manufacturing defined: the processing of the principal’s own materials for a fee — the narrower FAR than contract manufacturing, the toll fee, and the pool that prices it.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Working Capital Adjustment: The Balance-Sheet Normalisation</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/wc-adjustment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/wc-adjustment/</guid><description>The working capital adjustment defined: the correction that strips non-operating working capital from comparables before the PLI is read — ratio method, days method, and when it is mandatory.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AAR (Advance Ruling): Fixing the TP Method Before the Years Are Filed</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/aar/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/aar/</guid><description>AAR defined: the advance ruling on the transfer pricing method under section 92AA — the planning tool that fixes the method for future years before the transactions are filed.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Add-on: The TPO’s Premium Over the Benchmark Margin</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/add-on/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/add-on/</guid><description>The add-on defined: the premium the TPO adds to the benchmarked arm’s length margin — the adjustment theory, the arguments on each side and the documentation that answers it.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI in Transfer Pricing: Use Cases, Controls and Governance</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/tp-software/ai-in-transfer-pricing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/tp-software/ai-in-transfer-pricing/</guid><description>Where AI genuinely helps in TP work — screening, enrichment, drafting, risk — and the controls that keep it defensible: evidence capture, human decisions, override governance and the audit trail.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Arm&apos;s Length Principle (ALP): Definition and How It Works</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/alp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/alp/</guid><description>The arm&apos;s length principle defined: the rule that related-party prices must match independent prices, its OECD and Indian statement, and how it is tested in practice.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Arm&apos;s Length Principle Explained (OECD and India)</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/fundamentals/arms-length-principle/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/fundamentals/arms-length-principle/</guid><description>The arm&apos;s length principle in full: the OECD Article 9 standard, India&apos;s section 92, how a price gets tested against independent evidence, and how the principle shows up in an audit.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Arm&apos;s Length Range: IQR, Mid-Point and Testing the Price</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/arms-length-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/arms-length-range/</guid><description>The arm&apos;s length range defined: the band of acceptable profit levels derived from comparables, usually the interquartile range, and how a tested party is placed inside it.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Benchmarking Automation: What&apos;s Automated vs What Stays Human</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/tp-software/benchmarking-automation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/tp-software/benchmarking-automation/</guid><description>A stage-by-stage automation map for the benchmarking study: the deterministic steps that run without a person, the AI-assisted steps that need evidence, and the judgement steps that must stay human.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Transfer Pricing Benchmarking: Methodology, Data &amp; Worked Study (2026)</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/benchmarking/benchmarking-study-guide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/benchmarking/benchmarking-study-guide/</guid><description>The end-to-end benchmarking study: scoping, search design, quantitative and qualitative screening, adjustments, the arm&apos;s length range and refresh — with a worked Indian case.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>BEPS: The OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/beps/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/beps/</guid><description>BEPS defined: the OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project — the 15 actions, the two pillars and the transfer pricing changes the project delivered.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>BEPS Action 13: The Three-Tier Documentation Standard</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/beps-action-13/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/beps-action-13/</guid><description>BEPS Action 13 defined: the OECD’s transfer pricing documentation standard — the Master File, the Local File and the CbCR, the three tiers and the thresholds.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The BEPS Initiative: What TP Teams Must Know (2026)</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/fundamentals/beps-initiative/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/fundamentals/beps-initiative/</guid><description>OECD/G20 BEPS in plain terms — the 15 actions, the ones that matter for day-to-day transfer pricing (7, 8-10, 13), and India’s implementation status.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Berry Ratio: The Related-Party Payables Indicator</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/berry-ratio/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/berry-ratio/</guid><description>The Berry ratio defined: cost of goods sold over related-party payables — the working-capital indicator of the related-party financing behind the operations.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Best Method Rule: How the OECD Chooses the Right Method</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/best-method-rule/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/best-method-rule/</guid><description>The best method rule defined: the method providing the most reliable measure of the arm&apos;s length result, given the comparability, the data and the assumptions available.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CbCR: Country-by-Country Reporting Defined and Explained</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/cbcr/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/cbcr/</guid><description>CbCR defined: the per-jurisdiction report of revenues, profit, tax paid, employees and assets for a group, triggered at consolidated revenue of ₹1,000 cr in India.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Comparability: The 5 Factors and the 2 Screens</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/comparability/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/comparability/</guid><description>Comparability defined: the condition that makes one transaction or company comparable to another — the five OECD factors and the quantitative / qualitative screens that enforce them.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Comparability Analysis: 5 Factors, 2 Screens, the Adjustments Rule</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/fundamentals/comparability-analysis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/fundamentals/comparability-analysis/</guid><description>How comparability works in transfer pricing — the five comparability factors, quantitative vs qualitative screening, when to adjust versus exclude, and what survives TPO review.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Comparable Companies: What Makes a Company Comparable</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/comparable-companies/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/comparable-companies/</guid><description>Comparable companies defined: the independent companies whose profit levels evidence the arm&apos;s length result, and the tests a candidate must survive to join the pool.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Contemporaneous Documentation: The 30-Day Rule in India</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/contemporaneous-documentation-30day/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/contemporaneous-documentation-30day/</guid><description>Contemporaneous documentation defined: transfer pricing documentation that exists before the return due date — and the 30-day production window that keeps the penalty off.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Controlled Transaction: Definition, Thresholds and Coverage</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/controlled-transaction/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/controlled-transaction/</guid><description>A controlled transaction defined: a transaction between related parties on terms differing from independent dealings — the unit to which transfer pricing law applies.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cost Plus Method: Definition, Cost Base and Mark-Up</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/cost-plus/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/cost-plus/</guid><description>The cost plus method defined: an arm&apos;s length price built as the tested party&apos;s costs plus a mark-up benchmarked against comparable service providers and manufacturers.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cost Plus Method: Cost Base, Mark-Up and Common Mistakes (2026)</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/methods/cost-plus-method/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/methods/cost-plus-method/</guid><description>The cost plus method for Indian transfer pricing — building the cost base, what belongs in it, mark-up logic, the tested party profile, comparability issues and a worked example.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CPM (Comparable Profits Method): Definition and the US Practice</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/cpm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/cpm/</guid><description>The CPM defined: the US one-sided method that equates the tested party’s net profit to the comparable’s — the Section 1.482-5 logic, the PLI and the Indian practice note.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CUP (Comparable Uncontrolled Price): Definition and Conditions</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/cup/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/cup/</guid><description>The CUP method defined: pricing a controlled transaction at the price an unrelated party pays for an identical product or service under comparable circumstances.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CUP Method: Complete Guide with Worked Examples (2026)</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/methods/cup-method/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/methods/cup-method/</guid><description>The Comparable Uncontrolled Price method end to end — internal vs external CUPs, comparability thresholds, commodity pricing, adjustments, a worked example and common mistakes.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DEMPE: Development, Enhancement, Maintenance, Protection, Exploitation</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/dempe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/dempe/</guid><description>DEMPE defined: the five functions that determine who performs the work on intangibles — and therefore who is entitled to the residual profit they generate.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dispersion: The Spread of the Comparables Distribution</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/dispersion/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/dispersion/</guid><description>Dispersion defined: the spread of the comparables’ PLI values around the centre — the width read, the consistency signal and the pool-quality documentation.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Documentation Threshold: The Trigger for the TP Documentation Duties</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/documentation-threshold/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/documentation-threshold/</guid><description>The documentation threshold defined: the revenue or transaction-value limit that triggers the TP documentation obligations — the Local File, the Master File and the CbCR triggers.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Economic Analysis: The TP Study’s Analytical Core</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/economic-analysis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/economic-analysis/</guid><description>Economic analysis defined: the analytical core of the TP study — the FAR, the comparability, the method and the range, the economics behind the arm’s length price.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ETP (External Transfer Pricing): The Inbound Investment Pricing</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/etp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/etp/</guid><description>ETP defined: the transfer pricing of the inbound investment — the share purchase, the technology, the capital contribution and the post-investment transactions, priced for the entering investor.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ETR (Effective Tax Rate): The Jurisdictional Ratio Behind the Top-Up</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/etr/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/etr/</guid><description>The ETR defined: the jurisdictional effective tax rate — the covered taxes over the adjusted covered income, the 15% floor test and the top-up tax’s input.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Evidence Ledger: The Immutable Record of the Study’s Evidence</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/evidence-ledger/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/evidence-ledger/</guid><description>The evidence ledger in Quartyl: the immutable, append-only record of every evidence event — the captures, the snippets, the snapshots and the source, per study.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Functional Analysis (FAR): Functions, Assets and Risks Explained</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/far/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/far/</guid><description>Functional analysis defined: the description of each party&apos;s functions performed, assets employed and risks assumed — the input every transfer pricing decision is built on.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>FAR Affinity: The Tested Party’s Characterization Signal</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/far-affinity/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/far-affinity/</guid><description>FAR affinity in Quartyl: the deterministic 0–3 score mapping the tested party’s function families to a characterization profile — the signal the report engine’s characterization runs on.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Form 3CEB: The Chartered Accountant’s Report on the TP Documentation</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/form-3ceb/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/form-3ceb/</guid><description>Form 3CEB defined: the chartered accountant’s report on the international transactions, filed with the return — the section 92E report and the section 271BA penalty.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Form 3CEBA: The Constituent Entity’s CbCR Statement</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/form-3ceba/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/form-3ceba/</guid><description>Form 3CEBA defined: the constituent entity’s statement in the CbCR regime — the Indian entity’s share of the group’s country-by-country report.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Functional Analysis (FAR): Functions, Assets and Risks</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/fundamentals/functional-analysis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/fundamentals/functional-analysis/</guid><description>The functional analysis in working depth: the F/A/R framework, how to draw a profile from the contracts and the organisation, and how the FAR drives the tested party, the method and the PLI.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GloBE: The Global Anti-Base Erosion Rules</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/globe/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/globe/</guid><description>GloBE defined: the Pillar Two global minimum tax rules — the jurisdictional ETR computation, the 15% floor and the top-up tax, in the consolidated CbC group.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GMM (Gross Margin Method): Definition and the India Fit</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/gmm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/gmm/</guid><description>The GMM defined: the gross margin (sales minus cost of goods sold, over sales) tested against the comparables — the India method for the spread-function, with the COGS discipline.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gross Margin Method in India: The Underused Alternative to TNMM</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/methods/gross-margin-method/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/methods/gross-margin-method/</guid><description>The Gross Margin Method under Indian transfer pricing rules — when GMM beats TNMM, denominator discipline, how TPOs treat it, and a worked example with gross margin on sales.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ground-Truth Registry: The AI Reason’s Outcome Record</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/ground-truth-registry/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/ground-truth-registry/</guid><description>The ground-truth registry in Quartyl: the cross-study record that links each AI screening reason to its ground-truth outcome — the measure of whether the AI layer earns its keep.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Choose a Transfer Pricing Method: The Decision Framework (2026)</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/methods/how-to-choose-method/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/methods/how-to-choose-method/</guid><description>A step-by-step framework for transfer pricing method selection in India — comparability first, data second, tested party logic third — with the decision tree and documentation of the choice.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>IIR (Income Inclusion Rule): The Parent’s Top-Up Charge</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/iir/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/iir/</guid><description>The IIR defined: the Pillar Two primary charging mechanism — the parent jurisdiction including the top-up tax on the group’s undertaxed profits where the jurisdictional ETR is below 15%.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>India Transfer Pricing Compliance Calendar (2026): Every Deadline</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/documentation/india-compliance-calendar/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/documentation/india-compliance-calendar/</guid><description>Every India transfer-pricing deadline in one table: the return, Local File, Master File, CbCR, Form 3CEB, MAA and TPO windows — with the penalty exposure of missing each one.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Intercompany Agreement: The Paper Behind the Transfer Price</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/intercompany-agreement/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/intercompany-agreement/</guid><description>The intercompany agreement defined: the contract that carries the transfer price — the clauses that matter, the consistency with the FAR and the renewal discipline.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Interquartile Range (IQR): The OECD Arm&apos;s Length Range</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/interquartile-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/interquartile-range/</guid><description>The interquartile range defined: the band between the first and third quartiles of the comparable pool — the OECD\&apos;s preferred construction of the arm&apos;s length range.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>IQR vs Full Range: Choosing the Arm&apos;s Length Range</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/benchmarking/iqr-vs-full-range/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/benchmarking/iqr-vs-full-range/</guid><description>OECD&apos;s interquartile range versus the full range: quartile math step-by-step, when each is defensible, the mid-point argument, and how to document the choice in India.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ITAT (Income Tax Appellate Tribunal): The TP Appeal Forum</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/itat/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/itat/</guid><description>ITAT defined: the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal — the first specialist forum for the transfer pricing appeal, after CIT(A), before the High Court.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>KPO (Knowledge Process Outsourcing): Definition and TP Profile</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/kpo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/kpo/</guid><description>KPO defined: the outsourcing of knowledge-intensive, analysis-driven services — and the transfer pricing profile that makes it different from BPO and ITeS.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Local File (Rule 10D): Definition, Triggers and Contents</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/local-file-rule-10d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/local-file-rule-10d/</guid><description>The Local File defined: the entity-level transfer pricing documentation under Rule 10D — triggered at ₹30 cr revenue, containing the FAR, method, benchmarking and the computation.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MAA: Mark-to-Market Documentation for Intercompany Loans</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/maa/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/maa/</guid><description>MAA defined: the mark-to-market documentation and filing obligation for intercompany loans above the statutory threshold — the loan’s arm’s length rate supported contemporaneously.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Manual vs AI-Assisted Benchmarking: Time, Cost and Defensibility</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/tp-software/manual-vs-ai-benchmarking/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/tp-software/manual-vs-ai-benchmarking/</guid><description>A side-by-side of the manual benchmarking workflow and the AI-assisted one: where the time actually goes, where quality improves, and the risks of uncontrolled automation.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Master File (Rule 10DA): Definition, Triggers and Contents</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/master-file-rule-10da/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/master-file-rule-10da/</guid><description>The Master File defined: the group-level transfer pricing documentation under Rule 10DA — group structure, businesses, intangibles and the financial and tax positions.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Median: The Mid-Point of the Comparables Distribution</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/median/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/median/</guid><description>The median defined: the middle value of the comparables’ PLI distribution — the arm’s length mid-point, the IQR’s centre and the tested party’s position measure.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Multi-Year Averaging: The 1-Year vs 3-Year Data Choice</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/multi-year-average/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/multi-year-average/</guid><description>Multi-year averaging defined: the choice between the single-year and the multi-year (3-year) comparables data — the simple, weighted and per-period methods and the consistency discipline.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Net Cost Plus: The Depreciation-Excluded Cost PLI</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/net-cost-plus/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/net-cost-plus/</guid><description>Net cost plus defined: the operating profit over the net costs (the costs excluding depreciation) — the cost-based PLI that avoids the double count with the asset-based returns.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NIC Code: The Indian Industry Classification for Benchmarking Searches</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/nic-code/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/nic-code/</guid><description>The NIC (National Industrial Classification) defined: India’s 5-digit industry code system — its use in the benchmarking search, the search-string role and the NACE mapping.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines: A Reader’s Map (2026)</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/fundamentals/oecd-guidelines-overview/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/fundamentals/oecd-guidelines-overview/</guid><description>A chapter-by-chapter map of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines — what each chapter governs, the provisions practitioners cite most, and how Indian rules mirror or deviate.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>OP/OC (Operating Profit to Operating Costs): Definition and Uses</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/op-oc/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/op-oc/</guid><description>OP/OC defined: the operating-profit-to-operating-costs PLI — the cost-plus mark-up on the operating base, the PLI of record for the service provider in TNMM.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>OP/S (Operating Profit to Sales): Definition and Uses</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/op-s/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/op-s/</guid><description>OP/S defined: the operating-profit-to-sales PLI — the operating margin on the revenue base, the PLI of record for the distributor and the manufacturer in TNMM.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Operating Margin (OM): Definition and Uses in TNMM</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/operating-margin/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/operating-margin/</guid><description>Operating margin defined: operating profit divided by a denominator (sales or operating costs) — the PLI family that prices routine service providers and distributors in TNMM.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>OPM (Operating Profit Margin): Definition and the TPO’s Adjusted OP</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/opm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/opm/</guid><description>OPM defined: the operating profit margin as the TNMM PLI in Indian practice — the formula, its use by transaction type, and the TPO’s adjusted operating profit.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Outlier: The Comparables Value Outside the Distribution’s Logic</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/outlier/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/outlier/</guid><description>The outlier defined: the comparable whose PLI sits outside the pool’s distribution logic — the detection, the treatment and the documentation of the exclusion or the retention.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Penalty Protection: Blocking the TP Penalty with the Documentation</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/penalty-protection/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/penalty-protection/</guid><description>Penalty protection defined: the conditions under which the TP penalty (section 271AA) is blocked — the contemporaneous documentation, the consistent return and the timely production.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Percentile: The Position in the Comparables Distribution</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/percentile/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/percentile/</guid><description>The percentile defined: the position in the sorted comparables PLI distribution — p25, p50 (the median), p75 — and the IQR’s construction from them.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Permanent Establishment (PE): The Taxable Presence</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/permanent-establishment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/permanent-establishment/</guid><description>The permanent establishment defined: the fixed place of business through which the business is wholly or partly carried on — the treaty’s taxable presence and its TP consequences.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What Pillar Two Means for TP Teams: Workflow and Data Checklist</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/pillar-two/pillar-two-for-tp-teams/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/pillar-two/pillar-two-for-tp-teams/</guid><description>How GloBE changes transfer pricing work: the new data duties, the pricing-to-ETR interaction, the documentation touchpoints and the team action checklist.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Profit Level Indicator (PLI): Definition and Common Types</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/profit-level-indicator/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/profit-level-indicator/</guid><description>A profit level indicator defined: the ratio that measures the tested party\&apos;s return for comparison — OM, OP/OC, net cost plus, Berry, ROA — and why the choice is a method decision.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Profit Split Method: Definition, Variants and When It Applies</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/profit-split/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/profit-split/</guid><description>The profit split method defined: the two-sided approach that divides the combined profit between the parties according to their unique contributions — for when one-sided methods break down.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>QDMTT: The Domestic Minimum Top-Up Tax</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/qdmtt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/qdmtt/</guid><description>The QDMTT defined: the qualified domestic minimum top-up tax — the jurisdiction’s own 15% minimum, the mechanism that takes priority over the IIR and the UTPR where enacted.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Qualitative Screening: The Company-by-Company Review</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/benchmarking/qualitative-screening/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/benchmarking/qualitative-screening/</guid><description>How to run the qualitative comparable review: the five things to verify per company, the evidence hierarchy, and accept/reject notes that survive a transfer pricing officer.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Quantitative Screening: Filters, Order and Discipline (2026)</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/benchmarking/quantitative-screening/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/benchmarking/quantitative-screening/</guid><description>The quantitative comparable screen, filter by filter: size, profitability, sector and geography thresholds, the order to apply them, and the exclusion log that makes it audit-defensible.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Related Parties &amp; Controlled Transactions: Who and What Counts</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/fundamentals/related-parties-controlled-transactions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/fundamentals/related-parties-controlled-transactions/</guid><description>The Indian associated-enterprise tests under s.92(2), ownership and control thresholds, the transaction types that trigger transfer pricing, and how OECD definitions compare.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Related Party: Definition and Ownership Tests (India and OECD)</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/related-party/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/related-party/</guid><description>A related party defined: the associated-enterprise tests — ownership, voting power, participation in management, and the other listed connections — that put a counterparty in transfer pricing scope.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Residual Profit: The Return on the Unique Intangibles</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/residual-profit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/residual-profit/</guid><description>Residual profit defined: the profit pool beyond the routine returns — the return on the unique and valuable intangibles, the profit split’s allocation base.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ROA (Return on Assets): Definition and Uses in TNMM</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/roa/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/roa/</guid><description>ROA defined: the net income over the total assets — the asset-based PLI, where it fits in TNMM and the comparability questions it carries.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ROCE (Return on Capital Employed): Definition and Uses</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/roce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/roce/</guid><description>ROCE defined: the operating profit over the capital employed (the equity plus the non-current liabilities) — the capital-based PLI for the leveraged tested party.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>ROOA (Return on Operating Assets): Definition and Uses</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/rooa/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/rooa/</guid><description>ROOA defined: the operating profit over the operating assets (the cash, the investments and the non-operating assets excluded) — the tighter asset-base PLI.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Routine Return: What It Is and Why It Drives Benchmarking</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/routine-return/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/routine-return/</guid><description>A routine return defined: the arm&apos;s length profit level of a routine function — the return a benchmarked party should earn, and the anchor of every one-sided method.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Routine vs Entrepreneurial: DEMPE and Who Captures the Profit</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/fundamentals/routine-vs-entrepreneurial/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/fundamentals/routine-vs-entrepreneurial/</guid><description>The routine/entrepreneurial divide in transfer pricing — DEMPE functions, control of risk, intangible ownership, and how the divide decides method and profit pool.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>RPM (Resale Price Method): Definition and the Distributor Fit</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/rpm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/rpm/</guid><description>The RPM defined: the resale price minus the routine mark-up — the method that works backwards from the reseller’s price to the reseller’s purchase, the distributor’s method.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rule 10AA: The Intra-Group Services Safe Harbour in India</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/rule-10aa/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/rule-10aa/</guid><description>Rule 10AA defined: the Indian safe harbour for specified intra-group services under section 92CB — the eligible services, the prescribed circumstances and the election.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rule 10AB: The KPO and ITeS Safe Harbour in India</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/rule-10ab/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/rule-10ab/</guid><description>Rule 10AB defined: the Indian safe harbour for KPO and IT-enabled services under section 92CB — the value-added tiers, the prescribed circumstances and the election.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rule 10D: Local File Requirements Under India&apos;s TP Rules</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/rule-10d/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/rule-10d/</guid><description>Rule 10D defined: the rule prescribing what the contemporaneous local documentation must contain — and the blocks that make up the Local File in an Indian transfer pricing examination.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Safe Harbour: Definition, India\&apos;s 10AA/10AB and Limits</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/safe-harbour/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/safe-harbour/</guid><description>A safe harbour defined: the prescribed margin at which an eligible related-party price is accepted without a comparability fight — and the Indian regime under s.92CB and Rule 10TA–10TE.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Section 92 (s.92): India’s Transfer Pricing Provision</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/section-92/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/section-92/</guid><description>Section 92 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 — the provision that governs transfer pricing in India: the pricing rule, the definitions, the TPO, the documentation and the penalties.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Statistical Significance: Is the Comparables Set Big Enough?</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/statistical-significance/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/statistical-significance/</guid><description>Statistical significance in benchmarking: the set-size adequacy question — the minimum set, the TPO’s first ask, and the documentation that answers it.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>TDS on Transfer Pricing Payments: Interest, Royalty and Service Fees</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/tds/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/tds/</guid><description>TDS (tax deducted at source) on the intra-group payments: the characters — interest, royalty, technical fees — the domestic rates, the DTAA layer and the lower-of rule.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tested Party: Definition, Selection Logic and Documentation</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/tested-party/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/tested-party/</guid><description>The tested party defined: the entity whose result is benchmarked against the comparable pool — selected as the least complex party, and documented as a decision.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tested Party Selection: The &quot;Less Complex&quot; Principle, Applied</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/benchmarking/tested-party-selection/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/benchmarking/tested-party-selection/</guid><description>How to pick the tested party in a TNMM study: the OECD &quot;least complex&quot; logic, the six-question test, the documentation trail, and the objections transfer pricing officers raise most.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Thin Capitalisation: The Interest Deduction Cap</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/thin-capitalisation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/thin-capitalisation/</guid><description>Thin capitalisation in India: the section 92(3) cap on the interest deductible on borrowings from associated enterprises — the arm’s length debt quantum and the disallowed interest.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>TNMM (Transactional Net Margin Method): Definition and PLIs</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/tnmm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/tnmm/</guid><description>TNMM defined: the one-sided method that compares the tested party\&apos;s net profit level — on a chosen PLI — against a comparable pool, and India\&apos;s workhorse benchmarking method.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Top-Up Tax: The 15% Minimum Tax Charge</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/top-up-tax/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/top-up-tax/</guid><description>The top-up tax defined: the Pillar Two charge on the undertaxed profit — the (15% minus ETR) on the adjusted covered income less the SBIE, allocated by the mechanisms.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 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documents consistent.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Security in TP Software: Data Residency, Encryption and AI Policy</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/tp-software/tp-software-security/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/tp-software/tp-software-security/</guid><description>The security review for TP software: what the data actually is, data residency, encryption and access control, the AI data policy clause, and the vendor due-diligence checklist.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Transfer Pricing vs Customs Valuation vs Management Pricing</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/fundamentals/tp-vs-customs-vs-management/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/fundamentals/tp-vs-customs-vs-management/</guid><description>Three different &quot;transfer prices&quot; that teams confuse — the tax transfer price, the customs dutiable value, and the internal management price — and which one your TP file must support.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>TPO (Transfer Pricing Officer): Powers, Process and Adjustments</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/tpo/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/tpo/</guid><description>The TPO defined: the Transfer Pricing Officer who examines Indian transfer pricing — the process from s.282BC notice to proposal, and the adjustment theories in practice.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Transfer Pricing Policy: The Company-Wide Framework</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/transfer-pricing-policy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/transfer-pricing-policy/</guid><description>The transfer pricing policy defined: the company-wide framework — the method positions, the documentation standard, the governance and the refresh triggers that survive an audit.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Transfer Pricing Risk: What Happens When Prices Are Challenged</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/fundamentals/transfer-pricing-risks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/fundamentals/transfer-pricing-risks/</guid><description>The anatomy of a transfer pricing challenge — TPO adjustments, interest and penalty exposure in India, common audit triggers, and the de-risking checklist that prevents most of them.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Transfer Pricing Software: What to Look for (2026 Buyer&apos;s Guide)</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/tp-software/transfer-pricing-software/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/tp-software/transfer-pricing-software/</guid><description>A capability matrix for buying TP software: database access, workflow, evidence, documentation, governance and security — and the questions to ask before you sign.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Two-Sided Adjustment: The Correlative Relief on the TP Adjustment</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/two-sided-adjustment/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/two-sided-adjustment/</guid><description>The two-sided adjustment defined: the adjustment that moves both associated enterprises’ profits — the primary adjustment and the correlative relief, the MAP’s subject.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UTPR (Undertaxed Profits Rule): The Secondary Top-Up Charge</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/utpr/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/glossary/utpr/</guid><description>The UTPR defined: the Pillar Two secondary charging mechanism — the top-up tax charged by the other in-scope jurisdictions where the IIR does not reach the undertaxed profit.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What is Transfer Pricing? A Complete Beginner&apos;s Guide (2026)</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/fundamentals/what-is-transfer-pricing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/fundamentals/what-is-transfer-pricing/</guid><description>Transfer pricing explained from first principles — what it is, why tax authorities care, who must comply, and how a TP study and TP documentation fit together.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI-Assisted Comparable Screening: How It Works</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/benchmarking/ai-assisted-screening/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/benchmarking/ai-assisted-screening/</guid><description>How AI-assisted comparable screening works in a benchmarking study — what the model evaluates, what it must cite, and the human controls that keep the Accept-Reject matrix defensible.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Amount B for Limited-Risk Distributors: OECD Ranges and Caveats</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/methods/amount-b/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/methods/amount-b/</guid><description>Amount B: the OECD’s standardized 0.7–1.5% of net-cost routine return for limited-risk distributors and service providers — the conditions, the caveats, and its position in India.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>12 Common Benchmarking Mistakes (Self-Audit Checklist)</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/benchmarking/benchmarking-mistakes/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/benchmarking/benchmarking-mistakes/</guid><description>Twelve mistakes that fail benchmarking studies in examination — the wrong code, the mixed PLI, the silent loss-maker, the range shop — each with its consequence and the fix.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How CbCR Data Powers Pillar Two Compliance</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/pillar-two/cbcr-and-pillar-two/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/pillar-two/cbcr-and-pillar-two/</guid><description>Why the CbCR is the Pillar Two data backbone: the shared €750 mn scope, the CbCR rows as the computation inputs, and the reconciliation that keeps the three tiers consistent.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR): Thresholds, Filing, Data Quality</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/documentation/cbcr-guide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/documentation/cbcr-guide/</guid><description>CbCR under BEPS Action 13: the €750 mn / ₹1,000 cr thresholds, Form 3CEB and 3CEBA in India, the exchange of information, and the data quality risks that turn the CbCR into a scrutiny trigger.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Contemporaneous Documentation: Deadlines and Penalty Protection</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/documentation/contemporaneous-documentation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/documentation/contemporaneous-documentation/</guid><description>What &quot;contemporaneous&quot; means in Indian transfer pricing: the 30-day preparation window, the section 271AA penalty, the 282BC production mechanics, and the penalty protection that depends on the dates.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Contract Manufacturing TP: Cost Base, Mark-Up and Capacity Issues</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/transactions/contract-manufacturing-tp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/transactions/contract-manufacturing-tp/</guid><description>Transfer pricing for contract and toll manufacturers: toll versus contract manufacturing, the cost base line by line, capacity utilization, the TNMM fallback and the audit issues.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Contract R&amp;D vs Entrepreneurial R&amp;D: DEMPE and Cost-Based Returns</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/transactions/contract-rd-tp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/transactions/contract-rd-tp/</guid><description>The line between routine contract R&amp;D and entrepreneurial R&amp;D: who performs the DEMPE functions, who controls the risk, who owns the IP, and what each side earns under each characterization.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cost Plus vs TNMM: Gross Mark-Up vs Net Margin Testing</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/methods/cost-plus-vs-tnmm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/methods/cost-plus-vs-tnmm/</guid><description>Cost Plus and TNMM both use the cost base, but they answer different questions. The mechanics of each, the risk profile of each, and the documentation that survives audit.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Comparable Profits Method (CPM): US Rules, PLIs and Practice</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/methods/cpm-guide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/methods/cpm-guide/</guid><description>The Comparable Profits Method (CPM) under US Section 1.482-5: the one-sided testing discipline, the six regulatory PLIs, and where CPM fits in Indian practice under Rule 10B.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CPM vs TNMM: US and OECD Methods Compared</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/methods/cpm-vs-tnmm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/methods/cpm-vs-tnmm/</guid><description>CPM and TNMM compared: regulatory lineage, the PLI differences, the transaction-versus-company comparison, and what the difference means when you actually run the benchmark.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>CUP vs TNMM: When Direct Price Evidence Beats Margin Benchmarking</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/methods/cup-vs-tnmm/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/methods/cup-vs-tnmm/</guid><description>CUP vs TNMM side by side: when a direct uncontrolled price beats margin benchmarking, a worked comparison on the same fact pattern, and the fallback when no genuine CUP exists.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Defending Your Accept-Reject Matrix Before the TPO (and IRS)</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/benchmarking/defending-accept-reject/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/benchmarking/defending-accept-reject/</guid><description>What the TPO and IRS actually scrutinize in the Accept-Reject matrix: the evidence file structure, the override rationale, the consistency tests, and the questions to rehearse.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>10 Documentation Weaknesses That Trigger Audits (and How to Fix Them)</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/documentation/documentation-weaknesses/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/documentation/documentation-weaknesses/</guid><description>The ten documentation weaknesses that open the transfer pricing file in examination — from the lost penalty shield to the silent matrix — each with the risk it carries and the remediation.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Effective Tax Rate and SBIE: The Exclusions That Matter</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/pillar-two/etr-sbie/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/pillar-two/etr-sbie/</guid><description>The jurisdictional ETR’s two halves: the covered taxes numerator and the adjusted covered income denominator, the SBIE carve-out (the payroll and tangible-asset credits), and a worked exclusion.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>EU Public CbCR (Directive 2021/2101): What Gets Published</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/pillar-two/eu-public-cbcr/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/pillar-two/eu-public-cbcr/</guid><description>The EU public CbCR regime under Directive 2021/2101: the published data (jurisdictional profile, parent information, machine-readable format) and what it means for the group’s TP posture.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Intercompany Loans, Guarantees &amp; Cash Pooling: TP Documentation</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/transactions/financial-transactions-tp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/transactions/financial-transactions-tp/</guid><description>The transfer pricing of intra-group finance: the independent-lender test for loans, the genuine-benefit test for guarantees, cash pooling net positions, and the documentation each requires.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Germany Transfer Pricing: Section 1 AoG, Documentation and Adjustments</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/germany-transfer-pricing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/germany-transfer-pricing/</guid><description>The German transfer pricing framework: section 1 of the Außensteuergesetz, the Fremdvergleich standard, the OECD-based documentation, the estimation risk, and the correlative relief.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GloBE Rules: How the Calculation Actually Works</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/pillar-two/globe-rules/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/pillar-two/globe-rules/</guid><description>The GloBE computation step by step: the consolidated CbC group, the adjusted covered income, the covered taxes, the jurisdictional ETR, the SBIE carve-out, and a worked top-up tax example.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>IIR, UTPR and QDMTT: The Three Charging Mechanisms</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/pillar-two/iir-utpr-qdmtt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/pillar-two/iir-utpr-qdmtt/</guid><description>How the top-up tax is charged: the IIR (the parent’s inclusion), the UTPR (the backstop), the QDMTT (the jurisdiction’s own top-up) — priority order, allocation mechanics, and a worked allocation.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>External Transfer Pricing (ETP): Inbound Investors’ Playbook</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/india-etp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/india-etp/</guid><description>ETP from the investor’s side: pricing the inbound investment — the share purchase, the technology, the capital — the TPO’s examination of the Indian position, and the investor’s documentation.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>MAP and DTAs in India: Resolving Double Taxation After an Adjustment</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/india-map-dtt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/india-map-dtt/</guid><description>The mutual agreement procedure in India: the MAP rules, the DTA network, the application, the timelines, the correlative adjustment — and the practical outcomes for the adjusted taxpayer.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rule 10AA and 10AB Safe Harbours in India: Conditions and Strategy</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/india-safe-harbour-10aa-10ab/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/india-safe-harbour-10aa-10ab/</guid><description>The Indian service safe harbours’ jurisdiction mechanics: Rule 10AA’s intra-group services harbour and Rule 10AB’s KPO/ITES tiering, their conditions, and how they sit in the current Rule 10TD regime.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>TDS on Transfer Pricing Payments: Interest, Royalty, Service Fees</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/india-tds-on-tp-payments/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/india-tds-on-tp-payments/</guid><description>The withholding character and rates on intra-group payments — interest, royalty, technical and management fees — the DTAA interplay, the royalty-versus-service dispute, and the compliance mechanics.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rule 10D and 10DA Deep Dive: Local File and Master File Requirements</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/india-tp-rules-10d-10da/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/india-tp-rules-10d-10da/</guid><description>The Indian documentation rules rule by rule: Rule 10D’s Local File blocks, the 30-day preparation window and the 282BC production; Rule 10DA’s Master File and its maintain-and-produce obligation.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>India Transfer Pricing: The Complete s.92 Overview (2026)</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/india-transfer-pricing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/india-transfer-pricing/</guid><description>The Indian transfer pricing framework end to end: section 92 and its sub-sections, the Rule 10B methods, the documentation tiers, the thresholds, the penalties and the TPO.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Intangibles TP: Licensing, Royalties, DEMPE and HTVI</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/transactions/intangibles-tp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/transactions/intangibles-tp/</guid><description>The transfer pricing of intangibles: the royalty benchmark problem, DEMPE allocation, cost sharing, hard-to-value intangibles, and the Indian practice on royalties.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Intercompany Agreements: Legal Form Aligned with Economic Substance</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/transactions/intercompany-agreements/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/transactions/intercompany-agreements/</guid><description>The clauses that carry the transfer pricing file: scope, IP ownership, pricing mechanics, term and termination — and why the agreement must match the actual conduct, not just describe it.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>TP Documentation Thresholds and Deadlines: Global Comparison Table</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/jurisdiction-comparison/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/jurisdictions/jurisdiction-comparison/</guid><description>Documentation thresholds, deadlines, penalties, and arm’s-length nuance compared — the six majors in depth, twelve more regimes in summary, from India and the US to Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Loss-Making Comparables: Keep, Adjust or Exclude?</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/benchmarking/loss-making-comparables/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/benchmarking/loss-making-comparables/</guid><description>The framework for loss-making companies in the comparable pool: temporary versus structural losses, the matching rule, missing data, and the documentation the TPO expects.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Master File: Content, 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Explained: The 15% Global Minimum Top-Up Tax (2026)</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/pillar-two/pillar-two-guide/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/pillar-two/pillar-two-guide/</guid><description>Pillar Two in one guide: why the 15% global minimum tax, the €750 mn scope, the three charging mechanisms at a glance, who is affected, and the position in the key jurisdictions including India.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Profit Level Indicators (PLI) Reference: Every Formula, Every Use</title><link>https://quartyl.com/docs/methods/pli-reference/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://quartyl.com/docs/methods/pli-reference/</guid><description>Every Profit Level Indicator in one table: Operating Margin, OP/OC, Net Cost Plus, Gross Margin, Berry Ratio, ROA and ROCE — formulas, denominators, best fits and pitfalls.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Profit Split Method: 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