Double Taxation Relief, Transfer Pricing Adjustments and State Aid Law

This contribution explores the influence of state aid law on tax measures for the provision of relief from double taxation and the consequences of its application to transfer pricing adjustments. In particular, it analyses the compatibility of measures that prevent merely virtual double taxation and transfer pricing adjustments that might result in “white income”. It also reviews the merits of the Commission’s claim that Member States have to apply the arm’s length standard to transfer pricing adjustments as a matter of State aid law.