The Multistate Tax Commission’s Arm’s-Length Adjustment Services Advisory Group met via teleconference to continue the design of a program to analyze intercompany transfer pricing. Since they last met on March 4, the Group sent invitations to 48 states to join the program. Of the responding 21 states, 4 states indicated an interest in joining the
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MTC Inches Closer to Developing Its Transfer Pricing Program
The Arm’s Length Adjustment Service Advisory Group of the Multistate Tax Commission continued its transfer pricing effort with a teleconference today to discuss its training and implementation program. This initiative has extended over a year, and the MTC is aiming for approval from the Executive Committee by May 2015. States…
Massachusetts Issues Final Revised Market-Sourcing Regulation; Multistate Tax Commission Working Group Continues Project Based on Massachusetts Regulation
By Robert P. Merten III and Prentiss Willson
Massachusetts has published its final revised market-sourcing regulation (830 CMR 63.38.1), effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2014. The final revisions to these rules, among other things, conform the regulation with recent state law amendments requiring taxpayers to use market-based sourcing…
Multistate Tax Commission Gauges State Interest in Funding Transfer Pricing Expertise and Expands Audit Program
At its Fall Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee on December 11-12, the MTC’s Executive Committee voted to formally contact states to solidify whether there is sufficient financial commitment to fund any potential MTC transfer pricing program. The MTC also formally announced that Iowa, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island will join the MTC audit program. Additionally, the MTC’s…
MTC Meets With Economic Firms to Continue Its Transfer Pricing Effort
The MTC continued its foray into transfer pricing. In a highly anticipated meeting, the MTC engaged with seven economics firms—all of which could potentially offer their services to the MTC—to determine how best to tackle state transfer pricing issues. With a target date of Summer 2015 for implementation of a robust transfer pricing audit program…
Multistate Tax Commission Enacts Significant Amendments to Its Compact
On July 30, the Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) approved amendments to the Multistate Tax Compact’s (1) definition of nonbusiness income, (2) definition of “sales,” (3) factor-weighting, (4) alternative apportionment, and (5) sourcing of service and intangible revenue. With the approval, the amendments officially become a model act of the MTC, and taxpayers should expect legislation…
MTC Uniformity Committee Prepares for UDITPA Regulations
On July 28, the Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) Uniformity Committee tabled two projects in order to…
Multistate Tax Commission Targets Summer 2015 Implementation of Transfer Pricing Effort
On July 28, the Arm’s Length Adjustment Services Advisory Group (Group) of the Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) met for the third time at the MTC Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Group began this effort on June 2 and met again on June 25 in furtherance of a Summer 2015 deadline to implement its…
Model Transaction Tax Overpayment Act Gains Traction at MTC
This week the Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) will consider a resolution endorsing the ABA’s model transaction tax act which, if enacted by the states, would limit frivolous lawsuits seeking to extract sales taxes from retailers and others.
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MTC Speaks with Potential Transfer Pricing Vendors
On June 25, the Arm’s Length Adjustment Services Advisory Group (the Group) of the Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) met via teleconference to continue the process of developing a multistate arm’s length pricing adjustment service. States participating in the meeting included Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. The primary focus of the meeting was to follow up from the June 2 meeting in St. Louis.Continue Reading MTC Speaks with Potential Transfer Pricing Vendors



