Transfer Pricing Challenges in the Digital Economy: A Case Study of the Internet of Things (Part II of II)

Tax Management International Journal, 2019

Mays Business School Research Paper No. 3412555

12 Pages Posted: 9 Jul 2019 Last revised: 10 May 2023

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Lorraine Eden

Dept of Management, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University ; School of Law, Texas A&M University

Niraja Srinivasan

Dell Technologies

Srini Lalapet

Dell Inc.

Date Written: June 30, 2019

Abstract

The OECD's BEPS project mandated that transfer pricing outcomes under the arm's-length standard should be aligned with value creation. In the digital economy, new business models are challenging transfer pricing practitioners on how best to apply the value creation approach. In a two-part series Niraja Srinivasan and Srini Lalapet of Dell Technologies and Lorraine Eden of Texas A&M illustrate the complexities and challenges posed by digital business models. The first article explored the digital economy and the OECD's work on BEPS Action Item 1 (taxing in the digital economy). This second article is a case study of the Internet of Things (loT), which builds and uses a stylized transfer pricing analysis to explore the transfer pricing challenges posed by an loT ecosystem.

Note: Reproduced with permission from Bloomberg Tax (June 14, 2019). Copyright 2019 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com.

Keywords: transfer pricing, digital economy, internet of things, taxation, OECD, BEPS

JEL Classification: F23, H26, H25, K34, L11, 033

Suggested Citation

Eden, Lorraine and Srinivasan, Niraja and Lalapet, Srini, Transfer Pricing Challenges in the Digital Economy: A Case Study of the Internet of Things (Part II of II) (June 30, 2019). Tax Management International Journal, 2019, Mays Business School Research Paper No. 3412555, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3412555

Lorraine Eden (Contact Author)

Dept of Management, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University ( email )

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Niraja Srinivasan

Dell Technologies ( email )

1 Dell Way
Round Rock, TX 78682
United States

Srini Lalapet

Dell Inc. ( email )

1 Dell Way
Round Rock, TX 78682
United States

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