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Transfer Price

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Transfer price
The price at which one unit of a firm sells goods or services to another unit of the same firm.

Transfer Price
The price a division of a company charges a different division of the same company for a good or service. Transfer prices are important especially for large, decentralized corporations where each division reports its own profits and losses separately. The transfer price is usually roughly the same as the market price for the good or service. See also: Section 482.

transfer price
The price at which an item is transferred internally between two units of the same company. An oil company engaged in drilling, refining, and marketing must determine the price of the product as it is passed through the chain from oil field to service station in order to determine the profitability of each stage.


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The universally accepted approach for setting a transfer price is referred to as the "arms-length standard.
The CRA made a bid to apply the comparable uncontrolled price (CUP) method and adjust the transfer price Glaxo had paid on ranitidine on the basis that Glaxo had paid a higher price to SwissCo than would have been reasonable if the companies were dealing at arm's length.
The transferor is viewed as if she charged the transferee a transfer price similar to that charged in the comparable transaction, adjusted to the level of difference between the related party and the comparable unrelated party transactions.
 
 
 
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