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Transfer pricing

Here you will find the most important information on transfer pricing. Transfer pricing refers to the prices and other conditions applied to cross-border transactions between companies that are legally independent but belong to the same group. Transfer prices must comply with the arm's length principle, according to which transactions between these companies should be conducted on the same terms as would be agreed upon between independent companies.

General information on transfer pricing

Questions and answers on transfer pricing

OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines

Directly to OECD

Cost plus method

The cost plus method is based on the costs incurred by the provider of goods or services in an intra-group transaction, to which a mark-up is added.

Treatment of taxes in the cost base in the context of the cost plus method

Federal Statement on judgement of the Supreme Court judgement 9C_37/2023 of 11 June 2024

Primary, corresponding and secondary adjustment

Withholding tax in the context of primary, corresponding and secondary adjustments.

Cost sharing arrangement

Tax implications for Swiss taxpayers of Altera vs. Commissioner decision of the US Tax Court of 7 June 2019

Intra-group loans

An intra-group loan must be granted on terms that would have been negotiated by independent companies.

Publication

News

9 March 2026

Course listings (ICTax)

The Federal Tax Administration has updated the course listings and bonus shares 2025.

2 March 2026

Course listings (ICTax)

The Federal Tax Administration has updated the course listings and bonus shares 2025.

23 February 2026

Course listings (ICTax)

The Federal Tax Administration has updated the course listings and bonus shares 2024 and 2025.

Contact

E-Mail

Federal Tax Administration FTA
Team Transfer Pricing
Eigerstrasse 65
3003 Berne