Cabinet Decision No. 39 of 2019, Article 55, outlines the duty to maintain comparable data for transfer pricing. Linked entities must update financial data for comparable transactions annually. Furthermore, a comprehensive search of financial databases for comparable data must be updated every three years, provided business conditions remain unchanged. This requirement ensures that the benchmarks used to justify arm's length pricing remain current and relevant, providing a solid evidentiary basis for the pricing of transactions between related parties in the State of Qatar.
SECTION 8 - TAX AVOIDANCE
Chapter 2 - Indirect Transfer of Profits between Related Entities
Article 55
To apply the arm's length principle, every linked entity must annually update the financial data for comparable transactions that occur between it and an independent entity or between two independent entities.
A linked entity must update its search for comparable transaction data in financial databases every three years, provided that its business conditions remain unchanged.
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