France goes after local level profits and local expenses

June 30 2011

The French requirements for transfer pricing documentation have to a certain extent secured the position of French subsidiaries. Multinational companies now face confusion from French tax authorities between the shareholders and management decisions. Financial consequences are huge. Isabelle Vendeville of Redlink investigates.

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