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(2) In applying the provisions of paragraph 3 to a transaction
involving the licence, sale or other transfer of intangible property,
consideration shall be given to any special factors relevant to the
c
omparability of the controlled and u ncontrolled trans action s, i nc ludin g (a) the expected benefits from the intangible property; ancl
(b)
any geographic limitations on the exercise of rights to the
intangible property; and
the exclusive or non-exclusive character of the rights
(c)
transferred; and
(d)
whether the transferee has the right to participate in further
developments of the intangible property by ttre transferor.
for domestic trctnsactions
l l . Where an adjustrnent is made by the Cornmissioner under
Corcespondin g adj u strnents
section 988 to the taxable income of a taxpayer in relation to a clomestic
transaction, then, the Commissioner shall make an appropriate adjustment
to the taxable incorne of the other party to the transaction.
Co
rresponding adju stments
fo, inte rnatictnal transactions
L2.(1) A service charge between a taxpayer and an associated person
shall be considered consistent with the arm's length principle lvhere(a) an adjustment to the conditions of transactions between a
person resi.dent in Ztmbabwe and an associated person is
made or proposed by a tax administration in a country other
than Zimbabwe; and
(b)
this adjustment results in the taxation in that other country
of an amount of income on which the person resident in
Zimbabwe has already been charged to tax in Zimbabwel
and
(c)
the country making or proposing the adjustment has a treaty
rvith Zimbabrve that reflects an intention to provide for the
relief of economic double taxation.
(2) The Commissioner, shall after a request is made by the person
resident in Zimbabwe, examine the consistency of that adjustment with
the arm's length principle provided for under section 988, consulting as
necessary with the competent authority of the other country.
(3)
If the adjustment
proposed or made by the other country is
consistent r,vith the arm's length principle both in principle ancl as regards
the amount, the Comrnissioner shall make a corresponding adjustrnent to
the amonnt of the tar charged in Zirnbabrve to that person ou thcse profits,
in orcler to eliminate the econornic double taxation that lvould result from
the inclusion of the salne profits in the taxable income of both that person
and the associated person.
(4) Arequestunder subparagraph (2) must include the information
necessary for the Commissioner to exanrine the consistency of the
adjustrnent made by the tax administration of the other country r,vith the
arm's iength principle, including -_
(a)
the name, registered address and, where applicable, traclittg
narne(s) of the related person; and
(b)
evidence of the tax residence of the related person;
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