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Case: Tech Sonic Incorporated

Tech Sonic Inc. is a large global computer chip manufacturer with headquarters in Okayama, Japan. The company's manufacturing and production facilities are located in Europe, Germany, East Asia, and the United States. The company's products are distributed mainly through contracted retail establishments and company-owned outlets around the world. Because of Tech Sonic's vertically integrated international operations, the company has achieved a competitive advantage when it comes to adapting to new and changing market conditions. Roughly 40 percent of the company's products are transferred to facilities in the United States.

Transfer Pricing Policy

Prices of goods transferred between divisions are equal to the existing market price less a 15 percent discount. Thus, due to a current increase in the corporate tax rate in Japan, the CEO is considering whether alternative transfer prices in conjunction with differences in tax rates between countries might help enhance the company's worldwide after tax earnings.

Among the memory chips that sell well in the United States is the Tech960 which is prepared by Tech Sonic in both Taiwan and Malaysia. Due to differential cost structures in the Taiwanese and Malaysian subsidiaries, prices quoted for the Tech960 by these two subsidiaries can vary by as much as 20 percent. The Malaysian subsidiary is presently quoting a price of US$ 175 per unit while the Taiwanese subsidiary is quoting a price of US$ 205 per unit. The US subsidiary has to pay an import duty of 10 percent on these chips. Tech Sonic USA is able to sell these chips at retail in the United States at US$350 per unit. Tech Sonic Japan (the parent) sets transfer prices among its several units based on what it considers to be best for the overall company.

Mr. Satoh, the main financial officer of Tech Sonic, has been asked to look into the tax ramifications of the intra-company transactions. His research shows that the relevant effective tax rates for the Tech Sonic subsidiaries in Malaysia, the United States and Taiwan are 18 %, 22 %, and 38 %, correspondingly. He expects these tax regimes to stay fairly stable in the foreseeable future (though things could change in the United States depending on who wins the forthcoming congressional and presidential elections). Mr. Satoh has also done some research on the probable impact of exchange rate changes. Tech Sonic's bankers have informed Mr. Satoh that the subsequent is the range of exchange rates that are presently projected for the next few months:

Spot

30 days

90 days

180 days

Japanese yen/US$

105

104

103

102

Japanese yen/Malaysian ringgit

27.6

27.4

27.2

26.9

Japanese yen/Taiwan dollar

3.31

3.52

3.70

3.94

1. What are the issues that Mr. Satoh must take in setting transfer pricing policies and intra-firm transfers within Tech Sonic?

2. Discuss several transfer pricing scenarios that Tech Sonic may adopt and the likely impact of each on the Tech Sonic subsidiaries as well as the parent company.

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