Arm’s Length Interest Rates Applicable for 2020

11. March 2020 | Reading Time: 2 Min

Ministry of Finance has published the Rulebook on Arm’s Length Interest Rates applicable for 2020 that applies on related parties’ loans. Rulebook comes into force on March 14 2020.

Regarding 2019, falling trend of interest rate for banks and financial leasing companies has continued, except interest rates for loans in USD and RUB, as it follows:

  • 1.92% applicable to short-term loans in RSD;
  • 2.71% applicable to long-term loans in RSD;
  • 3.11% applicable to loans in EUR and dinar loans indexed in EUR;
  • 3.87% applicable to loans in USD and dinar loans indexed in USD;
  • 2.54% applicable to loans in CHF and dinar loans indexed in CHF;
  • 3.92% applicable to loans in SEK and dinar loans indexed in SEK;
  • 1.88% applicable to loans in GBP and dinar loans indexed in GBP;
  • 3.23% applicable to loans in RUB and dinar loans indexed in RUB.

Regarding 2019, falling trend of interest rate for other companies has continued, except interest rates for short time loans in USD, as it follows:

  • 4.71 % applicable to short-term loans in RSD;
  • 5.55% applicable to long-term loans in RSD;
  • 2.64 % applicable to short-term loans in EUR and dinar loans indexed in EUR;
  • 2.87% applicable to long-term loans in EUR and dinar loans indexed in EUR;
  • 7.84% applicable to long-term loans in CHF and dinar loans indexed in CHF;
  • 7.52% applicable to short-term loans in USD and dinar loans indexed in USD;
  • 4.83% % applicable to short-term loans in USD and dinar loans indexed in USD;
  • 4.05% % applicable to long-term loans in USD and dinar loans indexed in USD.

Taxpayers can use prescribed interest rate for determining corporate income tax in 2020, i.e. when calculating correction of expenditures between related parties

Additionally, we note that aforementioned interest rates can be used during 2020 while paying out interest rates for received loans, i.e. loans from foreign related parties, since most of Double Taxation Treaties prescribe option of using beneficiary withholding tax rates only up to “arm’s length” interest rate amount. Withholding tax rate of 20% is applied on amount that exceeds “arm’s lenght” interest rate.

For any further questions, TPA team is at your disposal.

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