Transfer pricing facilitates MNEs in optimizing tax positions and aligning business strategies globally. In developing economies, it promotes fairer revenue distribution for sustainable economic growth.

Francisco Palacios

Partner, Transfer Pricing in Financial Services | EY Switzerland

Transfer pricing practitioner, financial services industry specialist, curious, family man, triathlete.

Joining EY in January 2024, Francisco leads Transfer Pricing practice for Financial Services Tax in Switzerland.

Francisco has a broad experience working in-house across the private banking and asset management sectors here in Switzerland. His area of focus is Transfer Pricing and he has acted as BEPS subject matter expert in his previous in-house role.

He has a Law degree from Universidad CEU San Pablo and a Masters in Tax from IE Law School.

How Francisco is building a better working world

Francisco is building a better working world by translating the personal values he was raised with into his professional context when dealing with clients and colleagues. His contribution is also made by strongly promoting sports as means to strengthening physical and mental health as well as the new way of doing business. 

Francisco's latest thinking

Optimizing Transfer Pricing in Commodity Trading

Discover how M&A trends, AI integration and decarbonization are redefining transfer pricing and present exciting opportunities for commodity traders.

26 Aug 2024 Francisco Palacios

New Swiss transfer pricing guidance

Additional guidance offers insights into the treatment of transfer pricing adjustments in Switzerland and their tax impact.

03 Jul 2024 Francisco Palacios

Spotlight on SFTA guidance regarding intercompany financial transactions

The transfer pricing Q&A provides welcome clarification of intercompany loans in the TP context.

31 May 2024 Francisco Palacios +1

SFTA New Q&A on Transfer Pricing Guidance

Additional transfer pricing guidance offers important insights into Swiss practice and the interpretation of international rules.

02 May 2024 Francisco Palacios +2

New Swiss transfer pricing guidance

The Swiss Federal Tax Authorities (SFTA) have recently published their most comprehensive commentary on transfer pricing (TP) to date, and in fact the first substantial publication on transfer pricing from a Swiss tax authority. The so-called article is in fact one of the “tax summaries” issued by the Swiss Tax Conference (STC) in cooperation with SFTA.

06 Feb 2024 Francisco Palacios
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