IT Transfer Pricing
From Guesswork to Governance. IT Transfer Pricing Made Clear
Align IT, finance, and tax on one platform. Serviceware Financial automates IT transfer pricing calculations, ensures compliance, and documents every step for full audit transparency.
Data and documentation gaps
Manual markups
Opaque cost structures
Regulatory scrutiny
Deloitte (2025) highlights that global tariffs, digital audits, and cross-border data requirements are disrupting established transfer pricing models and forcing multinationals to adapt quickly.
Limited integration
Horváth’s Transfer Pricing Study 2025 shows that only 31% of companies align their management model with tax requirements, and more than a third have faced income adjustments due to weak integration between the two.
“The biggest challenge for many companies is determining and documenting test-compliant unit cost rates. You must clearly separate internal and external cost components to calculate markups correctly — and do it in a way that’s audit-proof.”
Fabian Mieloch
Head of Global PreSales at Serviceware SE
Transparent Unit Costing
Problem: Controllers spend weeks reconciling internal and external cost components.
Solution: Automatically calculate unit costs (Total Cost of Ownership, TCO) for each service, separating internal and purchased components.
Outcome: Clear visibility of what drives each cost and markup, ready for audit.
Automated Markup Calculation
Problem: Manual Excel models can’t apply consistent rules across entities.
Solution: The Serviceware IT Transfer Pricing solution fully automates markup costing, applying audit-proof logic across services, business units, and geographies.
Outcome: Faster, standardized markups that satisfy both finance and tax auditors.
Audit-Ready Documentation
Problem: Missing or inconsistent documentation creates compliance risk.
Solution: Serviceware Financial stores every rule, markup, and justification in one place, linked to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and IT service data.
Outcome: Audit-ready documentation aligned with OECD and IFRS requirements.
Simulation & Scenario Modelling
Problem: Changes in tax rules or tariffs can invalidate static pricing models.
Solution: Simulate markup structures and rates before changes take effect.
Outcome: Confident decisions with complete traceability.
Product Tour
The video shows how Serviceware automates billing; from collecting data and applying transfer pricing rules, to producing audit-ready invoices. You’ll see how customers like Germany's largest car manufacturer and Palfinger cut cycle times, reduce disputes, and increase trust with transparent dashboards.
Key Takeaways:
- Replace spreadsheets with automation
- Define flexible cost allocation rules
- Deliver audit-ready invoices
- Cut billing cycles by up to 90%
- Strengthen trust across business units
Integrations
Turning IT Transfer Pricing Into a Strategic Advantage
Fabian helps global enterprises automate transfer pricing end to end — from unit cost calculation to documentation and compliance. He has supported Fortune 500 companies in aligning IT, finance, and tax teams under OECD and IFRS requirements, ensuring every markup and rule is traceable.
Fabian Mieloch
Product Strategy & Solution Engineering
See How Smart IT Billing Looks in Action
In 20 minutes, we’ll show you how to automate billing, reduce disputes, and build trust across teams.
Serviceware's cooperation with KPMG strengthens the joint offering for customers in the field of transfer pricing. Get in touch to find out how to make your billing transparent, compliant and audit-proof.
Transfer Pricing Webinars
Frequently Asked Questions
IT Transfer Pricing defines how internal IT services are charged across entities or countries, ensuring compliance with OECD and IFRS rules while reflecting true cost and value.
The Serviceware IT Transfer Pricing solution automates cost and markup allocations across entities, using data from ERP, CMDB, and ITSM systems for accuracy and auditability.
Transparent calculations, shared dashboards, and standardized markups remove ambiguity — business units can see and verify what drives each charge.
Yes. All documentation aligns with OECD and IFRS standards, ensuring that methods follow the arm’s-length principle and are fully auditable.
It connects with ERP, ITSM, and BI tools, ensuring consistent data for finance, tax, and IT stakeholders.
Yes. The solution supports global structures, currencies, and cost centers while maintaining a unified logic for markups and reporting.
By managing markups at the cost-type level and reviewing related-party margins holistically, Serviceware prevents multiple markups across the value chain.
IT Transfer Pricing integrates directly with IT Financial Management (ITFM), helping optimize profit allocation, mitigate risk, and support tax planning.
Key metrics include audit adjustments, effective tax rate, gross margin ratio, return on assets, and documentation turnaround time, all visible in Serviceware dashboards.
TCO measures all direct and indirect costs of delivering IT services. Serviceware calculates TCO automatically to support accurate, arm’s-length pricing.
The solution visualizes where IT value is created across entities — linking cost, asset, and service data to ensure fair profit distribution and compliance.