Transfer pricing in Bosnia and Herzegovina for tax year 2026, set out separately for the Federation of BiH (FBiH), Republika Srpska (RS) and Brčko District (BD), because each has its own profit tax law and rules. Covers who counts as a related party (25% in FBiH and RS, 10% in BD); the arm's length rule and the accepted methods; the interquartile range and the RS median adjustment; the FBiH 5% mark-up for support services; documentation that must exist at filing; the FBiH TP-902 report above KM 500,000 and the RS 9-month electronic filing above KM 50,000; master file and country-by-country thresholds; TP-900 domestic relief; penalties. Trigger phrases: transferne cijene, povezana lica, princip van dohvata ruke, TP-902, TP-900, CBC-901, Bosnia transfer pricing documentation, RS transfer pricing deadline. Out of scope: the profit tax computation, thin capitalisation and the interest cap (ba-corporate-income-tax), withholding tax and treaties (ba-cross-border), VAT (bosnia-vat).
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| Item | Rate or amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Related party, FBiH | 25% or more of value, shares or votes, or acting on another's instructions | 2026 | FBiH law art. 44(3): https://ik.imagekit.io/9qcwbg8wl/15-16_i_15-20-zakon-o-porezu-na-dobit-precisceni_07YP9wNd9.pdf |
| Related party, RS | 25% of shares or interests, 25% of votes or profit share, board control, family, or actual control | 2026 | RS law art. 31(3), (4): https://www.poreskaupravars.org/dokumenti/zakoni/Zakon%20o%20porezu%20na%20dobit%20od%2001_01_2016.pdf |
| Related party, BD | 10% of shares or capital | 2026 | BD law art. 2(j): https://skupstinabd.ba/3-zakon/ba/Zakon%20o%20porezu%20na%20dobit/05B17-22%20Zakon%20o%20porezu%20na%20dobit%20-%20prec--is--eni%20tekst.pdf |
| FBiH annual report on controlled transactions (Form TP-902) | Required when controlled transactions exceed KM 500,000 in the year; due 31 March of the next year | 2026 | FBiH law art. 49(3); FBiH Rulebook art. 92(1), (2): https://www.pufbih.ba/v1/public/upload/zakoni/ae0c4-pravilnik-o-transfernim-cijenama-preciscen-tekst.pdf |
| FBiH documentation on request | Within 45 days of the request | 2026 | FBiH law art. 46(2); FBiH Rulebook art. 94 |
| FBiH master file and country-by-country report (Form CBC-901) | Group consolidated revenue of EUR 750 million or more (KM at the Central Bank rate); CBC-901 due 12 months after the group's year end | 2026 | FBiH Rulebook arts. 70(2), 91(3), (4) as amended by 92/24: https://www.pufbih.ba/v1/public/upload/zakoni/80e33-pravilnik-o-izmjenama-pravilnika-o-transfernim-cijenama-92-24.pdf |
| FBiH support services mark-up | 5% on cost accepted as arm's length, if the conditions are met | 2026 | FBiH Rulebook art. 54(2) |
| FBiH cost pooling: "not the main activity" presumption | Service costs up to 15% of the provider's total costs | 2026 | FBiH Rulebook art. 56(3)(c) |
| FBiH comparables | Interquartile range (first to third quartile); weighted average of 3 to 5 years | 2026 | FBiH Rulebook art. 25(3), (4) |
| FBiH industry analysis waived | Activity under 10% of total revenue | 2026 | FBiH Rulebook art. 85(2) |
| FBiH domestic relief claim (Form TP-900) | With the profit tax return, by 31 March; a late form counts as not filed | 2026 | FBiH Rulebook art. 95(3) |
| RS documentation threshold | Controlled transactions (including credits and loans) over KM 50,000 in the year | 2026 | RS law art. 34(1) as amended by 114/25 art. 10: https://poreskaupravars.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Dobit-1.pdf |
| RS documentation filing | Electronically within 30 days of a request, and in any case within 9 months after the year end without a request | 2026 | RS law art. 34(2) as amended by 114/25 art. 10 |
| RS annual return of controlled transactions | Controlled transactions (including loans) over KM 700,000 in the year, no netting of income and expenses; filed with the profit tax return | 2026 | RS Rulebook art. 13: https://www.poreskaupravars.org/dokumenti/pravilnici/Pravilnik%20o%20transfernim%20cijenama%20i%20metodama%20za%20njihovo%20utvrdjivanje.pdf |
| RS country-by-country data in the documentation | Group revenue over EUR 750,000,000 | 2026 | RS Rulebook art. 12(2)(4) |
| RS adjustment point | Median of the arm's length range, unless a party proves another point fits | 2026 | RS Rulebook art. 11(3), (4) |
| Fines, FBiH | Company KM 3,000 to 100,000; responsible person KM 2,500 to 10,000; repeat offence +50% | 2026 | FBiH law art. 58(2) to (4) |
| Fines, RS | Company KM 20,000 to 60,000; responsible person KM 5,000 to 15,000 | 2026 | RS law art. 58 (94/15; point 2 amended by 114/25 art. 17) |
| Late-payment interest | FBiH 0.04% a day; RS 0.03% a day; BD 0.03% a day, capped at the principal | 2026 | FBiH: https://pufbih.ba/v1/public/upload/zakoni/1%20Zakon%20o%20visini%20stope%20zatezne%20kamate%20na%20javne%20prihode%20-%20PRECISCEN%20TEKST.pdf art. 2; RS ZPP art. 60(1): https://poreskaupravars.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Zakon-o-poreskom-postupku.pdf; BD Zakon o Poreznoj upravi art. 68 |
There is no state-level transfer pricing law in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The rules sit inside the profit tax law of each entity and of Brčko District:
Apply the law of the place where the company (or its branch) is taxed on profit. A company seated in the FBiH with a branch in the RS deals with both. Amounts are in convertible marks (KM, BAM). The profit tax computation itself is in ba-corporate-income-tax.
| Item | Rate or amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Related party, FBiH | 25% or more of value, shares or votes, or acting on another's instructions | 2026 | FBiH law art. 44(3): https://ik.imagekit.io/9qcwbg8wl/15-16_i_15-20-zakon-o-porezu-na-dobit-precisceni_07YP9wNd9.pdf |
| Related party, RS | 25% of shares or interests, 25% of votes or profit share, board control, family, or actual control | 2026 | RS law art. 31(3), (4): https://www.poreskaupravars.org/dokumenti/zakoni/Zakon%20o%20porezu%20na%20dobit%20od%2001_01_2016.pdf |
| Related party, BD | 10% of shares or capital | 2026 | BD law art. 2(j): https://skupstinabd.ba/3-zakon/ba/Zakon%20o%20porezu%20na%20dobit/05B17-22%20Zakon%20o%20porezu%20na%20dobit%20-%20prec--is--eni%20tekst.pdf |
| FBiH annual report on controlled transactions (Form TP-902) | Required when controlled transactions exceed KM 500,000 in the year; due 31 March of the next year | 2026 | FBiH law art. 49(3); FBiH Rulebook art. 92(1), (2): https://www.pufbih.ba/v1/public/upload/zakoni/ae0c4-pravilnik-o-transfernim-cijenama-preciscen-tekst.pdf |
| FBiH documentation on request | Within 45 days of the request | 2026 | FBiH law art. 46(2); FBiH Rulebook art. 94 |
| FBiH master file and country-by-country report (Form CBC-901) | Group consolidated revenue of EUR 750 million or more (KM at the Central Bank rate); CBC-901 due 12 months after the group's year end | 2026 | FBiH Rulebook arts. 70(2), 91(3), (4) as amended by 92/24: https://www.pufbih.ba/v1/public/upload/zakoni/80e33-pravilnik-o-izmjenama-pravilnika-o-transfernim-cijenama-92-24.pdf |
| FBiH support services mark-up | 5% on cost accepted as arm's length, if the conditions are met | 2026 | FBiH Rulebook art. 54(2) |
| FBiH cost pooling: "not the main activity" presumption | Service costs up to 15% of the provider's total costs | 2026 | FBiH Rulebook art. 56(3)(c) |
| FBiH comparables | Interquartile range (first to third quartile); weighted average of 3 to 5 years | 2026 | FBiH Rulebook art. 25(3), (4) |
| FBiH industry analysis waived | Activity under 10% of total revenue | 2026 | FBiH Rulebook art. 85(2) |
| FBiH domestic relief claim (Form TP-900) | With the profit tax return, by 31 March; a late form counts as not filed | 2026 | FBiH Rulebook art. 95(3) |
| RS documentation threshold | Controlled transactions (including credits and loans) over KM 50,000 in the year | 2026 | RS law art. 34(1) as amended by 114/25 art. 10: https://poreskaupravars.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Dobit-1.pdf |
| RS documentation filing | Electronically within 30 days of a request, and in any case within 9 months after the year end without a request | 2026 | RS law art. 34(2) as amended by 114/25 art. 10 |
| RS annual return of controlled transactions | Controlled transactions (including loans) over KM 700,000 in the year, no netting of income and expenses; filed with the profit tax return | 2026 | RS Rulebook art. 13: https://www.poreskaupravars.org/dokumenti/pravilnici/Pravilnik%20o%20transfernim%20cijenama%20i%20metodama%20za%20njihovo%20utvrdjivanje.pdf |
| RS country-by-country data in the documentation | Group revenue over EUR 750,000,000 | 2026 | RS Rulebook art. 12(2)(4) |
| RS adjustment point | Median of the arm's length range, unless a party proves another point fits | 2026 | RS Rulebook art. 11(3), (4) |
| Fines, FBiH | Company KM 3,000 to 100,000; responsible person KM 2,500 to 10,000; repeat offence +50% | 2026 | FBiH law art. 58(2) to (4) |
| Fines, RS | Company KM 20,000 to 60,000; responsible person KM 5,000 to 15,000 | 2026 | RS law art. 58 (94/15; point 2 amended by 114/25 art. 17) |
| Late-payment interest | FBiH 0.04% a day; RS 0.03% a day; BD 0.03% a day, capped at the principal | 2026 | FBiH: https://pufbih.ba/v1/public/upload/zakoni/1%20Zakon%20o%20visini%20stope%20zatezne%20kamate%20na%20javne%20prihode%20-%20PRECISCEN%20TEKST.pdf art. 2; RS ZPP art. 60(1): https://poreskaupravars.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Zakon-o-poreskom-postupku.pdf; BD Zakon o Poreznoj upravi art. 68 |
The arm's length rule.
Methods.
The range.
Services and financing (FBiH Rulebook).
Interest limits and other add-backs. These sit in the profit tax law, not the transfer pricing rules: FBiH 4:1 related-party debt to equity (law art. 18); RS 30% net interest cap (law art. 14a); FBiH non-deductibility of default interest, penalties and contract fines between related parties (law art. 9(1)(l)). See ba-corporate-income-tax.
| What | FBiH | RS | BD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Documentation ready | At the time the profit tax return is filed (law art. 46(1); Rulebook art. 83(1)) | At the time the profit tax return is filed, for controlled transactions over KM 50,000 (law art. 34(1)) | No documentation duty in the law |
| Given to the tax office | Within 45 days of a request (law art. 46(2); Rulebook art. 94) | Electronically within 30 days of a request, and at the latest 9 months after the year end without a request: 30 September 2027 for 2026 (law art. 34(2)) | No rule in the law |
| Annual return of controlled transactions | Form TP-902 when controlled transactions exceed KM 500,000, by 31 March (law art. 49(3); Rulebook art. 92) | When controlled transactions exceed KM 700,000, filed with the profit tax return by 31 March (Rulebook art. 13; law art. 38) | None |
| Country-by-country | Form CBC-901 filed by an FBiH ultimate parent with group revenue of EUR 750 million or more, within 12 months of the group's year end (Rulebook art. 91) | CbC data form part of the documentation when group revenue exceeds EUR 750,000,000 (Rulebook art. 12(2)(4)) | None |
| Domestic double tax relief | Form TP-900 with the return by 31 March (Rulebook art. 95) | None | None |
Content of the documentation.
Self-correction. If the analysis shows the prices were not at arm's length, the FBiH report states the method and the amount of the correction in the tax balance (FBiH Rulebook art. 88(3)). Correct it in the return, not after an audit. In the FBiH tax balance (Form PB-800-A or PB-800-B), unreported income goes on line 65 and excess expenses on line 66; the amount relieved through Form TP-900 goes on line 67; taxable profit after transfer pricing is line 63 + 65 + 66 − 67 (Pravilnik o primjeni Zakona o porezu na dobit art. 107).
FBiH.
RS.
BD.
A Banja Luka company buys all its goods from its Austrian parent and resells them in BiH. In 2026 its sales are KM 2,000,000 and its operating profit is KM 20,000, a net margin of 1%. Purchases from the parent are KM 1,500,000. A benchmark of comparable distributors gives a first quartile of 2.5%, a median of 4% and a third quartile of 6%.
Purchases are over KM 50,000, so documentation must exist at filing and be filed electronically by 30 September 2027 (law art. 34). They are also over KM 700,000, so the annual return of controlled transactions goes in with the profit tax return by 31 March 2027 (Rulebook art. 13). The 1% margin is below the range. The Tax Administration moves it to the median, 4% (Rulebook art. 11(3)). Arm's length operating profit is 2,000,000 x 4% = KM 80,000. The adjustment is KM 60,000 and the extra tax at 10% is KM 6,000. If that tax is paid 200 days late, interest at 0.03% a day is KM 360 (ZPP art. 60).
name: RS distributor adjusted to the median of the range (2026)
inputs:
sales: 2000000
operating_profit: 20000
q1_margin_pct: 2.5
median_margin_pct: 4
purchases_from_parent: 1500000
days_late: 200
steps:
- tested_margin_pct: operating_profit / sales * 100
- gap_to_q1: max(0, sales * q1_margin_pct / 100 - operating_profit)
- over_doc_threshold: purchases_from_parent - 50000
- over_return_threshold: purchases_from_parent - 700000
- arm_length_profit: sales * median_margin_pct / 100
- adjustment: arm_length_profit - operating_profit
- extra_tax: adjustment * 0.10
- interest: extra_tax * 0.0003 * days_late
expected:
tested_margin_pct: 1
gap_to_q1: 30000
over_doc_threshold: 1450000
over_return_threshold: 800000
arm_length_profit: 80000
adjustment: 60000
extra_tax: 6000
interest: 360
A Mostar company keeps the books and runs payroll for its sister company in Sarajevo, also an FBiH resident. It does not offer these services to outsiders. In 2026 the work cost KM 400,000 and it charged the sister exactly KM 400,000. It also bought goods worth KM 300,000 from its Croatian parent at a price its benchmark supports. Neither FBiH company uses an investment or employment incentive or has a tax loss.
Accounting and payroll are support services (Rulebook art. 55). Instead of a benchmark study, the company applies the 5% mark-up (art. 54(2)). The arm's length charge is 400,000 x 1.05 = KM 420,000. It enters the KM 20,000 difference on line 65 of its 2026 tax balance (Form PB-800-A), which on its own costs KM 2,000 in tax. A short report is enough for this service (art. 83(3)(c)).
Both companies are FBiH residents and neither uses an incentive or has a tax loss (art. 95(2)(b), (c)). If both also show this transaction at transfer prices in their tax base (art. 95(2)(a)), the company files Form TP-900 with its return by 31 March 2027 and enters the same KM 20,000 on line 67, which takes it back out: taxable profit after transfer pricing is line 63 + 65 + 66 − 67 (Pravilnik o primjeni Zakona o porezu na dobit art. 107). The extra tax is then nil instead of KM 2,000. Its controlled transactions total KM 700,000, which is over KM 500,000, so Form TP-902 is also due by 31 March 2027 (law art. 49(3); Rulebook art. 92).
name: FBiH support services at cost plus 5% and TP-902 test (2026)
inputs:
service_cost: 400000
charged: 400000
purchases_from_parent: 300000
steps:
- arm_length_charge: service_cost * 1.05
- adjustment: arm_length_charge - charged
- extra_tax: adjustment * 0.10
- line_67_relief: adjustment
- tax_after_tp900: (adjustment - line_67_relief) * 0.10
- controlled_total: charged + purchases_from_parent
- over_tp902_threshold: controlled_total - 500000
expected:
arm_length_charge: 420000
adjustment: 20000
extra_tax: 2000
line_67_relief: 20000
tax_after_tp900: 0
controlled_total: 700000
over_tp902_threshold: 200000
Not yet confirmed: whether the RS Ministry has issued a new transfer pricing rulebook after 114/25 (the Tax Administration's list, updated June 2026, still shows 47/16, so the KM 700,000 annual-return threshold is taken from it; the law's KM 50,000 documentation threshold from 2026 is a separate test); the form number and layout of the RS annual return of controlled transactions; the BD rulebook that sets how market value is found (BD law art. 9(3)), which was not found on an official site; whether a BD transfer pricing adjustment also triggers a general fine under the BD tax administration law; whether the RS Zakon o poreskom postupku art. 115 (30% of an unreported tax) is applied to transfer pricing adjustments; what the FBiH condition that both companies "show transfer prices for the same transaction in their tax base" (Rulebook art. 95(2)(a)) requires of a counterparty that underpaid and so has no adjustment line of its own; the FBiH Ministry of Finance's 2017 position on applying the rulebook (pufbih.ba lists it, but the PDF had no text layer). The RS law and rulebook texts were read from OCR of the official gazette scans published by Poreska uprava RS.
Contributed by Michael Cutajar.
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