Abstract: The question of tax regulation of multinational corporations is quite topical. This article analyzes some aspects of tax regulation of multinational corporations in Russia, as well as outlines promising vectors of the development of tax regulation of multinational corporations, taking into account the practice and results of the analysis of information sources suggested for using within the framework of the method of comparable market prices, and correlation between the account statements indicators of independent Russian trade companies. Substantiation is given to the accounting for certain types of other income and expenditures, as well as the need for the implementation of “safe harbor” for transactions with intangible assets. The author offers an alternative for calculating the boundaries of “safe harbor”. In the course of writing this article, the author observed the practice of enforcement of rules that regulate the formation of taxation bases, carried out statistical analysis, and used general logical methods. The conclusion is made that the development of regulation of multinational corporations is a promising direction, as these economic entities generate significant financial flows. The variety of operational models and organization techniques complicate the development of the universal global approach, which consists in distribution of financial results between the accepting countries. Elimination of ambiguity in tax relations is an important vector of development. The article offers the solutions to this problem.

Abstract: This is a nettlesome issue about the tax regulation of the development of tax base in transnational companies. Information asymmetry is an essential factor that significantly affects the process of tax regulation. This category is peculiar for economy in general but not specific for particular national economy, however, the cause of specifics of tax regulation is in many ways conditioned by the attempts to eliminate drawbacks of the information available. In this article Ardashev analyzes the problem of information asymmetry in tax relations as well as the means of eliminating its consequences in the process of regulating the development of tax bases in groups of companies. Ardashev also gives practical recommendations on how to advance the rules that regulate transfer pricing in Russia. Within the framework of the research, the author has applied the observation method to trace back the process of using the rules that regulate the development of tax bases, the comparison method to cmpare particular aspects of national rules, and general logical methods. The novelty of the research is caused by the fact that the author defines the influence of information asymmetry on tax relations and rules that regulate the development of tax bases in trans-national companies as well as the rules regulating the issues of transfer pricing. Ardashev also gives evaluation of whether it is possible to eliminate the drawbacks of information and describes possible consequences thereof. He also offers a classification of the methods that can be used to cushion the consequences of incomplete information and proves that the quantity and quality of available information significantly affect the final form of the rules themselves.