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Part II. APMA Program Statistical Data

Internal Revenue Bulletin 2026-16 · 2026-10-03 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · United States

[Pub. L. 106-170 § 521(b)(2)(C)(i-viii)]

Table 1: APA Applications Filed § 521(b)(2)(C)(i)

Unilateral Bilateral Multilateral Total
Filed 1991-19992 401
Filed 2000-2024 713 2,285 56 3,054
Filed in 2025 23 153 2 178
Total Filed 1991-2025 3,633

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200

150

100

50

0

Applications Filed

2016-2025

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Bilateral APAs

India

26%

Switzerland

3%

4%

Mexico

4%

Germany

5%

7% 7%

7%

7% 8%

Italy

The charts above illustrate the number of complete applications fi led per year and the percentage of bilateral requests received in 2025 per foreign country. As of December 31, 2025, APMA had also received 31 user fee fi lings that were not yet accompanied by a substantially complete APA application, in addition to the 178 complete APA applications.

2 The fi rst APA Statutory Report, which compiled APA data from 1991-1999, did not report the cumulative number of applications for those years by submission type, so the cumulative totals cannot be reported in that manner.

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Table 2: Executed 3 and Pending APAs § 521(b)(2)(C)(ii-vi)

Unilateral Bilateral Multilateral Total
Total Executed 1991-2024 734 1,798 34 2,566
Total Executed in 2025 14 90 6 110
Total Executed 1991-2025 748 1,888 40 2,676
Total Pending as of 12/31/2025 61 543 18 622
Renewals Executed in 2025 13 39 3 55
Renewals Pending_4 as of 12/31/2025_ 49 256 5 310

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150

100

50

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APAs Executed

2016-2025

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Bilateral APAs Executed by Country 2025

India

35%

United Kingdom

3%

Ireland

3%

3%

Korea

5%

5%

11%

Canada 25%

In 2025, the percentage of APA renewals executed decreased (50 percent of all APAs executed in 2025 versus 58 percent of all APAs executed in 2024). The charts above illustrate trends in the number of APAs executed per year and the countries involved in the bilateral APAs that were executed in 2025.

3 “Executed APAs” refers to APAs that were fi nalized and includes both initial and renewal APAs.

4 The number of renewals still pending as of year-end is also included in the total number of pending APAs.

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400

200

0

Pending APAs

2016-2025

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Pending Bilateral APAs

by Country

Japan

United Kingdom

4%

Germany

Italy

5%

4%

Korea

6%

6% 11%

6%

India

21%

As the top chart illustrates, the number of pending requests increased compared to December 31, 2024. As of December 31, 2025, slightly less than half of the pending bilateral APA requests involved either Japan or India.

Table 3: APAs Revoked or Cancelled and Applications Withdrawn § 521(b)(2)(C)(vii)

Unilateral Bilateral Multilateral Total
Revoked or Cancelled 1991-20005 1
Revoked or Cancelled 2001-2024 8 2 0 10
Revoked or Cancelled in 2025
0 0 0 0
Total Revoked or Cancelled 1991-2025 11
Withdrawn 1991-20006 49
Withdrawn 2001-2024 80 183 2 265
Withdrawn in 2025
1
9
0
10
Withdrawn 1991-2025 324

5 The fi rst APA Statutory Report, which compiled APA data from 1991-1999, and the second APA Statutory Report, which compiled APA data for 2000, did not report the cumulative number of applications for those years by submission type, so the cumulative totals cannot be reported in that manner.

6 See supra note 5.

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Table 4: APAs Executed in 2025 by Industry § 521(b)(2)(C)(viii)

Industry

Wholesale/Retail Trade 32
Services 28
Manufacturing 22
Management 16
Finance, Insurance and Real Estate 8
All Other Industries 4

APAs Executed in 2025 by Industry

Manufacturing

20%

Wholesale/Retail

Trade

29%

Services

25%

4%

Management

15%

and Real Estate

7%

Table 4a: Wholesale/Retail Trade APAs Executed in 2025

Type of Wholesale/Retail Trade

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods 14
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods 6
General Merchandise Stores 5
All Other Wholesalers 7

Type of Wholesale/Retail Trade APAs

Executed in 2025

44%

Merchant General Merchandise Wholesalers, Stores Nondurable Goods 15% 19%

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