COURT: | Bombay High Court |
CORAM: | M. S. Sanklecha J, S. C. Gupte J |
SECTION(S): | 92C |
GENRE: | Transfer Pricing |
CATCH WORDS: | ALP, Transfer Pricing |
COUNSEL: | Mrunal Parekh |
DATE: | September 14, 2016 (Date of pronouncement) |
DATE: | December 14, 2016 (Date of publication) |
AY: | 2006-07 |
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CITATION: | |
Transfer Pricing adjustment has to be done only in respect of International Transactions with Associated Enterprises. The fact that the assessee has chosen entity level PLI to benchmark the AE transactions and that it has not maintained segmental accounts is irrelevant. If segmental accounts are not available, proportionate adjustments have to be made only in respect of the international transactions with Associated Enterprises |
One must not lose sight of the fact that the transfer pricing adjustment is done under Chapter X of the Act. The mandate therein is only to redetermine the consideration received or given to arrive at income arising from for International Transactions with Associated Enterprises. This is particularly so as in respect of transaction with non Associated Enterprises, Chapter X of the Act is not triggered to make adjustment to considerations received or paid unless they are Specified Domestic Transactions. The transaction with non Associated Enterprises are presumed to be at arms length as there is no relationship which is likely to influence the price. If the contention of the Revenue is accepted, it would lead to artificial increase in the profits of transactions entered into with non Associated Enterprises by applying the margin at entity level which is not the object of Chapter X of the Act. Absence of segmental accounting is not an insurmountable issue
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