During relevant year assessee had undertaken international transaction with its AEs. Assessing Officer made addition mark up of 2.58 per cent on corporate guarantee given by assessee. CIT(A) restricted arm’s length price of compensation for providing corporate guarantee at rate of 1 per cent as against 2.58 per cent computed by Assessing Officer. Tribunal held that Explanation to section 92B introduced by Finance Act, 2012 is prospective in nature and hence, not applicable to relevant year and since there was no material on file to prove that assessee company had incurred any cost in providing corporate guarantee and transaction qua corporate guarantee entered into by assessee company with its AE was an international transaction, ALP of compensation for providing corporate guarantee could not have been determined. (AY. 2011-12)
ACIT v. Spentex Industries Ltd. (2020) 184 ITD 695 (Delhi)(Trib.)
S. 92B : Transfer pricing-Corporate guarantee-No material to prove cost in providing corporate guarantee-Addition is held to be not valid-Finance Act, 2012, amendment is prospective. [S. 92C]