Havells India Ltd. v. Asst. CIT (LTU) (2023)101 ITR 81 (Delhi) (Trib)

S. 92B : Transfer pricing –Arm’s Length Price-Interest free loans to Associated enterprise-Adjustment on account of provision of bank guarantee to associated enterprises-No income earned and commercial expediency not relevant-Adjustment at 0.5% instead of 1.3%.

Held, that the aim was to examine whether there was any anomaly in the transaction which arose out of the special relationship between the assessee-creditor and the associated enterprise-debtor. Hence, the contention of not having actually earned any income could not come to the rescue of the assessee in such a scenario. What was relevant in determining the arm’s length price was the comparable uncontrolled transaction rather than commercial expediency. As a result, the adjustment in respect of corporate guarantees provided to the associated enterprises must be determined at the rate of 0.5 per cent. instead of 1.3 per cent. determined by the Revenue. (AY. 2014-15).