The relevant market condition for testing a transaction under CUP is that of the market where the goods are sold and not the place of origin of the goods

Brief of the case: – The Delhi bench of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal [“The Tribunal”] recently pronounced its ruling in the case of Clear Plus India Private Limited Vs. DCIT [ITA NO. 3944/DEL/2010], wherein it upheld the transfer pricing methodology adopted by the taxpayer to benchmark its export sale by the application of internal comparable uncontrolled price [“CUP”] method, adopting its associated enterprise [“AE”] as the tested party. The revenue’s contention to use Transactional Net Margin Method [“TNMM”] was rejected as in view of the Tribunal minor aberratio...