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Advance Pricing Agreement

An APA is a agreement between a taxpayer and at least one tax authority concerning the TP method functional to a taxpayer’s inter-company transactions and will usually cover multiple years.

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Income Tax Form 54: Application for Renewal of an Advance Pricing Agreement (APA)

Income Tax : Form 54 streamlines APA renewals for similar transactions, enabling quicker evaluation and resolution. This enhances administrativ...

March 25, 2026 189 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Form 52: Annual Compliance Report on Advance Pricing Agreement

Income Tax : Form 52 replaces Form 3CEF and mandates annual APA compliance reporting. It introduces structured disclosures and ensures accurate...

March 25, 2026 330 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Form 51: Application for Advance Pricing Agreement (APA)

Income Tax : Once submitted, Form 51 cannot be modified except for defect corrections. Taxpayers must ensure accuracy at the time of filing. Th...

March 25, 2026 351 Views 0 comment Print

Critical Assumption in Advance Pricing Agreement

Income Tax : Critical assumptions define the conditions under which APA pricing remains valid and reliable. The key takeaway is that any materi...

March 24, 2026 321 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2026 Allowed Associated Enterprises to File Returns After APA Impact

Income Tax : The amendment permits associated enterprises affected by an APA to file or modify returns. This enables proper tax adjustment and ...

February 3, 2026 717 Views 0 comment Print


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Record 219 APAs Signed Due to Rising Need for Transfer Pricing Certainty

Income Tax : CBDT signed a record number of APAs to provide clarity on transfer pricing and reduce disputes. The framework ensures advance dete...

April 1, 2026 219 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT releases Advance Pricing Agreement Programme Annual Report 2024–25

Income Tax : CBDT’s 2024-25 APA report details 174 new agreements, including record bilateral deals, advancing tax certainty and reducing cro...

October 24, 2025 1710 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Signs 174 Advance Pricing Agreements in FY 2024-25

Corporate Law : CBDT signed 174 Advance Pricing Agreements in FY 2024-25, including a record number of bilateral agreements, to improve transfer p...

April 1, 2025 1896 Views 0 comment Print

Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) Programme Annual Report 2023-24

Income Tax : Insights from India's APA Programme Annual Report 2023-24, highlighting tax certainty, record signings, and benefits for multinati...

January 14, 2025 2685 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT signs record 125 Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) in FY 2023-24

Income Tax : CBDT achieves a record 125 APAs in FY 2023-24, marking a 31% increase. Learn about the significance and impact on transfer pricing...

April 17, 2024 1713 Views 0 comment Print


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Reassessment Quashed for Ignoring Binding Advance Pricing Agreement Without TPO Findings

Income Tax : The issue was whether the Assessing Officer could alter income despite a valid APA and modified return. The Court held that withou...

December 22, 2025 495 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi directed TPO to accept Advance Pricing Agreement parameters for royalty adjustment

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that Transfer Pricing Adjustment in respect of transaction of payment of royalty is set aside and Transfer Pricing...

April 9, 2025 522 Views 0 comment Print

Advance pricing agreement is applicable only to specified assessment years

Income Tax : ITAT held that advance pricing agreement APA is applicable only for specified time span not exceeding five consecutive previous ye...

November 7, 2022 1515 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT allows to withdrawn appeal challenging TP Adjustment due to APA

Income Tax : In the instant case, ITAT allows the assessee to withdrawn the appeal filed for challenging the transfer pricing adjustment due to...

September 9, 2020 1170 Views 0 comment Print


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CBDT enters into 26APAs during current Financial Year

Income Tax : CBDT has entered into 26 APAs in the first 5 months of the current financial year (April to August, 2019). With the signing of the...

September 4, 2019 1260 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT revises format of Form No. 3CED- Application for Advance Pricing Agreement

Income Tax : S.O. 1927(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by section 295 read with sub-section (9) of section 92CC of the Income-tax Act, ...

June 16, 2017 5235 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT signs 11 more unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements

Income Tax : Central Board of Direct Taxes signed 11 unilateral APAs on 28th March, 2016. With this signing, India has entered into 59 bilatera...

March 29, 2016 1312 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs: Rollback Provisions of Advance Pricing Agreement Scheme

Income Tax : CIRCULAR NO. 10/2015 The Advance Pricing Agreement provisions were introduced in 2012 through insertion of sections 92CC and 92CD ...

June 10, 2015 7078 Views 0 comment Print

Rules & forms for rollback of Advance Pricing Agreement

Income Tax : Notification No. 23/2015 - Income Tax In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (9) and(9A) of section 92CC read with s...

March 14, 2015 10315 Views 0 comment Print


CBDT achieves important milestone of 200 APAs

March 1, 2018 1065 Views 0 comment Print

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) entered into seven more Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) during the month of February, 2018. All the seven are Unilateral APAs. With the signing of these Agreements, CBDT has crossed an important milestone of having signed 200 APAs. The total number of APAs entered into by the CBDT till […]

CBDT Signs five UAPAs and two BAPAs in January, 2018

February 7, 2018 708 Views 0 comment Print

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has entered into five Unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (UAPA) and two Bilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (BAPA) during the month of January, 2018.

APA rollback rules should be made applicable to similar nature of transactions with different AEs: ICAI

January 16, 2018 726 Views 0 comment Print

The CBDT introduced the rollback rules under the APA program on 14 March 2015. There were some ambiguities about the implementation of the rollback rules, and therefore, CBDT issued Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) clarifying certain issues.

CBDT enters 3 more APAs during the month of December, 2017

December 30, 2017 1155 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT has entered into three more Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) during the month of December, 2017. While two of the Agreements are Unilateral, one is a Bilateral with the United Kingdom. With the signing of these Agreements, the total number of APAs entered into by the CBDT has gone up to 189. This includes 173 Unilateral APAs and 16 Bilateral APAs.

CBDT signs two Indian APAs with Netherlands in November, 2017

December 1, 2017 732 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT has entered into 2 Bilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) during the month of November, 2017. These Agreements are the first ever Bilateral APAs with The Netherlands. With the signing of these Agreements, the total number of APAs entered into by the CBDT has gone up to 186. This includes 171 Unilateral APAs and 15 Bilateral APAs.

CBDT signs seven Unilateral APAs in October, 2017

November 2, 2017 669 Views 0 comment Print

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has entered into 7 more Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) during the month of October, 2017. All these Agreements are Unilateral.

Indian APA regime moves forward with signing of two more APAs

October 9, 2017 615 Views 0 comment Print

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has entered into 2 Unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (UAPAs) with Indian Taxpayers during September, 2017. With the signing of these 2 Agreements, the total number of APAs entered into by CBDT till date has reached 177. This includes 164 Unilateral APAs and 13 Bilateral APAs. In the current financial year, a total of 25 APAs (2 Bilateral and 23 Unilateral) have been signed till date.

CBDT Signs four APAs in August, 2017

September 5, 2017 714 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT has entered into 4 more Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) during August, 2017. Out of these 4 Agreements, 3 are Unilateral and 1 is a Bilateral. The Bilateral APA is for international transactions between an Indian company and a UK-based company.

CBDT signs nine APAs in July, 2017

July 31, 2017 804 Views 0 comment Print

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) entered into nine Unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (UAPAs) with Indian taxpayers in the month of July, 2017. Some of the UAPAs signed had rollback provisions also.

All about Advance Pricing Agreement (APA)

July 5, 2017 33957 Views 0 comment Print

The CBDT, with Central Government’s approval, enter into APA with the applicant assesse determining the ALP and/or methods for determining ALP which is to be followed notwithstanding anything contained in section 92C / 92CA of the Act

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