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Safe Harbour Rules under New Income Tax Act, 2025 & Rules, 2026- Part III

Income Tax : This article explains how Safe Harbour Rules under the Income-tax Act, 2025 interact with APAs, MAP provisions, and transfer prici...

May 7, 2026 1143 Views 0 comment Print

Safe Harbour Rules under New Income Tax Act, 2025 & Rules, 2026- Part II

Income Tax : The framework outlines mandatory disclosures and timelines for opting into safe harbour. Key takeaway: strict compliance is essent...

May 1, 2026 1116 Views 0 comment Print

Safe Harbour Rules under New Income Tax Act, 2025 & Rules, 2026: Part I

Income Tax : The article explains how safe harbour rules simplify transfer pricing compliance. It highlights that eligible transactions are acc...

April 28, 2026 6519 Views 0 comment Print

India Transfer Pricing- Due Dates for Compliance for Tax Year 2026-27

Income Tax : The update outlines revised compliance forms, timelines, and penalties under the new rules. It highlights a structured transition ...

April 17, 2026 1374 Views 0 comment Print

Transfer Pricing MAM Selection: Germany–India Subsidiary Case (TNMM Approach)

Corporate Law : The issue was identifying the correct transfer pricing method for intercompany transactions. The conclusion holds that TNMM is app...

April 14, 2026 342 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


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 402 Views 0 comment Print

KSCAA Seeks Parity in ITR Due Date Extension for Transfer Pricing Assessees

CA, CS, CMA : KSCAA urged CBDT to extend due dates for assessees under Section 92E, citing an omission in Circular No. 15/2025 that created inco...

November 3, 2025 543 Views 0 comment Print

CA Association Seeks Extension for ITR, Tax and TP Audit Dates

CA, CS, CMA : Chartered Accountants Association, Ahmedabad requests extension of ITR and audit due dates for AY 2025-26 citing compressed timeli...

September 10, 2025 8184 Views 1 comment Print

Tolerance Range for Transfer Pricing Notified for AY 2024-25

Income Tax : CBDT sets transfer pricing tolerance range at 1% for wholesale trading and 3% for other transactions for AY 2024-25, providing cla...

October 30, 2024 2403 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2024: TPO can evaluate SDTs not reported by taxpayers

Income Tax : From April 2025, TPOs can determine ALP for SDTs not initially referred or reported. This ensures accurate adjustments and complia...

July 26, 2024 1104 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Channel Owner Companies not Comparable Due to Functional Differences: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that television channel and content owner companies could not be compared with a content distribution business. Th...

June 9, 2026 63 Views 0 comment Print

Distribution Fee for Channel Distribution Not Royalty: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that distribution fees paid to associated enterprises could not be treated as royalty. The Tribunal followed earl...

June 9, 2026 72 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Management Fee TP Adjustment as Issue Was Already Decided in Earlier Years

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai deleted the transfer pricing adjustment on management fees after finding that identical issues in the assessee’s own...

June 8, 2026 117 Views 0 comment Print

No TP Adjustment Allowed if Foreign LLC Income Was Already Taxed in India: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The ITAT held that transfer pricing adjustment was not justified where the foreign LLC’s income was already offered to tax in In...

June 8, 2026 153 Views 0 comment Print

TP Adjustment Quashed as Benefit Test Cannot Justify NIL ALP After Service Receipt Is Established

Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held that transfer pricing authorities cannot assign a NIL arm’s length price when the assessee has demonstrated ...

June 8, 2026 102 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Income Tax ALP Tolerance Range for AY 2025-26 Notified

Income Tax : Notification 157/2025 sets 1% tolerance for wholesale trading and 3% for all other cases for Arm's Length Price variation for AY 2...

November 6, 2025 5121 Views 0 comment Print

Amendment of Safe Harbour Rules for AY 2025-26 under Section 92CB

Income Tax : CBDT notifies Income Tax (Sixth Amendment) Rules, 2025, introducing safe harbour rules for assessment year 2025-26. Full details o...

March 25, 2025 4971 Views 0 comment Print

Tolerance Range for Arm’s Length Price in FY 2024-25

Income Tax : CBDT sets 1% tolerance for wholesale trading and 3% for other cases under Section 92C for FY 2024-25. No adverse effects from retr...

October 18, 2024 3357 Views 0 comment Print

Income-tax (Twenty-Ninth Amendment) Rules, 2023

Income Tax : Stay informed on the latest Income Tax Rule changes with Notification No. 104/2023 by the Ministry of Finance. Learn about amendme...

December 19, 2023 4650 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT extends applicability of Safe Harbour rules to AY 2023-24

Income Tax : Read how CBDT's Notification No. 58/2023 amends Income-tax Rules, extending Safe Harbour rules to AY 2023-24. Insights from Minist...

August 9, 2023 12819 Views 0 comment Print


History of Transfer Pricing

December 15, 2022 8427 Views 3 comments Print

The Income-tax Act was introduced in 1961 adopting the erstwhile Act of 1922 wherein the laws on taxation of MNEs became significantly important soon after the globalization of the Indian Economy. India has never become part of the OECD; however, UN Model has already adopted the OECD Model of Transfer Pricing back in the 1980s.

FCCDs are debt till it is converted into equity- ITAT allows Benchmarking by applying LIBOR plus 200 points

November 23, 2022 3972 Views 0 comment Print

Watermarke Residency Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Hyderabad) In the present case, the TPO had benchmarked the transaction after treating the FCCDs as debt. This finding of TPO was based on Terms of issuance of FCCD and balance-sheets/ financials of the assessee as well as of it’s A.E, where both had mentioned FCCD as debt. We […]

 Time barred order passed by TPO is not legally sustainable

November 15, 2022 2748 Views 0 comment Print

ECL Finance Limited Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) As per sub-section 3 to section 92CA inserted with effect from 1.6.2007 time limit for TPO to pass the order is within the period of sixty days prior to the date of completion of the order as per section 153 of the Act. Since reference under section 92CA […]

BEPS – Latest OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines – 2022

November 12, 2022 5163 Views 0 comment Print

Stay updated with the latest OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines for 2022. Learn how these guidelines tackle tax avoidance and promote transparency in international tax rules.

Information gathered by TPO using authority u/s 133(6) should be provided to assessee

November 9, 2022 2226 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that as TPO has gathered financial and functional details of the company by way of using his authority under section 133(6) of the Income Tax Act hence the same needs to provide all the gathered information to the assessee.

51 FAQs on Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) in India

November 2, 2022 10707 Views 0 comment Print

Learn about the special features of Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) in India, annual compliances, revision, cancellation, and more in this detailed guide

FAQ’s on filing of Income Tax Form 3CEB

October 28, 2022 15828 Views 0 comment Print

What is the procedure to approve Form 3CEB? Form uploaded by CA shall be available under For your action tab in Taxpayer’s Worklist. Taxpayer may either approve or reject form 3CEB.

Cost-Plus Method : A Better Way To Assess Transfer Price?

October 26, 2022 29265 Views 0 comment Print

The transfer pricing rules are meant to prevent tax leakage and market distortion that may result from the prices set for transactions among related parties. While cost-plus is one of the most commonly used methods to assign an appropriate price for a product or service, it’s not the best method to follow in all cases.

TPO cannot retain comparables in a summary fashion with no cogent reason

October 17, 2022 978 Views 0 comment Print

PCIT Vs Amway India Enterprises (Delhi High Court) In the present appeal, the learned counsel for the Appellant states that the ITAT erred in confirming the order of the CIT(A) and failed to appreciate the fact that the royalty payment is excessive and not at arm’s length on consideration of Advertisement, Marketing and Promotion (‘AMP’) […]

TP – ALP: Every Assessment Year is A Separate Unit, governed by its own peculiar facts

October 14, 2022 3039 Views 0 comment Print

Court is of the view that every Assessment Year is a separate unit which is governed by its own peculiar facts and difference of opinion between the parties, as to the appropriateness of one or the other methods to calculate arm’s length price, cannot per se be a ground for interference

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