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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 1140 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 6495 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 57 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 60 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


Benchmarking of cost to cost reimbursement of expenses was not within TPO jurisdiction

October 9, 2020 2487 Views 0 comment Print

Benchmarking of cost to cost reimbursement of expenses was not within the jurisdiction of the TPO while computing the arm’s length price of the international transaction u/s 92CA of the Act.

ALP of higher AMP expenditure cannot be determined without first establishing that it is an international transaction

October 9, 2020 630 Views 0 comment Print

Approach of the learned transfer pricing officer of determining ALP of international transaction of incurring of higher AMP expenditure cannot be benchmarked either on Bright line test bases or on transactional net margin method unless first it is established that there existed an international transaction. Accordingly all the grounds of the appeal of the assessee relating to the transfer pricing adjustment are allowed.

HC refuses to Prematurely pronounce in case related to Transfer Pricing

October 6, 2020 720 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the writ petition filed against the order of DRP rather than first go for appeal before tribunal is justified in law?

Functionally comparable company cannot be excluded from Comparables for non-disclosure of RPT

October 1, 2020 891 Views 0 comment Print

EMC Software & Services India Pvt. Ltd. Vs. JCIT (ITAT Banglore) The assessee seeks inclusion of T2T2 India Ltd. The Ld. A.R. submitted that this company is functionally comparable company. The TPO/DRP has rejected the same only for the reason that the detail of Related Party Transactions (RPT) was not disclosed in the Annual Report. […]

AMP expenditure is not an international transaction

October 1, 2020 786 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Mattel Toys (India) Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai) Tribunal in assessee’s own case for the A.Yrs.2008-09 and 2009-10  vide order dated 08/07/2016 already held that AMP expenditure is not an international transaction and hence, no ALP adjustment could be made thereon. Respectfully following the aforesaid decision of this Tribunal in assessee’s own case, we […]

Companies which are functionally dissimilar cannot be taken as a comparable

September 25, 2020 1953 Views 0 comment Print

TRX Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) The assessee is contending to exclude from the list of comparables M/s. Acropetal Technologies Limited (Seg.), M/s. Accentia Technologies Limited, ICRA Online Ltd. and Jeevan Scientific Technology Limited. In similar circumstances and for the same assessment year, the jurisdictional Tribunal in the case of Aspect Technology […]

Bright line test not appropriate for benchmarking AMP expenses

September 24, 2020 2643 Views 0 comment Print

Haier Appliances India Pvt. Ltd. Vs. DCIT (ITAT Delhi) This is not disputed by the Revenue as the TPO in order dated 21.10.2011 considered Vivek Limited as appropriate comparable for benchmarking AMP expenses, applying Bright Line Test. The TPO considered Vivek Limited as comparable as it is trader/re-seller of home appliances and does not own […]

Extend timeline for filing of Return, Tax & Transfer Pricing audit

September 24, 2020 32163 Views 1 comment Print

Due date for filing of returns for all the taxpayers for A.Y. 2020-21 be extended to 31st March, 2021 and the due date for filing the tax audit report also be extended to 28th February, 2021. Consequently, the timeline for filing all the reports and certificates under the Act which fall due alongwith or in connection with the ITR filing due dates may also be extended to 31st March, 2021.

Outstanding Receivables are Part of Working Capital Hence No Separate Benchmarking Required for them

September 19, 2020 1935 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the addition made on imputing interest on outstanding receivable from associated enterprises as its separate international transaction and its determination of ALP is justified in law?

No TP adjustments for business advances given to AE where Assessee himself is ultimate beneficiary

September 19, 2020 2208 Views 0 comment Print

KEC International Ltd. Vs. DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) In this case The undisputed position that emerges are that the advances have been given by the assessee to an entity in which it held 50% share. The assessee has entered into a Joint Venture (JV) agreement with an entity namely Edison Jehamo Power (PTY) Ltd. (EJP) on […]

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