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2018 (5) TMI 1266 - HC - Income TaxValidity of reference made by AO to the TPO of the petitioner's specified domestic transactions - safe harbour rule application - Held that:- In the present case, admittedly, after the petitioner exercised option for application of safe harbour rules in accordance with the provisions of rule 10THC the Assessing Officer passed no order under subrule( 4) of rule 10THD declaring that the exercising of option was invalid. In terms of subrule( 7) and subrule( 8) of the said rule, therefore, the option exercised by the assessee would be treated as valid. Once this conclusion is reached, it follows as a natural and necessary corollary that the Transfer Pricing regime would not apply. That being the case, the Assessing Officer had no authority to make any reference to the TPO to ascertain the arm's length price of the petitioner's specified domestic transactions. Reference itself was therefore, invalid. CBDT's circular dated 10.3.2006 could not have and does not lay down anything to the contrary. - Petition is allowed. Reference made by the Assessing Officer to the TPO in the present case is quashed
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