Bausch & Lomb Eye Care (India) Pvt. Ltd. v. Additional CIT

381 ITR 227High Court2016#813 most cited

What is Bausch & Lomb Eye Care (India) Pvt. Ltd. v. Additional CIT authority for?

The existence of an international transaction must be established before its arm's length price can be determined. An alleged 'excessive' AMP expenditure cannot unilaterally expand the scope of an international transaction if its existence is contested.

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Bausch & Lomb Eye Care (India) Pvt. Ltd. v. Additional CIT · Section 92B · Section 92C · Section 92F · international transaction · AMP expenditure · arm's length price · TNMM intensity approach · bright line test

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Asst CIT 15(1)(2), Mumbai vs. Brother International (India) P.Ltd, Mumbai

In the result, the appeal filed by the assessee is partly allowed

ITA 4750/MUM/2017[2010-11]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai13 Jan 2020AY 2010-11

Bench: Shri Vikas Awasthy () & Shri N.K. Pradhan () Assessment Year: 2010-11 Acit-15(1)(2), M/S Brother International Room No. 483A, 4Th Floor, Vs. (India) Pvt. Ltd., Aayakar Bhavan, M.K. Road, 703/704, Powai Plaza, Mumbai-400020. Hiranandani Business Park, Powai, Mumbai-400076. Pan No. Aadcb0263E Appellant Respondent Assessment Year: 2010-11 M/S Brother International The Assistant (India) Pvt. Ltd., Vs. Commissioner Of Income Unit No. 408, 4Th Floor, B- Tax, 15(1)(2), [Earlier The Wing, 215 Atrium, Andheri Income Tax Officer- Kurla Road, Andheri (East), 10(3)(1)], Room No. 483A, Mumbai-400059. 4Th Floor, Aayakar Bhavan, M.K. Road, Mumbai- 400020. Pan No. Aadcb0263E Appellant Respondent

For Appellant: Mr. Ketan Ved, Mr. Pawan SharmaFor Respondent: Mr. Ashish Heliwal, DR
Section 143(3)Section 92C(3)

…with an ascertainable price, neither substantive nor machinery provision of Chapter X were applicable to the transfer pricing adjustment exercise”. In Bausch & Lomb Eyecare (India) Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. v. Additional Commissioner of Income Tax & Ors. (2015) [2016] 381 ITR 227 (Delhi), the Hon’ble Delhi High Court again held that “where existence of an international transaction involving AMP expense with an ascertainable price is unable to be M/s Brother International (India) Pvt. Ltd. invoked to undertake a TP adjustment exercise. In Commissioner of Income Tax v. Whirpool of India Limited (2015) [2016] 381 ITR 154 (De…