MSC Software Corporation India (P.) Ltd. v. ACIT
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What is MSC Software Corporation India (P.) Ltd. v. ACIT authority for?
A company engaged in software development services is functionally not comparable to a 'product company' that provides software services and also sells software, especially when segmental details for the software development company are unavailable. Such a product company should therefore be excluded from the list of comparable companies in transfer pricing analysis.
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MSC Software Corporation India Pvt Ltd v ACIT · transfer pricing · comparable uncontrolled transaction · functionally not comparable · product company · software services · software development services · exclusion of comparables · segmental details