The Appellate Tribunal partly allowed the assessee's appeal...

The Appellate Tribunal partly allowed the assessee's appeal concerning the transfer pricing adjustment on corporate guarantee fees for international transactions. The Tribunal rejected the Transfer Pricing Officer's benchmarking based on Indian bank rates since the Associated Enterprise obtained a loan from a Saudi Arabian bank. Considering the consistent approach of coordinate Benches, the Tribunal directed the Assessing Officer to restrict the arm's length price adjustment to 0.5% for the corporate guarantee fees.