Section 92CA confines the Transfer Pricing Officer's role to...

Section 92CA confines the Transfer Pricing Officer's role to computing the arm's length price of a specific international transaction referred by the Assessing Officer. It does not authorise determination of a permanent establishment under the India-Singapore DTAA, taxability of profits, or attribution of business profits. A transfer-pricing reference must identify the relevant international transaction and cannot replace the Assessing Officer's independent examination required by remand directions. An assessment based solely on Transfer Pricing Officer findings on permanent establishment and profit taxability lacks a valid jurisdictional basis.