Tribunal Affirms Comparables Selection in Transfer Pricing Case; Dismisses Revenue's Objections on Exclusion and Filters.

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....TP Adjustment - comparable selection - None of the comparables have been excluded on the ground of high turnover alone. The test of functional similarity applied by the Tribunal is in consonance with the legal position discussed hereinabove. No merit in the contentions urged by the Revenue on this ground. Equally meritless is the contention of the Revenue regarding the bar to challenge the comparables after the acceptance of the filters. The filters are applied to narrow down the search to find the comparables that are closest to the assessee. The use of filters has to be necessarily validated from the annual reports.....