Transfer Pricing Case: Notional Interest on Short-Term Advances Classified as Loans; LIBOR-Based Adjustment Justified by ITAT.

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....TP adjustment - notional interest - short term advances made by the assessee to its associated enterprises - The assessee being unable to establish with evidence the parity of facts as noted by the ITAT in the said case, of the advance being in the nature of quasi capital given to safeguards the business interest of the assessee, the said decision is of no assistance to the assessee. The advances therefore we hold are in the nature of loans and since no interest has been charged by the assessee on the same, the transfer pricing adjustment made by charging interest applying LIBOR is, we hold, justified. - AT....