Transfer Pricing Ruling: Turnover Filter Cannot Exclude Functionally Comparable Companies After Initial FAR Analysis.

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....TP Adjustment - comparable selection - The ITAT that the turnover filter cannot be applied as a tool for cherry picking the comparables at the later stage after completion of the search process with the object of excluding comparables which was otherwise found to be functionally comparables after the Functions Assets Risks (FAR) Analysis. - The application of the second lower turnover filter by the TPO without rejecting the first turnover filter adopted by the Appellant resulted exclusion of two companies which were otherwise functionally comparable and thus, resulted in cherry picking. - TPO directed to recompute the arm's length price (ALP) accordingly.....