Functional comparability in wholesale auto-component trading excludes retail and after-sales comparables, deleting transfer pricing adjustments

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....In wholesale trading of auto and CNG components, comparables engaged in retail and after-sales trade were found functionally dissimilar under Rule 10B(2)(d), so the disputed entities were excluded and the remaining comparable kept the margin within the acceptable range; the transfer pricing adjustments for AY 2016-17 and AY 2017-18 were deleted. For transporter payments, the claimed non-deduction of tax turned on verification of a deductee certificate that had not been examined by the lower authorities, so the disallowance issue was remanded for fresh factual verification and adjudication.....