Telecom transfer pricing disputes favour uncontrolled comparables, contemporaneous ECB benchmarks and deductibility of operating charges.

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....Controlled transactions cannot be used as CUP comparables for brand royalty, so that adjustment was deleted. ECB interest benchmarking accepted RBI approval as a relevant contemporaneous benchmark and deleted the adjustment. AMP expenditure was not treated as an international transaction without tangible evidence of an arrangement. Depreciation on 3G spectrum rights, DoT subscriber verification payments, prepaid distributor discount and IBM hardware lease rentals were allowed, while liabilities written back were sustained and asset restoration cost was allowed as revenue expenditure. Annual licence fee remained capital in nature with only recomputation of amortisation under the telecom licence regime, and WPC royalty charges were also allowed.....