AMP expenditure characterisation blocks transfer-pricing adjustment where no international transaction exists, sustaining deletion of the adjustment.

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....Advertisement, marketing and promotion (AMP) expenditure did not constitute an international transaction for transfer-pricing purposes, consistent with earlier orders concerning the assessee. Because an arm's length price adjustment presupposes an international transaction, no adjustment could be made for that expenditure. The deletion of the AMP adjustment was sustained, the Revenue's appeals were dismissed, and the assessee's cross-objections became infructuous.....