12. The financial data of Mindtree Ltd. (seg), Sasken Communication
Technologies Ltd. and Tata Elxsi (seg) are at page Nos. 23 & 24 of the
paper book, which clearly shows huge turnover as rightly pointed out by
the ld. AR. Therefore, respectfully following the decision of the Hon'ble
High Court of Madras in the case of Visual Graphics Computing Services
India Private Limited (supra), we direct the TPO to exclude the said five
companies from the final list of comparables in view of their huge
turnover.
14. We have considered the rival submissions of both the parties and have
gone through the orders of lower authorities. We find that before TPO
the assessee made specific submissions for working capital adjustment
as recoded in para 5.4.4 of his order. The TPO disregarded such
submissions by refereeing United Nations Practical Manual on Transfer
Pricing for developing Countries (UN TP Manual). The TPO has also given
his other reason for not allowing such adjustment as mentioned in para
5.4.6 to 5.2.11. The ld DRP upheld the action of TPO by relying of OECD
guideline. It was also held that the assessee the assessee has not been
able to demonstrate that working capital adjustment exists between the
comparable and the assessee and that the profit of the comparables has
been affected due to working capital difference. Considering the
mandate of Rule 10B(1)(e)(iii) coupled with the decision of Madras High
Court in CIT Vs Visual Graphics Computing Services (India) Pvt Ltd
(supra) and coordinate of bench of tribunal as recorded above, we direct
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the AO /TPO to allow working capital adjustmentwhile computing fresh
adjustment while giving effect of this order. The assessee is directed to
provide requisite details for availing the benefit of such adjustment. In
the result, this ground of appeal is allowed for statistical purpose.
8. We have heard both the sides, perused materials available on
record and gone through orders of the authorities below. It is a well
settled principle of law by various decisions of Courts and Tribunal
that upper turnover filter of Rs.200 crores has to be adopted, while
selecting the comparable set of companies, for the purpose of
benchmarking under TNMM method. Further, Dun and Bradstreet's
analysis has classified software companies into 3 categories based
on their turnover, as per which, small size firms are classified on the
basis of turnover of Rs.2,000 and upto Rs.200 crores, medium size
firms has been classified between Rs.200 to Rs.2000 crores and
large size firms has been classified based on turnover of above
Rs.2000 crores. The Hon'ble Madras High Court in the case of CIT
vs. Visual Graphics Computing Services India Pvt. Ltd., supra, held
that the Appellate Tribunal has rightly rejected comparables based
on turnover filter criteria. The Hon'ble High Court while dealing with
the issue, has considered the decision of Hon'ble Bombay High
Court in the case of CIT vs. M/s.Pentair Water India Pvt. Ltd.,
[2016] 381 ITR 216, wherein it was stated that a giant company in
the area of development of software cannot be compared with
assessee, which is having a small turnover.