Autodesk India Private Limited, ... vs Dcit, Bangalore on 8 June, 2018
In the case of Autodesk India P Ltd v DCIT [96
taxmann.com 263], it was held as below
"17. The first issue to be decided in Revenue's appeal is the application of
turnover filter for exclusion of companies that are otherwise found to be
functionally comparable. The Grievance of the revenue in this regard is
projected in Gr.No.2 of the Grounds of appeal raised by the revenue in its
appeal. The basic facts to be noticed with regard application of turnover filter
are that the Assessee's turnover for the relevant previous year was Rs.10.65
crores. The TPO excluded from the list of comparable companies chosen by the
Assessee in its TP study companies whose turnover was less than Rs.1 Crore.
The contention of the Assessee before the CIT(A) was that while the TPO
excluded companies with low turnover, he failed to apply the same yardstick to
exclude companies with high turnover compared to the Assessee. The reason for
IT(TP)A Nos.1858 & 2031/Bang/2024
AMD India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore
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excluding companies with low turnover was that such companies do not reflect
the industry trend as their low cost to sales ratio made their results less
reliable. The contention of the Assessee was that there would be effect on
profitability wherever there is high or low turnover and therefore companies
with high turnover should also be excluded from the list of comparable
companies.