Vodafone transfer pricing: Court adjourns hearing till 5 Oct

The Bombay high court will now deliver ruling on the `8,500 crore transfer pricing case on the same day

Khushboo Narayan
Updated24 Sep 2012, 12:52 PM IST
The income-tax department&#8217;s draft transfer pricing order, issued in December, related to a transaction on Vodafone&#8217;s call centre business. Photo: Aditi Mukherjee/Mint<br />
The income-tax department&#8217;s draft transfer pricing order, issued in December, related to a transaction on Vodafone&#8217;s call centre business. Photo: Aditi Mukherjee/Mint(Aditi Mukherjee/Mint)

Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Monday adjourned the hearing of the 8,500 crore transfer pricing case involving Vodafone India Services Pvt. Ltd and the Union government to 5 October, when the court will deliver it’s ruling.

add_main_imageThe dispute resolution panel (DRP), which hears appeals in transfer pricing cases, is simultaneously hearing Vodafone’s appeal against the quantum of tax liability. DRP will pass an order by 30 September but has been directed by the high court to keep it in abeyance until the matter is decided by the court.

In February, through a writ petition, Vodafone challenged the jurisdiction of the tax department in issuing a draft transfer pricing order that sought to add 8,500 crore to the taxable income of Vodafone.NextMAds

The income-tax department’s draft transfer pricing order, issued in December, related to a transaction on Vodafone’s call centre business.

Transfer pricing refers to the practice of arm’s length pricing for transactions between group companies to ensure that a fair price—one that would have been charged to an unrelated party—is charged.

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First Published:24 Sep 2012, 12:39 PM IST
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