Section 166 of Income Tax Act, 2025 : Reference to Transfer Pricing Officer.

1) Where,—(a) the assessee has entered into an international transaction or specified domestic transaction in any tax year; and(b) the Assessing Officer considers it necessary or expedient so to do, he may refer the determination of the arm’s length price in relation to such transaction to the Transfer Pricing Officer, with the previous approval of […]

Section 167 of Income Tax Act, 2025 : Power of Board to make safe harbour rules.

(1) The determination of—(a) income referred to in section 9(2); or(b) arm’s length price under section 165 or 166, shall be subject to safe harbour rules.(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the Board may make rules for safe harbour.(3) In this section, “safe harbour” means circumstances in which the incometax authorities shall accept,–– (a) the

Section 168 of Income Tax Act, 2025 : Advance pricing agreement.

(1) The Board, with the approval of the Central Government, may enter into an advance pricing agreement with any person, determining the—(a) arm’s length price or specifying the manner in which the arm’s length price is to be determined, in relation to an international transaction to be entered into by that person;(b) income referred to

Section 169 of Income Tax Act, 2025 : Effect to advance pricing agreement.

(1) If a return of income for any tax year covered by an advance pricing agreement has been furnished by any person, before the date of entering into the said agreement, he shall, irrespective of anything to the contrary contained in section 263, furnish a modified return, in accordance with and limited to the agreement,

Section 170 of Income Tax Act, 2025 : Secondary adjustment in certain cases.

(1) An assessee shall make a secondary adjustment in every case where primary adjustment of one crore rupees or more to transfer price—(a) has been made on his own in his return of income;(b) made by the Assessing Officer has been accepted by him;(c) is determined by an advance pricing agreement entered into by him

Section 171 of Income Tax Act, 2025 : Maintenance, keeping and furnishing of information and document by certain persons.

(1) Every person,––(a) who has entered into an international transaction or specified domestic transaction; or(b) is a constituent entity of an international group, shall keep and maintain such information and document in respect thereof and forsuch period and in such manner, as prescribed.(2) The Assessing Officer or the Commissioner (Appeals) may, during any proceeding under

Section 172 of Income Tax Act, 2025 : Report from an accountant to be furnished by persons entering into international transaction or specified domestic transaction.

Every person who has entered into an international transaction or specified domestic transaction during a tax year shall obtain a report from an accountant and furnish such report on or before the specified date in the prescribed form duly signed and verified in the manner as prescribed by such accountant and setting forth such particulars

Section 173 of Income Tax Act, 2025 : Definitions of certain terms relevant to determination of arm’s length price, etc.

In this section and sections 161, 162, 163, 165, 171 and 172, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) “arm’s length price” means a price which is applied or proposed to be applied in a transaction between persons other than associated enterprises, in uncontrolled conditions;(b) “enterprise” means a person (including a permanent establishment of such person) who