Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) issued notification no. 157/2025 dated 06.11.2025 regarding Arm’s length price.
The Central Government hereby notifies that where the variation between the arm’s length price determined under section 92C of the said Act and the price at which the international transaction or specified domestic transaction has actually been undertaken does not exceed, (i) one per cent. of the latter in respect of wholesale trading; and (ii) three per cent. of the latter in all other cases — the price at which the international transaction or specified domestic transaction has actually been undertaken shall be deemed to be the arm’s length price for the assessment year 2025-2026.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this notification, “wholesale trading” means an international transaction
or specified domestic transaction of trading in goods, which fulfils the following conditions, namely:-
a. purchase cost of finished goods is eighty per cent. or more of the total cost pertaining to such
trading activities; and
b. average monthly closing inventory of such goods is ten per cent. or less of sales pertaining to such trading activities
[No.157/2025/F. No. 500/1/2014-APA-II]
KARTHIK CHEBOLI, Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax (OSD)(APA-I)FT&TR -I, CBDT
Explanatory Memorandum
The notification provides for tolerance range of one per cent. for wholesale trading and three per
cent. in all other cases for the assessment year 2025-2026. It is certified that none will be adversely affected by the retrospective effect being given to the notification.
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