Auditor's certificate can't be a substitute for TP study to benchmark international transaction

IT/ILT : Auditor's certificate spelling out Head Office 'HO' overheads as a percentage of revenues of Indian Entity cannot be accepted as the basis for determining whether reimbursement for head office expenses received from overseas JV under agreement is on arm's length basis. The same will have to be benchmarked to an external comparable for determining Arm's Length Price. Auditor's certificate cant be substitute for Transfer Pricing study (TP Study) even though such certificate as basis for