Income-tax Act, 1961 · Chapter X: Special Provisions Relating to Avoidance of Tax
Section 92F: Definitions of certain terms relevant to computation of arm‘s length price, etc
The Income-tax Act, 1961 was repealed by the Income-tax Act, 2025 from 1 April 2026. The text is kept here because the judgments below apply it.
In section 92, 92A, 92B, 92C, 92D and 92E, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(i) —accountant‖ shall have the same meaning as in the Explanation below sub-section (2) of section 288;
(ii) —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;
(iii) —enterprise‖ means a person (including a permanent establishment of such person) who is, or has been, or is proposed to be, engaged in any activity, relating to the production, storage, supply, distribution, acquisition or control of articles or goods, or know-how, patents, copyrights, trade-marks, licences, franchises or any other business or commercial rights of similar nature, or any data, documentation, drawing or specification relating to any patent, invention, model, design, secret formula or process, of which the other enterprise is the owner or in respect of which the other
enterprise has exclusive rights, or the provision of services of any kind, [or in carrying out any work in pursuance of a contract,] or in investment, or providing loan or in the business of acquiring, holding, underwriting or dealing with shares, debentures or other securities of any other body corporate, whether such activity or business is carried on, directly or through one or more of its units or divisions or subsidiaries, or whether such unit or division or subsidiary is located at the same place where the enterprise is located or at a different place or places; [(iiia) —permanent establishment‖, referred to in clause (iii), includes a fixed place of business through which the business of the enterprise is wholly or partly carried on;] [(iv) —specified date‖ shall have the same meaning as assigned to —due date‖ in Explanation 2 below sub-section (1) of section 139;
(v) —transaction‖ includes an arrangement, understanding or action in concert,— (A) whether or not such arrangement, understanding or action is formal or in writing; or (B) whether or not such arrangement, understanding or action is intended to be enforceable by legal proceeding.]
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here. Official text on India Code.