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DATE: October 14, 2014 (Date of pronouncement)
DATE: October 15, 2014 (Date of publication)
AY: 2005-06 & 2006-07
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Expenditure by way of royalty for use of technology cannot be disallowed on the ground of being capital in nature or for non-business purpose

The arrangement between the assessee and the Australian company has been duly signed by both the parties. The rate per piece has also been specified therein. The royalty has been paid in actual. MACNAUGHT is not a related concern of …

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DATE: October 13, 2014 (Date of pronouncement)
DATE: October 14, 2014 (Date of publication)
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Advertisement expenditure incurred by agent to popularize the business of the channel run by the foreign principal is allowable as there is a direct business between the expenditure and the assessee's business as agent. The fact that the foreign principals also benefited does not entail right to deny deduction under section 37(1)

The main grounds on which the revenue has questioned the order of the tribunal are (a) non disclosure in form 3CEB of the fact that the principal is also a beneficiary of the advertising expenses; (b) that the advertising and …

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DATE: October 13, 2014 (Date of pronouncement)
DATE: October 14, 2014 (Date of publication)
AY: 2009-10
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TPO cannot question commercial expediency of payment to AE. RBI approval to a transaction implies it is at arms' length price

We are of the opinion that the TPO was incorrect in going into the business expediency of payment of royalty and arriving at the conclusion of the quantum of the royalty. We find support for this proposition in the decision …

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DATE: August 13, 2014 (Date of pronouncement)
DATE: October 12, 2014 (Date of publication)
AY: 2003-04
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S. 80HHC: Deemed credit under the CENVAT Incentive Scheme is part of the business profits eligible for deduction u/s 80HHC

We agree with the submission of Ms Vissanjee that the said CENVAT incentive being the refund of tax and duty paid on inputs consumed for goods manufactured and exported would automatically reduce the cost of manufacture of the exported goods, …

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DATE: September 30, 2014 (Date of pronouncement)
DATE: October 12, 2014 (Date of publication)
AY: 2004-05
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S. 115JB: Cost of use of land amortized in books cannot be added back for computing book profits

This is a land taken for use from the State government without transferring the title for relief and rehabilitation for land evacuees because of submerges and where construction of such alternative facility is a condition for setting up a project. …

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DATE: October 8, 2014 (Date of pronouncement)
DATE: October 12, 2014 (Date of publication)
AY: 2005-06
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Even if s. 50C addition can be made on the basis of stamp duty valuation, addition u/s 69B cannot be made barely on the basis of DVO's report

At the outset, we have to demarcate the territory of the case, i.e. application of section 50C and addition to be made u/s 69C. We find that both the sections operate independently i.e. to say that section 50C shall bet …

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DATE: October 10, 2014 (Date of pronouncement)
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Neither the capital receipts received by the Petitioner on issue of equity shares to its holding company, a non-resident entity, nor the alleged short-fall between the so called fair market price of its equity shares and the issue price of the equity shares can be considered as income within the meaning of the expression as defined under the Act.

The assessee, an Indian company, issued equity shares at the premium of Rs.8591 per share aggregating Rs.246.38 crores to its holding company. Though the transaction was reported as an “international transaction” in Form 3 CEB, the assessee claimed that the …

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DATE: October 10, 2014 (Date of pronouncement)
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Senior officers of the department summoned and strictures passed for ‘Irresponsible conduct’ of filing an appeal on a point which is admittedly covered against the department by a judgement of the Supreme Court

The department conceded before the Tribunal that the issue in the appeal was covered in favour of the assessee by the judgement of the Supreme Court in CIT v/s Tulsyan NEC Ltd 330 ITR 226 (SC). However, despite this, the …

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DATE: August 8, 2014 (Date of pronouncement)
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Income by way of fees for technical services payable by a person who is a resident, would be income deemed to accrue or arise in India

Section 9(1) of the Act provides which incomes shall be deemed to accrue or arise in India. Sub-clause (vii)(b) of section 9(1) of the Act, as applicable to the facts of the present case, inter alia provides that income by …

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DATE: July 31, 2014 (Date of pronouncement)
DATE: October 10, 2014 (Date of publication)
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The key word in Explanation is “work”. There could be a scenario where in the given set of facts and circumstances it could be validly contended that a hotel was a place of the work of the employees of the Assessee Company

Whether expenses incurred in a hotel would fall within “or other place of their work” appearing in Explanation 2 to Section 37(2A) of the Act, would entirely depend on the facts of each case. There cannot be any generalization in …

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