Year: 2018

Archive for 2018


Dy. CIT v. Tetra Pak India (P) Ltd. (2018) 191 TTJ 48 (UO)( (Pune) Trib.)

S. 92C : Transfer pricing – Arms’ length price – operating profit – liabilities and doubtful debt written back as well as design income and services income form part of operating profit for computing operation profit while calculating OP/OC ratio.

Dy. CIT v. Vodafone Essar Digilink Ltd. (2018) 193 TTJ 150 / 64 ITR 392/ 170 ITD 430/ 166 DTR 233 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 92C : Transfer pricing – Arm’s length price –Jurisdiction of TPO and AO – Held, TPO required to simply determined to the ALP irrespective of the benefits accruing to the assessee – Held, TPO cannot determine the ALP at Nil on the ground that no benefit accrued to the assessee -Held, AO to decide on deductibility of expense u/s 37(1) – Matter set aside. [ S.37(1)]

CIT(IT) v. Dominos Pizza International Franchising Inc. (2018) 171 ITD 321/ 193 TTJ 963/ 166 DTR 201 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 90 : Double taxation relief – Permanent Establishment – Assessee, a US company entered into a master franchise agreement with an Indian company for franchise of Dominos Pizza Stores – It provided certain store/consulting services to the Indian Company – Indian company paid store opening fees – assessee was entitled to charge 3 per cent of sales of store of Indian Company and further 3 per cent on sale of their sub-franchise store –Held, profit/loss from the business of Indian company and sub-franchisee belong to them – Held, none of the conditions or clauses of Permanent Establishment ,Article 5 were attracted and therefore, the Indian company did not constitute PE of the assessee in India-DTAA-India- USA.[Art.5 ]

Electrocast Sales India Ltd. v. Dy. CIT (2018) 64 ITR 14 (Kol.)(Trib.)

S. 79 : Carry forward and set off losses – Change in share holdings – Companies which public are not substantial interested – Amalgamation – Scheme of amalgamation approved by the High Court – Held, such scheme approved in public interest and cannot be disturbed by the Department merely because assessee was not eligible for the same u/s 72A – Held, doctrine of acquiescence and estoppel applicable – Held, capital loss and business loss of amalgamating companies available to the amalgamated company [S. 72A]

Electrocast Sales India Ltd. v. Dy. CIT (2018) 64 ITR 14 (Kol.)(Trib.)

S. 74 : Losses – Capital loss– shares sold at meagre value – sale price disbelieved by AO and accordingly, capital loss disallowed – Held, AO did not point out any discrepancy in the sale consideration – Held, AO did not conduct any enquiry in the hands of the purchaser – Held, loss cannot be disallowed.

Edel Commodities Ltd. v. Dy. CIT (2018) 194 TTJ 86 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 72 : Carry forward and set off of business losses – losses from non-speculation business can be set off against profit from speculation business . [S. 73]

Dy. CIT v. Torque Holdings LLP (2018) 66 ITR 63 (SN) (Ahd.)(Trib.)

S. 68 : Cash credits – Unsecured loans – Assessee furnished confirmation of account, copies of bank statement, acknowledgment of returns and financial statements of the creditors – Held no addition can be made.

Dy. CIT v. Subramanian (A. M.) (2018) 63 ITR 24 (SN.) (Chennai) (Trib.)

S. 54F : Capital gains – Investment in a residential house – Exemption cannot be denied on the ground that residential building was used for business purpose [ S.54 ]

Eastman Industries Ltd. v. ACIT (2018) 63 ITR 181 (Delhi) (Trib.)

S. 45 : Capital gains – business income – Trading in shares – Held, in earlier years the same was assessed as capital gains in scrutiny assessments – Held, period of holding and receipt of dividend were not decisive factors – Held, to be assessed as capital gains. [S.28(i)]

Dy. DIT (IT) v. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, UFG Ltd. (2018) 61 ITR 272 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 44C : Non-residents – Head office expenditure – salary paid to expatriates who were stationed in India working exclusively for the business operations of the Indian PE of the assessee – Held allowance and that provision of S.44C is not applicable.