Category: Income-Tax Act

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ACIT v. Soul Space Projects Ltd. (2020) 82 ITR 399 / 183 ITD 281 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 142(2A) : Inquiry before assessment-Special audit-Extension of time given by Commissioner instead the Assessing Officer in getting books of account audited-Assessment completed after due date was void ab initio.

ACIT v. Padma Logistics & Khanij (P.) Ltd. (2020) 81 ITR 61 / 183 ITD 891 /208 TTJ 67 (Kol.)(Trib.)

S. 139 : Return of income-Intimation-Demerger-Revised return can be filed even after issue of intimation. [S. 2(19AA), 72(4A), 139(5), 143(1)]

DCIT v. Sahara India Financial Corporation Ltd. (2020) 183 ITD 266 / 194 DTR 153 / 297 TTJ 555 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 120 : Jurisdiction of income-tax authorities-Power to transfer cases-Commissioner-Lucknow transferred different cases to Central Circle, Lucknow-Jurisdiction of TDS matters was not transferred-Order passed by Assistant Commissioner, Central Circle, Lucknow in case of assessee under section 201 was without jurisdiction. [S. 127, 201]

Gujarat State Energy Generation Ltd. v. ACIT (2020) 183 ITD 590 (Ahd.)(Trib.)

S. 115JB : Book profit-Disallowance made under section 14A cannot be subject matter of disallowances while determining book profit. [S. 14A, R.8D]

Sabre Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. v. DCIT (2020) 183 ITD 832 (Mum.) (Trib.)

S. 92C : Transfer pricing-Arm’s length price-Notional interest on interest free loan-Rate of LIBOR plus 2 per cent is held to be justified.

Topcon Sokkia India (P.) Ltd. v. DCIT(2020) 183 ITD 876 (Delhi) (Trib.)

S. 92C : Transfer pricing-Arm’s length price-Re sale without any further value addition-Resale Price Method (RPM) is most appropriate method for determining ALP of said international transactions.

Voltas Ltd. v. ACIT (2020) 183 ITD 857 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 92C : Transfer pricing-Arm’s length price-Advance for allotment of shares-Notional interest-No addition could be made.

Xoriant Solutions (P.) Ltd. v. ITO (2020] 183 ITD 180 (Mum.) (Trib.)

S. 92C : Transfer pricing-Arm’s length price-Comparable-Software development-Software education- Computer related activities like maintenance of website for its clients and creation of multimedia presentation-Product companies-Functionally not comparable-High turnover filter-Directed to be excluded.

PepsiCo India Holdings (P.) Ltd. v. DCIT (2020) 183 ITD 196 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 92C : Transfer pricing-Arm’s length price-AMP expenses-AE has not carried out any function in India-No international transaction in form of any agreement or arrangement on AMP expenditure incurred by assessee-Addition is held to be not justified. [S.92B]

MSD Pharmaceuticals (P.) Ltd. v. DCIT (2020) 183 ITD 80 (Delhi) (Trib.)

S. 92C : Transfer pricing-Arm’s length price-Purchase product from AE and reseing to unrelated party-Resale price method (RPM) method was to be applied for benchmarking international transaction undertaken by assessee-Subvention payments by AE to reimburse part of operating expenses, said subvention amount received by assessee was operating in nature and was to be included as operating income-Promotion of Drug-Reimbursement of expenses-No transaction or international transaction could be said to be involved between assessee and its AE. [S.92B]