Category: Income-Tax Act

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Prasanth Nandanuru v. ITO (IT)(2023) 200 ITD 596/ 225 TTJ 110//(2024)113 ITR 585 (Hyd)(Trib)

S. 9(1)(ii) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India – Salaries-
Short term assignment – Service rendered USA-Salaries received in India-Not taxable in India-DTAA-India-USA [S. 5(2)(a) 5(2)(b), 90 Art. 16]

Adobe Systems Software Ireland Ltd v. ACIT (IT) (Delhi) 201 ITD 77(Delhi)(Trib)

S. 9(1)(i) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Business connection-licensing of software in India through distributors to end users-Transaction between the assessee and its Indian PE was at arm’s length therefore, no further attribution of profit could be made to dependent agent PE in India.[S. 92C]

AB Sciex Pte Ltd v. ACIT (Delhi)(Trib) (UR)

S. 9(1)(i) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Business connection-Sales transaction on principal-to-principal basis for resale-transaction between parties was accepted to be at arm’s length by TPO-attribution of profit to PE in India could not be sustained – DTAA-India – Singapore.[Art. 5(8), 5(9)]

Vetco Gray Pte. Ltd. v DCIT (2023) 200 ITD 277/(2024) 109 ITR 521 (Delhi)(Trib)

S. 9(1)(i) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Business connection-DRP cannot invoke provisions of section 44BB without any good and sufficient reason while departing from methodology adopted by revenue in respect of attribution of profit to PE on receipts from offshore supply of equipment in past assessment years-DTAA-India – Singapore .[S.44BB, Art,6,7]

ACIT v. Gravita Metal Inc. [2023] 105 ITR 10(SN) (Amritsar) (Trib)

S. 5 : Scope of total income-Passing of entries in books of account not conclusive to determine income-Entries in books representing notional income – Notional income is not taxable.[S. 145]

ACIT v. Inox Leisure Ltd. [2023] 105 ITR 3 (SN) (Ahd) (Trib)

S. 4 : Charge of income-tax-Capital or revenue receipt-Entertainment tax subsidy is capital receipt not exigible to tax. [S. 28(i)]

Dy. CIT v. Grasim Industries Ltd. (2023) 201 ITD 641 (Mum)(Trib.)

S. 4 : Charge of income-tax-Subsidy-Technology up gradation fund scheme-Capital in nature though net off against the interest expenditure in the books of account is still capital in nature and therefore not taxable. [S. 28(i)]

Manali Petrochemical Ltd. v. Dy. CIT (2023) 201 ITD 317 (Chennai)(Trib.)

S. 2(24)(xviii) : Income-Assistance in the form of a subsidy or grant or cash incentive or duty drawback or waiver or concession or reimbursement-Subsidy was given to setting up a new biomass co-generation system or to promote existing systems and its benefits – Capital subsidy – Directed to reduce from cost of asst acquired out of said subsidy and allow depreciation.[S. 4, 32, 43 (1)

Hanuman Plantations Ltd. v. ITO (2023) 104 ITR 78 (Kol.)(Trib)

S. 2(24)(x) : Income-Any sum received by assessee from his employees-Addition to be made prior to apportionment of 60% as agricultural income and 40% as business income. AO directed to recompute disallowance and only 40% amount to be added to business income. [S. 36(1)(va), 43B, R. 8]

Precot Ltd. v. ACIT (2023) 201 ITD 350 / 103 ITR 82 (SN) (Chennai)(Trib)

S. 2(14)(iii) : Capital asset-agricultural land-land situated within the jurisdiction of municipality limit-Chargeable to capital gain tax. [S. 2(14)(iii)(a), 2(14)(iii)(b), 45]