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Michelin India (P) Ltd v. JCIT (2021)186 ITD 62 (Delhi) (Trib)

S. 92C : Transfer pricing – Arms’ length price – Availment of support services from AE had benefitted business of assessee – Thus, ALP of management fee paid to AE could not be determined at nil.

NIVEA India (P) Ltd. v. Dy. CIT (2021) 186 ITD 366 (Mum) (Trib)

S. 92C : Transfer pricing – AMP expenditures incurred for creating awareness about the product is purely business expenditures and thus, outside the purview of international transactions. Hence, no TP adjustment on account of AMP expenses are required to be made.[ S.92B]

ITO v. Sabre Travel Technologies (P) Ltd (2021) 186 ITD 164 (Bang) (Trib)

S. 92C : Transfer pricing – Arm’s length price – Working capital adjustment is to be allowed on actual without making adjustment to average working capital component of comparables . [ S.10A, 92CA ]

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. ACIT / (2020) 121 taxmann.com 190 / (2021) 186 ITD 721 (Mum)( Trib.)

S. 90: Double taxation relief – Credit for foreign taxes on income eligible for deduction u/s 10A/10AA – Allowed as per the treaties-DTAA- India -USA [ S. 10A, 10AA, 90(1)(a)(ii), 91 ]

SCAHygiene Products AB v. Dy. CIT (IT) (2021) 187 ITD 419/ 197 DTR 401 / 209 TTJ 545/ 123 taxmann.com 152/ 85 ITR 607 (Mum)(Trib)

S. 90: Double taxation relief – Most Favourable Nation clause – Applied automatically – No separate notification.- Not assessabke as fees for technical services – DTAA -India – Sweden [ S.9(1)(vii), Art , 12 (4)(a) ]

Sant Motiram Maharaj Sahakari Pat Sanstha Ltd. v. ITO (2021) 186 ITD 220 (Pune)(Trib.)

S. 80P: Deductions – Income of co-operative societies (Credit Societies) – interest earned on short term deposits eligible for deduction .[ S. 80P (2) (d)]

Thane Zilla Madhyamik Shikshak Sangh Sahakari Patpedhi Maryadit v. ACIT (2021) 187 ITD 291 / 124 Taxmann.com 75 / 197 DTR 81 / 209 TTJ 571 (Mum) (Trib)

S. 80P: Co-operative societies – Deposit only from Members – Determination based on Charter documents – Not based on mere admission – Deduction allowable.[ S.80P(2)(a)(i), 269SS, 271D]

ACIT v. El Dorado Biotech Pvt. Ltd (2020) 208 TTJ 817/ (2021) 186 ITD 661 (Ahd )(Trib)

S. 68: Unexplained cash credit-Not providing an opportunity to cross examine the witness-violation of principles of natural justice-when all the requisite documents and information is provided by the assesse onus shifts to the Revenue to cross verify the details furnish-otherwise no addition can be made [ S. 132, 147 , 148 ]

Rich Paints Ltd. v. ITO(2021) 186 ITD 425 / 210 TTJ 532/ 199 DTR 1 (Ahd)(Trib.)

S.68 : Cash credit -Share capital- Manipulated accounts by way of bogus/fictitious entries, transactions did not involve actual cash inflow, it was unrealizable for assessee to discharge onus of establishing identity and creditworthiness of parties and genuineness of transaction, addition cannot be made as cash credits – maxim is “Lex non cogitadimpossibilia” – theory of impossibility of performance applied – Addition was deleted .

Savita Bhasin (Smt.) v. ITO (2020) 84 ITR 602/ (2021) 186 ITD 195 (Delhi)( Trib.)

S. 54F : Capital gains – Investment in a residential house – Joint Ownership cannot come in way of claiming exemption [ S.45 ]