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S. 115JB : Book profit-Provision for expenses-Ascertained liability-Cannot be added back. [S. 37(1)]

Barclays Shared Services (P) Ltd. v. ACIT (2021) 202 DTR 185/(2022) 216 TTJ 228 (Pune)(Trib.)

S. 115JB : Book profit-Relief for a period of 8 years-Not entitle to relief from claiming further relief after its net worth turned positive during said scheme period. [S. 115JB(2), Expln. 1 (vii), Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions, Act, 1985, S. 17(1), 18(12)]

Windsor Machines Ltd. v. Dy. CIT (2021) 199 DTR 79 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 115JB : Book profit-Fertiliser subsidy received treated as capital receipt and not chargeable to tax, it had to be excluded from computing book profit. [S. 4]

ACIT v. Shree Pushkar Chemicals & Fertilisers Ltd. (2021) 213 TTJ 273 / (2022) 192 ITD 618 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 115A : Foreign companies-Tax-Dividends-Royalty-Technical services fees-Rate of tax-Matter remanded-DTAA-India-USA. [S. 115A(b), Art. 12]

Gemological Institute International Inc. v. CIT (2021) 214 TTJ 393 / (2022) 192 ITD 83 / 211 DTR 139 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 94 : Transaction in securities-Unless interest arising and accruing from security is deemed to be income of owner who transferred the securities loss cannot be disallowed. [S. 45, 94(4)]

Cascade Holdings Pvt. Ltd. v. DCIT (2021) 61 CCH 470 / 213 TTJ 491 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 92C : Transfer pricing-Arm’s length price-Comparables-Functionally different from assessee to be excluded from list of comparables-Transactional net margin method-Foreign exchange fluctuation gains on re-statement of outstanding debtors as on balance-sheet date-Part of operating revenue-Assessee within ± 5 Per Cent. tolerance range-No transfer pricing adjustment called for. [S. 92C(2)]

Tech Mahindra Business Services Ltd. v. DCIT (2021) 91 ITR 8 (SN) (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 92C : Transfer pricing-Arm’s length price-Comparables-Functionally different from assessee to be excluded from list of comparables-Transactional net margin method-Foreign exchange fluctuation gains on re-statement of outstanding debtors as on balance-sheet date-Part of operating revenue-Assessee within ± 5 Per Cent. tolerance range-No transfer pricing adjustment called for. [S.92C(2)]

Tech Mahindra Business Services Ltd. v. DCIT (2021) 91 ITR 8 (SN) (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 92C : Transfer pricing-Arm’s length price-Selection of comparables-comparables functionally dissimilar or involved principally in on-site development to be excluded-where average margin or segmental information not available, matter remanded for recomputation.

Eaton Technologies P. Ltd. v. ACIT (2021) 91 ITR 36 (Pune)(Trib.)

S. 92C : Transfer pricing-Arm’s length price-Remittance of funds by assessee to its Associated Enterprises by way of share application money and loan-Assessee neither charging interest on its receivables nor paying any interest on its payables to its Associated Enterprises-Notional interest could not be charged on amounts due from Associated Enterprises-No adjustment warranted.

JCIT v. Reliance Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. (2021) 91 ITR 468 (Mum.) (Trib.)

S. 92C : Transfer pricing-Arm’s length price-Adjustment of working capital-Advance to suppliers-Matter remanded-Comparable-Manufacturing sales less than 75 percent of total sales-Cannot be considered as comparable for bench marking the international transaction of 100 percent manufacturing activity of the appellant company.

GL & V India (P) Ltd. v. Dy.CIT (2021) 204 DTR 317 (Pune)(Trib.)