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S. 92C : Transfer pricing-Arm’s length price-Turnover-Companies having higher turnover can be held to be comparable Risk management-TPO was to be directed to re-compute risk adjustment in accordance with law-A company rendering software development services and licensing and earning royalty of software products cannot be held to be comparable in absence of segmental details-A company engaged in diverse field of activities of software development could not be regarded as functionally comparable with assessee-A company had undergone acquisition which was an extraordinary event that would impact profits for year under consideration, this company could not be considered as comparable-Comparable companies available in public domain was insufficient assessee cannot be required to produce the evidence, the revenue can compel production of required details from comparable companies by issuing notice under section 133(6) of the Act. [S. 133(6)]
Marlabs Innovations (P.) Ltd. v. ACIT (2020) 184 ITD 289 (Bang.)(Trib.)
S. 92C : Transfer pricing-Arm’s length price-Guarantee commission was to be charged at rate of 0.50 per cent in respect of corporate guarantee-Interest-Commercial expediency of loan is wholly irrelevant in ascertaining ALP of interest on said loan advanced to AE.
Laqshya Media Ltd. v. DCIT (2020) 184 ITD 143 (Mum.)(Trib.)
S. 92C : Transfer pricing-Arm’s length price-Comparison-Data should be of same financial year-Delay of 47 days in filing appeal by the revenue was condoned. [S. 253]
Firemenich Aromatics (I) (P) Ltd. v. ACIT (2020) 184 ITD 43 (Mum.)(Trib.)
S. 92B : Transfer pricing-Corporate guarantee-No material to prove cost in providing corporate guarantee-Addition is held to be not valid-Finance Act, 2012, amendment is prospective. [S. 92C]
ACIT v. Spentex Industries Ltd. (2020) 184 ITD 695 (Delhi)(Trib.)
S. 92A : Transfer pricing-Associated enterprises-Advance of loan-None of said two entities had individually advanced loan of more than 51 per cent of book value of total assets of assessee-Entities could not be deemed as AEs of assessee. [S. 92A(2)(c), 92C]
Soveresign Safeship Management (P.) Ltd. v. ITO (2020) 184 ITD 806 / 195 DTR 337 / 208 TTJ 754 (Mum.)(Trib.)
S. 80P : Co-operative societies-Source of investment by co-operative society-Revenue is not required to look to nature of investment whether it is from surplus funds or otherwise. [S. 80P(2)]
Mantola Co-operative Thrift & Credit Society Ltd. v. ITO (2020) 184 ITD 136 (Delhi)(Trib.)
S. 80IC : Special category States-Deduction could not be restricted proportionately to split/broken period when undertaking undertook substantial expansion and it was eligible on basis of annual profit.
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. v. ACIT (2020) 184 ITD 621 (Mum.)(Trib.)
S. 80IB : Industrial undertakings-Addition made towards suppressed production-Entitle to deduction. [Form 10CCB]
Medley Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. DCIT (2020) 184 ITD 8 / 207 TTJ 143 (Mum.)(Trib.)
S. 80IA : Industrial undertakings-Infrastructure development-Wind Mill-loss prior to initial assessment year which had already been set off, could not be brought forward and adjusted against profits of eligible business. [S. 80IA(5)]
Zaveri & Co. (P.) Ltd. v. DCIT (2020) 184 ITD 777 (Ahd.)(Trib.)
S. 69C : Unexplained expenditure-Business counselling charges-Payment to bogus companies-Reassessment is held to be justified-Disallowance is held to be justified. [S.143(1), 147, 148]
Jaee Vishwas Joshi v. ACIT (2020) 184 ITD 112 / 2021) 211 TTJ 311 (Mum.)(Trib.)