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S.115JB: Book profits —Additional revenue in its books — Assessing Officer cannot tinker with book profit.

Dy. CIT v .Yahoo Software Development P. Ltd. (2020) 80 ITR 528 ( Bang) (Trib)

S.92C: Transfer Pricing—Comparables- A company is engaged in BPO services cannot be rejected as a comparable merely by stating that it is in the health care segment and is functionally dissimilar -Matter remanded .

Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services (India) P. Ltd. v ACIT ( 2020) 81 ITR 73 (SN) ( (Delhi) (Trib

S.92C: Transfer pricing -Arm’s length price — Exchange rate fluctuations —Taken part of operating margin [ S.92CA ]

Vitech Systems Asia Pvt. Ltd. v. ITO (2020) 81 ITR 58 (SN) (Hyd) (Trib)

S. 80IC : Special category States – Scrap – Sale of scrap is part of business income – Eligible for deduction .

Isolloyd Engineering Technologies Ltd v DCIT ( 2020) BCAJ- October -P. 37 ( Delhi ) (Trib)

S. 69C: Unexplained expenditure – Bogus purchases — source of purchase not outside books of account and corresponding sales not disputed — Books of account not rejected – Only profit element can be added – Reassessment is held to be valid [ S.37 , 143(3) 147 , 148 ]

Belmarks Metal Works v. ITO (2020) 80 ITR 699 ( Delhi) (Trib)

S. 69 :Unexplained investments – Search and seizure – Construction activities – Retraction of statement – Addition is held to be not valid[ [S.69A 132(4) ]

Satya Narayan Choudhary v. A CIT (2020) 80 ITR 95( Jodh) (Trib)

S.68: Cash credits —Long-term capital gains – Sale of shares —Penny stock – Purchases in physical form – Dematerialised subsequently — Addition is held to be justified [ S.10 (38) 45 ]

Bhagwatiben Vinodkumar Surani v .ITO (2020) 80 ITR 341) (Ahd) (Trib)

S.68: Cash credits – Family settlement – Source of receipt accepted —Addition is held to be not justified .

G. Ashok Reddy v .ITO (2020) 80 ITR 550 ( Hyd) (Trib)

S.54F : Capital gains- Investment in a residential house -Purchased within two years from the date of transfer of original asset —Entitled to exemption [ S. 45 ]

Rajiv Madhok v. ACIT (2020)80 ITR 427 184 ITD 378 ( Delhi) (Trib)

S.54F : Capital gains- Investment in a residential house – Failure to deposit unutilised portion of consideration in capital gains scheme — Procedural requirement — Benefit cannot be denied [ S.45 , 54(2)]

Kasi Viswanathan Ramanathan v. ITO (2020) 80 ITR 461 ( Chennai )(Trib)