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S. 9(1)(i) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Business connection-Permanent Establishment-Fees for technical services Tax resident of China-Indian subsidiary concluding contracts on behalf of assessee-Active involvement-Income attributable is taxable in India-Royalty-Income from software embedded in hardware equipment supplied to customers in India-Does not amount to royalty-Not taxable in India-DTAA-India-China [S. 5(2), 9(1)(i), Expln 2,9(1)(vi) Art.12]
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. v. ACIT (2023)103 ITR 181 / 149 taxmann.com 77 Delhi) (Trib)
S. 271B : Penalty-Failure to get accounts audited-Business of imparting tuition classes-Income is estimated-levy of penalty is affirmed. [S.44AA, 44AB 271A, 271AB]
Rakesh Kumar Jha. v. ITO (2023) 201 ITD 565 /224 TTJ 11/ 226 DTR 97 (Ranchi) (Trib.)
S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue-Deemed to accrue or arise in India-Royalties/fees for technical services-Off-shore sales-Order is passed after detailed enquiry-Revision is quashed-DTAA-India-Singapore. [S. 9(1)(vii), 143(3) Art. 12]
Zebra Technologies Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. v. CIT (IT) (2023) 201 ITD 87 (Delhi) (Trib.)
S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue-Limited scrutiny-Purchase of residential property was entered by parties in AY 2008-09 even for consideration lower than market price, provisions of section 56(2)(vii)(b) would not be applicable as it came into existence from 1-10-2009-Revision order is quashed.[S. 56(2)(vii)(b)]
Shashi Jain. (Smt.) v. PCIT (2023) 201 ITD 33/225 TTJ 577 (Kol.)(Trib.)
S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue-Income from other sources-Expenditure claimed-Allowability of interest-Verified in the course of original assessment proceedings-Revision order is quashed.[S.36(1)(iii), 56, 57]
Asian Box Corporation. v. PCIT (2023) 201 ITD 269 (Rajkot) (Trib.)
S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue-Method of accounting-Income Computation and Disclosure Standards (ICDS)-Accrual-NBFC Governed by RBI was not required to recognize its accrued interest on NPAs as income on accrual basis, provisions of ICDS would not be applicable
Bajaj Finance Ltd. v. PCIT (2023) 201 ITD 656 (Pune)(Trib.)
S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue-Cash deposited-Demonetization period-Assessing Officer has added 20 percent of sales as unexplained cash credits-Revision order is quashed. [S. 68]
Shankarlal Thakordas Narsingani. v. PCIT (2023) 201 ITD 845 (Ahd) (Trib)
S. 253 : Appellate Tribunal-Appeals-Impleaded as corporate debtor before NCLT by financial creditor-Petition is admitted-Pending proceedings before ITAT cannot be continued-Provisions of IBC would prevail over Income-tax Act.[S. 254(1), Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, S. 4, 31, 238]
DCIT v. Sumeet Industries Ltd. (2023) 201 ITD 154 (Surat) (Trib.)
S. 253 : Appellate Tribunal-Appeals-Impleaded as corporate debtor before NCLT by financial creditor-Provisions of IBC would prevail over Income-tax Act-Appeal is not maintainable. [S. 254(1), Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, S.14, 31, 238]
Garden Silk Mills (P.) Ltd. v. DCIT (2023) 201 ITD 68 (Surat) (Trib.)