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S. 9(1)(vii) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Fees for technical services-Subscription fee-From members Non-commercial objectives, professional practices, and articles did not reflect any element of commerciality, subscription fee would not be in nature of FTS-Also exempt on principle of mutuality-DTAA-India-Switzerland.[S.4, 260A, Art. 6.2(a), 6(2)(b), 7.5, 12]

CIT (IT) v. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu(2023) 335 CTR 271/ (2024) 296 Taxman 104 (Delhi)(HC)

S. 9(1)(vi) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Royalty-Income of supply of CAS and middleware products by the Switzerland company to Indian customers-Does not fall within the ambit of ‘royalty’ as defined in section 9(1)(vi) as well as DTAA-Not liable to deduct tax at source-DTAA-India-Switzerland [S.195, 260A, Art. 12(3) [

CIT (IT) v. Nagravision S. A. (2023) 157 taxmann.com 457/ (2024) 461 ITR 143 (Delhi)(HC) Editorial : SLP of Revenue is dismissed, CIT (IT) v. Nagravision S. A (2024) 297 Taxman 65/ 461 ITR 146 (SC)

S. 9(1)(i): Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Business connection-Business profits-Disallowed engineering fees on the ground that time log sheets were not filed, debit notes furnished provided sufficient information as to nature of duties and number of hours spent-Order of Tribunal deleting the disallowance is affirmed-Article 7 of OECD Model Convention. [S. 260A]

CIT (IT) v. Cobra Instalaciones Y Servicios S.A. (2024) 296 Taxman 287 (Delhi)(HC)

S. 9(1)(i): Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Business connection-Business profits-Composite contract-Service rendered and payment received outside India-Income earned on account of offshore supplies was not taxable-DTAA-India-South Korea.[S. 234B,260A, Art. 7]

CIT (IT) v. Iljin Electric Co. Ltd (2024) 296 Taxman 516 (Bom)(HC)

S. 2(22)(e): Deemed dividend-Capital contribution by companies in which assessee Firm’s partners were shareholders-Commercial Transaction-Not loans and advances-Not assessable as deemed dividend. [S. 260A]

PCIT v. Wig Investment (2024) 461 ITR 117 / 158 taxmann.com 379 (Delhi HC)

S. 80IB(10) : Housing projects-Built up area less than 1000 sq.ft-Deduction claimed on basis of approved plans of BMC, occupancy certificate issued by BMC-High Court affirmed the order of Tribunal-SLP of Revenue is dismissed. [Art. 136]

PCIT v. Vardhan Builders (2023) 155 taxmann.com 391/ (2024) 296 Taxman 1 (SC) Editorial : PCIT v. Vardhan Builders (2023) 291 Taxman 45/ 456 ITR 310(Bom)(HC)

S. 68 : Cash credits-Opportunity to cross examination was not given-Produced affidavit of lenders and notice issued was complied with-High Court affirmed the order of the Tribunal deleting the addition-SLP of Revenue is dismissed. [S. 131, 133(6), Art. 136]

PCIT. v. Hadoti Punj Vikas Ltd (2024) 296 Taxman 248 (SC) Editorial: Pr. CIT v. Oriental Power Cables Ltd. [2022] 143 taxmann.com 370 (Raj.) (HC)

S. 9(1)(vii) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Fees for technical services Deduction of tax at source-Payment to non-resident-Foreign company had not rendered technical services to Indian company-Amount remitted not taxable-Not liable to deduct tax at source-SLP of Revenue is dismissed-DTAA-India-United States of America. [S. 195, 201(1), 201(IA), Art. 12(4), Art. 32]

CIT v. Ad2pro Media Solutions (P.) Ltd. (2024) 296 Taxman 569/ 463 ITR 700 (SC) Editorial : Refer, CIT v. Ad2pro Media Solutions (P.) Ltd (2023) 148 taxmann.com 226/ 455 ITR 648 (Karn)(HC)

S. 271-I: Penalty-Deduction of tax at source-Remittances against import of goods-provision for withholding tax and requirement to furnish details not mandatory-forms 15CA and 15CB to be submitted only for payments chargeable to tax in India-Penalty not attracted for failure to furnish forms. [S. 195(6), Form,15CA,15CB,Rule 37BB]

Asst. CIT v. Vinay Diamonds (2023) 105 ITR 31 (SN) (Surat) (Trib)

S. 271D : Penalty-Takes or accepts any loan or deposit-Penalty could not be imposed after expiry of period of limitation.[S. 275(1)((c)]

Jagdish Chandra Suwalka v. Jt. CIT (2023) 154 taxmann.com 504/ 105 ITR 480 / 225 TTJ 161 (SMC)(Jaipur) (Trib)