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S. 124 : Jurisdiction of Assessing Officer-Return filed in Kolkata-Proof of change of address in PAN database proved that assessee had changed his address properly and department was already in knowledge of address of assessee at Kolkata-Assessment initiated by Assessing Officer from Kanpur-Notice and assessment is held to be in valid. [S. 142(3), 143(3), 150]

ACIT v. Deepak Sehgal (2021) 189 ITD 78 (Lucknow)(Trib.)

S. 115-O : Domestic companies-Tax on distributed profits- Whether the protection granted by the tax treaties under section 90 of the Income-tax Act 1961, in respect of taxation of dividend in the source jurisdiction, can be extended, even in the absence of a specific treaty provision to that effect, to the dividend distribution tax under section 115 ‘0’ in the hands of a domestic company ? Registry is directed to place the matter before the Honourable President for his kind consideration for the appropriate orders. [S. 255(4)]

Dy. CIT v. Total Oil India Pvt. Ltd. (2021) 190 ITD 312 / 212 TTJ 292 / 203 DTR 265 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 115JB : Book profit-When income is not reported in its P&L account, could not be said that its prepared in accordance with Part II and III of Schedule-VI to Companies Act. AO is justified to re-compute book profit u/s. 115JB-Disallowance u/s. 14A r.w. rule 8D is not to be applied while determining book profits. [S. 14A, R. 8D]

Jayant Packaging (P.) Ltd. v. DCIT (2021) 189 ITD 321/(2022) 96 ITRR 411 (Chen.)(Trib.)

S. 92C : Transfer pricing-Arm’s length price-Corporate guarantee distinct from bank guarantee-Average of guarantee fee paid by assessee cannot be questioned.

Greatship (India) Ltd. v. DCIT (2021) 212 TTJ 137 / 126 taxmann.com 47 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 92C : Transfer pricing-Arm’s length price-Bona fide expenditure should be incurred while availing services-Application of benefit test is not warranted-Matter remanded. [S. 254(1)]

Adient India (P) Ltd. v. Dy. CIT (2021) 212 TTJ 777 / 204 DTR 193 (Pune)(Trib.)

S. 92C : Transfer pricing-Arm’s length price-Management fee-Documents filed to justify and availment of services have to accept value of management services as claimed by assessee-Functional similarity-Assessee involved in advertising agency, data not available in public domain for comparability of business support system segment of said company, it could not be compared to marketing support service provider-Income from exhibitions and events, should be excluded from comparable list to marketing support service provider.

Renishaw Metrology Systems Ltd. v. DCIT (2021) 189 ITD 236 (Pune)(Trib.)

S. 92C : Transfer pricing-Arm’s length price-Comparable-Software consultancy-Functional similarity-Company engaged in providing both software products as well as software development services could not be accepted as comparable-A company engaged in providing information services could not be accepted as comparable-A company providing information services could not be accepted as comparable.

BMC Software India (P.) Ltd. v. DCIT (2021) 189 ITD 57 (Pune)(Trib.)

S. 69A : Unexplained moneys-Loan-Confirmation from such two persons from whom money was received as ‘temporary loan’ was not produced-Matter remanded back to decide afresh. [S. 254(1)]

Jaipur Boutique Carpet v. ITO (2021) 189 ITD 305 (Jaipur)(Trib.)

S. 69 : Unexplained investments-Immoveable property-Valuation report-Difference was less than 15 %-Addition is held to be not valid. [S. 132, 153C]

Ahmed Shareef v. Dy. CIT (2021) 189 ITD 522 (Bang.)(Trib.)

S. 69 : Income from undisclosed sources-Survey-Addition based on statement given to survey team on documents found indicating receipt of large amounts-No retraction-Addition upheld. [S. 133A]

Sanjay Sultania v. ITO (2021) 212 TTJ 539 / 202 DTR 323 (SMC) (Cuttack)(Trib.)