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payment received by the owner from the charterer has to be reckoned as payment from operations of carriage of goods from one port in India to another port in India, which falls under the ambit of carrying out shipping business or shipping operators.
The LO does not constitute a fixed place through which business of assessee is carried out in India. Employees of the LO do not negotiate, finalise or discuss the mechanics of contracts including pricing with the assessee’s customers. As such the employees of LO merely act as a communication link between the assessee and the airline companies. The LO did not carry any activity, beyond that permitted by the RBI. The activities carried by the LO are thus, preparatory (auxiliary) in nature. The activities/operations of the assessee in connection with the contracts are carried from outside India.
Rohan Hattangadi Vs CIT (A) (ITAT Mumbai) From Rule 128, it is evident that the assessee has to file Form 67 on or before the due date of furnishing the return of income as per section 139(1) of the Act, which the statement specifies as mandatory and not directory as per the word ‘shall’ used […]
Toyota Kirloskar Motor (P) Ltd Vs ACIT (ITAT Bangalore) The Appellant submits the in its own case for AY 2003-04, the Honourable Bangalore Tribunal has accepted that TP adjustment has to restricted to AE transactions. Further, in Appellants own case for AY 2013-14 [ITA No.2016/Bang/2018, dated 18.08.2021], the Honourable Bangalore Tribunal has upheld the action […]
Calcutta High Court held that rendering of advisory service doesn’t amount to Fees for Technical Services/ Fees for Included Services under Article 12(4)(b) of the India-US Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement.
Michael Page International Pte Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) ITAT held that unless the recipient of the services, by virtue of rendition of services by the assessee, is enabled to provide the same services without recourse to the service provider, the services cannot be said to have made available the recipient of services. A mere […]
ITAT held that payment of Fees for training to Employees on soft skill & general topics cannot be treated as Fees for Technical Services (FTS)
Rule 128(9) of the Rules does not provide for disallowance of Foreign Tax Credit (FTC) in case of delay in filing Form 67
Assessing Officer is directed to tax interest on income tax refund under Article 11(2) of India- Malaysia DTAA and not as Business Income
