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Retrospective Amendments under Budget 2026 – Rectification, Revision, Reassessment Options before Tax Authorities

Income Tax : Budget 2026 introduces sweeping retrospective amendments affecting limitation, reassessment jurisdiction, DIN validity, and TPO ti...

February 26, 2026 6219 Views 1 comment Print

Special vs General: Time Limit Conflict between Section 144C(13) and Section 153 of Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Courts are divided on whether the DRP-specific deadline under Section 144C(13) overrides the general assessment time bar in Sectio...

December 16, 2025 2865 Views 0 comment Print

Taxpayers Concerned as Assessment Orders Deviate from Orders Giving Effect

Income Tax : Taxpayers face challenges when assessment orders don’t reflect DRP directions. Misalignments lead to disputes, rectification iss...

October 4, 2024 2958 Views 0 comment Print

Eyes on Apex Court: Legal Community Awaits Supreme Court’s Verdict on Roca Bathroom Case

Income Tax : The legal community awaits the Supreme Court decision on the Roca Bathroom case, addressing timelines for transfer pricing assessm...

September 5, 2024 17274 Views 0 comment Print

Section 44C of Income Tax Act, 1961 Deduction of head office expenditure in case of Non-residents

Income Tax : Discover how Section 44C of the Income Tax Act, 1961, governs the deduction of head office expenses for non-resident businesses in...

July 19, 2024 7197 Views 0 comment Print


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Income from Vessel Operations Taxable Under India-Norway DTAA: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : Delhi ITAT allows Sanco Holding, a Norwegian company, to compute income from bareboat charter of seismic vessels under Article 21(...

October 17, 2025 807 Views 0 comment Print


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Remote access to customer systems for maintenance not create a PE in India: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The ITAT observed that mere remote access to customer-owned systems does not satisfy the disposal and permanence tests required fo...

May 21, 2026 99 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Software Cost Mark-Up Addition Holding Pure Reimbursement Is Not Profit-Making Service

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi ruled that reimbursement of software costs to foreign AEs on a cost-to-cost basis could not be treated as a profit-...

May 16, 2026 147 Views 0 comment Print

Transfer Pricing Addition Sent Back as DRP Failed to Properly Examine Functional Comparability

Income Tax : Tribunal found the DRP’s order cryptic and lacking proper analysis on similarity of business activities between the assessee and...

May 15, 2026 111 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Allows BAPA Margin for Non-US AE Transactions Due to Identical FAR Profile

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that margins agreed under a Bilateral Advance Pricing Agreement may be used for non-covered AEs when transactio...

May 15, 2026 135 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Orders Exclusion of Comparable as DRP Had Already Held It Functionally Different

Income Tax : Delhi ITAT directed exclusion of a comparable company engaged in video conferencing solutions after noting that the DRP had alread...

May 14, 2026 423 Views 0 comment Print


Order set aside as ALP re-adjusted without passing of Draft Assessment Order u/s. 144C

September 11, 2025 435 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka High Court held that re-adjustment of ALP without passing a Draft Assessment Order as required under section 144C of the Income Tax Act is not tenable in law. Accordingly, order passed thereon is void ab initio.

ITAT Restores Fair Benchmarking on TP Interest & Grants Corporate Tax Reliefs

September 9, 2025 402 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT granted Lowe’s India partial relief, allowing an 80G deduction for CSR donations while correcting MAT profit and other disallowances. The transfer pricing issue was remanded for a fresh review.

ITAT Voids Assessment in Name of Non-Existent Company

September 9, 2025 432 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT has declared an assessment against SoftwareONE India Pvt. Ltd. void, ruling that an assessment framed in the name of a non-existent, merged entity is invalid, citing a Supreme Court precedent.

Depreciation on business/commercial rights from manufacturing, supply and maintenance contract allowed

September 8, 2025 627 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that depreciation on the business/commercial rights arising from the manufacturing contracts, supply contracts and maintenance contracts as claimed by the assessee is allowable. Accordingly, appeal allowed.

No reassessment if limitation period barred u/s 153(2) unless TPO reference u/s 92CA was involved in case of non-residents

September 4, 2025 765 Views 0 comment Print

Revenue argued that since assessee was an “eligible assessee” under section 144C(15), AO rightly passed the order and the final order was valid within the time limit of section 153(4). On appeal.

Benefit of working capital adjustment not considered while computing ALP: Matter restored

August 28, 2025 534 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that the benefit of working capital adjustment while computing the ALP has also not been borne in mind hence matter restored to the file of TPO/ AO for fresh determination in accordance with law.

Proceedings u/s. 144C has to be concluded within limitation prescribed u/s. 153(3)

August 18, 2025 486 Views 0 comment Print

In the present cases, the respondents in the first batch of cases being non-resident assessees engaged in the business of exploration in terms of Section 44BB of the Income Tax Act, 1961, are eligible assessees within the meaning of Section 144C.

Parallel reassessment during ongoing scrutiny invalid; CRM Receipts Not FTS: Delhi HC

August 8, 2025 612 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court sets aside reassessment order against Salesforce.Com Singapore, citing lack of jurisdiction and established judicial precedents on FTS.

Domain registration & web hosting not taxable as royalty under India-UAE DTAA

August 6, 2025 735 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi rules that domain registration and web hosting fees are not taxable as royalty under India-UAE DTAA, citing key judicial precedents.

Income from revocable trust was taxable in settlor’s hands and not in hands of Trust

August 5, 2025 870 Views 0 comment Print

Addition made by AO in the hands of the trust was not justified as income from investments was taxable in the settlor’s hands and exempt under the India-UAE Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA).

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