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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 6498 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 3135 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 3027 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 17592 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 7485 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 888 Views 0 comment Print


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Section 143(2) Notice & Valid Draft Assessment Mandatory U/s 144C: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai quashed reassessment after finding no Section 143(2) notice and that the AO issued a final order disguised as a draft ...

July 5, 2026 192 Views 0 comment Print

Amalgamation Goodwill Eligible for Depreciation; Notional Interest on AE Receivables Deleted: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT held that goodwill arising on amalgamation qualifies as a depreciable intangible asset. It also deleted the TP adjustment on ...

July 4, 2026 117 Views 0 comment Print

Captive Service Provider Entitled to Risk Adjustment; Nil ALP for Proven Intra-Group Services Rejected: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that documentary evidence established receipt of intra-group administrative support services and that the 5% marku...

July 4, 2026 117 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi Excludes TPO Comparables for Functional Dissimilarity

Income Tax : ITAT excluded EDCIL, Just Dial, Info Edge and India Exposition Mart as transfer pricing comparables due to functional differences ...

July 1, 2026 153 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Brand Promotion TP Adjustment as Issue Was Already Settled in Earlier Years

Income Tax : ITAT upheld taxation of IPS and CEV subsidies following the Section 2(24) amendment, while partly allowing the appeal on other iss...

July 1, 2026 99 Views 0 comment Print


Draft Assessment Order was not permissible u/s 144C(1) when TPO makes no variation

September 24, 2025 726 Views 0 comment Print

Where the Transfer Pricing Officer (TPO) accepted international transactions at arm’s length without proposing any variation under Section 92CA(3), assessee did not qualify as an “eligible assessee” under Section 144C(15)(b).

Order of Income Tax assessment without issuing DIN was void ab initio

September 15, 2025 1635 Views 0 comment Print

AO was bound to follow the CBDT circular 19/2019 (F. NO.225/95/2019-ITA.II], DATED 14-8­2019 and the omission/dereliction was anathema to the basic feature of our Constitution “Rule of Law”, so his impugned action of passing the assessment order without quoting the DIN was held to be arbitrary exercise of power and therefore, invalid.

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

September 11, 2025 498 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 444 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 480 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 705 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 831 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 570 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 537 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 657 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.

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