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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 17271 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


Only international and not entity level transactions covered in transfer pricing adjustment

July 30, 2023 1335 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that transfer pricing adjustment should be restricted only in respect of turnover of assessee-company relating to international transactions. In nut-shell, transfer pricing addition should be restricted only qua international transaction and not entity level transactions.

Receipt of architectural design services cannot taxed as FTS or Royalty

July 29, 2023 4398 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that the payments received by the assessee in view of architectural design services rendered to its clients in India are not chargeable to tax as FTS in terms of Article 12(4) of the India-Singapore DTAA.

Order passed in name of non-existing amalgamated company quashed

July 28, 2023 984 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that where assessee company was amalgamated with another company and thereby lost its existence, assessment order passed subsequently in name of said non-existing entity, would be without jurisdiction and liable to be set aside.

Assessment Order Null if AO fails to Follow Section 144C Procedure During draft assessment order Stage

July 28, 2023 5028 Views 0 comment Print

In the case of Brightstar Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. vs. ACIT, the ITAT Mumbai allowed the appeal, declaring the final assessment order void due to failure to comply with mandatory procedure u/s 144C of the Income Tax Act.

ITAT Delhi: Project-Specific Services Not Subject to FIS under India-USA DTAA

July 25, 2023 1029 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that passing of project-specific architectural drawings and designs with measurements did not amount to making available technical knowledge, know-how, or processes. Since ‘make available’ clause is not satisfied, services rendered to the AOP does not fall within the purview of FIS under Article 12(4)(b) of the India-USA DTAA.

ITAT Mumbai: Interest Receivables Treated as Loan to AE, TP Adjustment Confirmed

July 25, 2023 2076 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that TPO rightly treated interest receivables as a loan outstanding given by assessee to its Associated Enterprises (AE) and charging interest on the same.

HC Upholds Exclusion of Comparables Due to Functional Dissimilarity & Amalgamation

July 25, 2023 1044 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court’s judgment on transfer pricing case involving functional dissimilarity & amalgamation, leading to exclusion of certain comparables.

Capital gain tax inadvertently paid by wife needs to be refunded & recovered from assessee

July 22, 2023 7458 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that capital gain tax inadvertently paid by the wife needs to be refunded with interest and the same needs to be recovered from the assessee as the same transaction cannot be charged to tax twice.

Amount received from subscription of e-journals doesn’t qualify as royalty & hence not taxable

July 22, 2023 3936 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that amount received from subscription of e-journals cannot be treated as royalty as right in respect of copyright to the concerned subscribers not granted. Hence, the same is not taxable in India.

Tax Residency Certificate: Sufficient Proof to establish residency – Bombay HC

July 21, 2023 1515 Views 0 comment Print

In present facts of the case, the Hon’ble High Court have upheld the Judgment of ITAT wherein it was observed that the tax residency certificate is sufficient to determine the proof of residency and the income-tax authorities cannot ignore the valid tax residency certificate issued by the Government authority of the other contracting state, that is, Singapore.

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