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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 189 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 108 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


Expenditure towards currency swap contract is allowable as deduction u/s 36(1)(iii)

January 21, 2023 1593 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that transactions relating to currency swap contracts cannot be considered to be in the nature of speculative transaction covered u/s. 43(5) of the Act. Accordingly, the same is allowable as deduction u/s. 36(1)(iii) of the Act.

TPO order passed beyond time limit prescribed u/s 92CA (3A) is barred by limitation

January 17, 2023 4530 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that as per section 92CA (3A) of the Income Tax Act Transfer Pricing Officer (TPO) is required to pass an order within a period of 60 days prior to the date of completion of assessment as per section 153 of the Income Tax Act. Order passed after the date will be barred by limitation.

Order sent on old address without any effort from AO to send on correct address is barred by limitation 

January 12, 2023 1440 Views 0 comment Print

DSV Solutions Pvt Ltd Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) There was no forwarding, not even an effort to forward, the draft assessment order to the correct address, or at least the address furnished to the Assessing Officer under proviso to rule 127(2), within the permitted time frame under Section 153 r.w.s 144C of the Income Tax […]

Sale of software products/licenses is not royalty and hence not taxable

January 11, 2023 8313 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that payment received from sale of software products/ licenses doesn’t fall in the nature of royalty as per Article 12(3) and as per section 9(1)(vi) and hence the same is not taxable in India.

Addition towards cloud based services, not a royalty, not sustainable

July 18, 2022 1134 Views 0 comment Print

Held that the authorities fallen in error in considering the subscription received towards cloud serviced to be royalty income

Assessment order cannot be passed without considering direction of DRP on timely objection filed by Assessee against Draft Assessment order

April 12, 2022 5493 Views 0 comment Print

Fiberhome India Private Limited Vs National E-Assessment Centre (Delhi High Court) 1. This petition has been filed by the petitioner challenging the Final Assessment Order dated 30.06.2021 passed by the respondent under Section 143(3) read with Section(s) 144C(3) and 144B of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Act’) for the Assessment […]

HC quashed assessment order passed in violation of Section 144C scheme

March 3, 2022 1416 Views 0 comment Print

Hactom Agro Pvt Ltd. Vs National E Assessment Centre & ors (Bombay High Court) Hon’ble Bombay High Court quashed and set aside the assessment order passed in violation of the scheme under Section 144C of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The High Court observed that assessing officer exceeded the jurisdiction in passing the assessment order […]

Section 144C is prospective in nature & is applicable from AY 2011-12

June 16, 2021 4338 Views 0 comment Print

A.T. Kearney Ltd. Vs ADIT (ITAT Delhi) The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (herein after referred to as “ITAT”), Delhi Bench vide it’s Order dated 20.05.2021 have observed that the assessment completed under Section 144C(13)/143(3) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (herein after referred to as “Act”) is barred by limitation as Section 144C of the […]

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