Transfer Pricing

Range Concept and Multi-year data

Income Tax - Since the time the transfer pricing (TP) provisions were first introduced in India in 2001 and the concept of the arm’s length price introduced, taxpayers have been grappling with issues arising from the requirement to use the arithmetic mean to defend the arm’s length nature of their transactions....

Section 10A benefit allowed on Enhanced Income pursuant to MAP Resolution

Income Tax - Dell International Services India Private Limited v. DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) Benefit of Section 10A of the Act is Allowed on Enhanced Income Pursuant to Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) Resolution Outcome: In favor of Assessee Facts: 1. During the relevant year, the assessee has provided ITeS and Software Development Services (SWD) of INR 6...

Transformation from Taxation of Business Income to Taxation of Business Transactions by CBDT

Income Tax - Equalization Levy Background of Equalization Levy:- Equalization Levy was introduced in India in 2016, with the intention of taxing the digital transactions i.e. the income accruing to foreign e-commerce companies from India. It is aimed at taxing business to business transactions. To bring in clarity in this regard, the government introd...

What is Domestic Transfer Pricing?

Income Tax - Applicability of transfer pricing provisions was earlier limited to International Transactions only. With effect from 01.04.2013, the scope of Transfer Pricing provisions is extended to 'Specified Domestic Transactions' and is accordingly applicable from A.Y. 2013-14....

Calculation of Arm’s Length Price-Section 92C of Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax - A transaction in which the buyers and sellers of a product act independently and have no relationship to each other. The concept of an arm's length transaction is to ensure that both parties in the deal are acting in their own self interest and are not subject to any pressure or duress from the other party...

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Draft Guidance Note on Report U/s. 92E of Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax - Following is the Exposure Draft of the Guidance Note on Report under section 92E of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (Transfer Pricing), issued by the Committee on International Taxation of ICAI for comments. Changes have been made to the extent of amendments made by the Finance Act, 2017....

Income tax Authority before whom particulars of parent entity and alternate reporting entity to file CbC Report

Income Tax - Income Tax Department designates Income tax Authority before whom particulars of parent entity and alternate reporting entity to file Country-by-Country Report would be notified...

Introduce threshold limit of Rs. 25 crore for SDT documentation requirements: ICAI

Income Tax - The Finance Act 2012 has introduced DTP in spite of existing provisions under the Act which empower the Assessing Officer (AO) to re-compute the income of assessees availing profit-linked deductions if there are transactions with related parties or other undertakings of the same assessee...

Acceptance of Transfer Pricing MAP and bilateral APA – Reg.

Income Tax - Clarification of India’s position on the acceptance of MAP and bilateral APA in cases of countries where Article 9(2) of OECD Model Tax Commentary is absent...

Guidance Note on Transfer Pricing Report U/s. 92E of Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax - ICAI has released the 6th Edition (November 2017) of the Guidance Note on Report Under Section 92E of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (Transfer Pricing). This Guidance Note was previously revised in February, 2013 , August 2013 and October 2016. The ICAI has revised Guidance note on Report under Section 92E of the Income Tax […]...

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Mere Form No. 3CEB filing cannot make assessee liable for Section 92BA investigation

Ashish Subodhchandra Shah (HUF) Vs PCIT (ITAT Ahmedabad) - Merely because a prescribed Form No. 3CEB was filed in accordance with Rule 10E r.w.s. 92BA of the Act would not make an assessee susceptible to onerous investigation proceedings on such transactions where the assessee prima facie demonstrates that Section 92BA of the Act is wholly inapplicable in a...

No TDS on Payment Gateway Charges paid by Make My Trip

MakeMy Trip (India) Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) - The issue under consideration is whether the Payment Gateway facilities provided by banks are liable for TDS provisions?...

Section 10A benefit allowed on Enhanced Income pursuant to MAP Resolution

Dell International Services India Private Limited v. DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) - Dell International Services India Private Limited v. DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) Benefit of Section 10A of the Act is Allowed on Enhanced Income Pursuant to Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) Resolution Outcome: In favor of Assessee Facts: 1. During the relevant year, the assessee has provided ITeS and Soft...

Depreciation should be considered for evaluating operating results of comparables

AMD Research & Development Centre India Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Hyderabad) - AMD Research & Development Centre India Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Hyderabad) The method of depreciation adopted by the various comparable companies has an impact on the operating result of the respective comparable companies, which is highlighted in the above charts. The assessee company’s perce...

No AMP expenditure of assessee lead to promotion of brands of its AEs

Pernod Ricard India Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) - AMP expenditure of assessee did not have a direct bearing on the promotion of brands of its AEs as the issue stood decided in favour of assessee by the decision of the Tribunal in assessee’s own case for the preceding assessment years i.e., A.Y. 2007-08 and 2008-09....

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CBDT Amends Income Tax Rule 10CB

Notification No. 76/2019-Income-tax [G.S.R. 701(E)] - (30/09/2019) - CBDT Amends Income Tax Rule 10CB -Computation of interest income pursuant to secondary adjustments vide Notification No. 76/2019-Income-tax dated 30th September, 2019. MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES) New Delhi, the 30th September, 2019 Notification No. 76/...

CBDT notifies tolerance range for wholesale trading & for other cases

Notification No. 64/2019- Income Tax [S.O. 3272(E).] - (13/09/2019) - Notification No. 64/2019- Income Tax provides for tolerance range of one per cent. for wholesale trading and three per cent. in all other cases for assessment year 2019-20. It is certified that none will be adversely affected by the retrospective effect being given to the notification. MINISTRY OF F...

Govt notifies Multilateral Convention to implement Measures to Prevent BEPS

Notification No. 57/2019-Income Tax [S.O. 2887(E)] - (09/08/2019) - Whereas the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (hereinafter referred to as the “the said Convention”) was signed by India at Paris, France on the 7th day of June, 2017;...

Draft Amendment To Transfer Pricing Rule 10CB related to Computation of Interest Income U/s 92CE

F. No. 370142/12/2017-TPL - (19/06/2018) - Amendment in Rule 10CB of Income-tax Rules, 1962 in respect of computation of interest income pursuant to secondary adjustment made under section 92CE of Income-tax Act, 1961 – Comments and suggestions ...

Draft notification proposing amendment to rule 44E, Form 34C, 34D & 34DA

F.No.370142/34/2016-TPL (Part) - (10/04/2018) - Draft notification proposing an amendment to rule 44E, Form 34C, 34D and 34DA as per BEPS action item 5, for improving transparency in relation to tax rulings– comments and suggestions...

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