Income Tax : The update outlines revised compliance forms, timelines, and penalties under the new rules. It highlights a structured transition ...
Corporate Law : The issue was identifying the correct transfer pricing method for intercompany transactions. The conclusion holds that TNMM is app...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that the Indian entity was only a distributor and not a technology or content owner. It rejected the Revenue’s...
Income Tax : This explains the new block assessment mechanism allowing ALP to apply across multiple years. It emphasizes reduced disputes and s...
Income Tax : The issue concerns replacement of Form 3CEB with a new reporting framework. The reform mandates structured reporting with enhanced...
Income Tax : CBDT signed a record number of APAs to provide clarity on transfer pricing and reduce disputes. The framework ensures advance dete...
CA, CS, CMA : KSCAA urged CBDT to extend due dates for assessees under Section 92E, citing an omission in Circular No. 15/2025 that created inco...
CA, CS, CMA : Chartered Accountants Association, Ahmedabad requests extension of ITR and audit due dates for AY 2025-26 citing compressed timeli...
Income Tax : CBDT sets transfer pricing tolerance range at 1% for wholesale trading and 3% for other transactions for AY 2024-25, providing cla...
Income Tax : From April 2025, TPOs can determine ALP for SDTs not initially referred or reported. This ensures accurate adjustments and complia...
Income Tax : The issue was whether high-turnover companies can be compared with a smaller software service provider. The Tribunal held that com...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that transfer pricing adjustment cannot survive without a final assessment order post-DRP directions. Repeating ...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that subscription to preference shares cannot be re-characterized as loans in absence of evidence showing sham t...
Income Tax : The tribunal held that the safe harbour limit applies to valuation determined by the DVO, not just stamp duty value. It ruled in f...
Income Tax : The Court held that Tribunal remand is not a fresh reference under transfer pricing law. Hence, limitation expired earlier, entitl...
Income Tax : Notification 157/2025 sets 1% tolerance for wholesale trading and 3% for all other cases for Arm's Length Price variation for AY 2...
Income Tax : CBDT notifies Income Tax (Sixth Amendment) Rules, 2025, introducing safe harbour rules for assessment year 2025-26. Full details o...
Income Tax : CBDT sets 1% tolerance for wholesale trading and 3% for other cases under Section 92C for FY 2024-25. No adverse effects from retr...
Income Tax : Stay informed on the latest Income Tax Rule changes with Notification No. 104/2023 by the Ministry of Finance. Learn about amendme...
Income Tax : Read how CBDT's Notification No. 58/2023 amends Income-tax Rules, extending Safe Harbour rules to AY 2023-24. Insights from Minist...
3M India Limited Vs CIT (LTU) (ITAT Bangalore) A perusal of the same would show that the assessee is making year end provision every year. The provision made in one year is reversed in the succeeding year. There is no dispute that the assessee has voluntarily disallowed the year end provision u/s 40(a), since no […]
Informatica Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) Assessee has sold software products and also received income for providing support services. He submitted that providing ancillary support services is also related to sale of software products only. He submitted that the decision rendered by Hon’ble Karnataka High Court in the case of Samsung Electronics […]
Inflow Technologies Private Limited Vs ACIT (ITAT Bangalore) The assessee, as a part of share purchase agreement, during the business structuring had given a corporate guarantee to one of its group supplier CISCO for supplies made to its AE (Inflow Singapore). According to the assessee, it did not intend to get any remuneration for the […]
Dell International Services India Pvt. Ltd. Vs JCIT (LTU) (ITAT Bangalore) The assessee did not object to inclusion of this company before the TPO but objected to inclusion of this company before DRP. The DRP did not adjudicate the objection. In these circumstances, we are of the view that exclusion of this company from the […]
M/s. Exide Life Insurance Company Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Bangalore) The assessee has in the present case filed material before the TPO to demonstrate the nature of services rendered. In the paper book filed before us the index of the paper book gives a description of the service. We are of the view that the […]
SAP Labs India Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) The argument of the learned AR is that Infosys Limited is functionally different from the assessee. It owns intangible and undertakes research and development. The learned AR also submitted that it has high brand value and turnover. On the contrary, the learned DR submitted that the […]
Two-pillar solution for Tax challenges arising from Digitalisation of Economy and consensus of majority of OECD/ G20 member countries (including India) Executive summary Certainty is one of the basic cannons of taxation. With the globalisation of economy when Multi National Enterprises (MNEs) starting setting up businesses across the globe, levy of tax in multiple countries […]
KSCAA has made a representation highlighting an anomaly in Transfer Pricing Assessment proceedings (TP proceedings’) concerning the AY 2018-19. Full text of their representation is as follows:- KARNATAKA STATE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS ASSOCIATION (R) CA. Kumar S jigajinni | President KSCAA CA. Pramod Srihari | Secretary KSCAA 13th July 2021 To, Smt. Nirmala Sitaraman Hon’ble Union […]
Smt. Anita Sunil Mahajan Vs ACIT (ITAT Pune) Definition of ‘relative’ for Specified Domestic Transactions (SDTs) should be as per Section 2(41) of Income Tax Act, 1961 and Section 56(2)(v) would not apply. Case Summary: – Facts of the case: During AY 2013-14, Smt. Anita Sunil Mahajan (Assessee), filed her return declaring total income at […]
A company is typically financed (or capitalized) through a mixture of debt and equity. Thin capitalization refers to the situation in which a company is financed through a relatively high level of debt compared to equity. Thinly capitalized companies are sometimes referred to as ‘highly leveraged’ or ’highly geared’. As a result of having a […]
