Income Tax : This article explains how Safe Harbour Rules under the Income-tax Act, 2025 interact with APAs, MAP provisions, and transfer prici...
Income Tax : The framework outlines mandatory disclosures and timelines for opting into safe harbour. Key takeaway: strict compliance is essent...
Income Tax : The article explains how safe harbour rules simplify transfer pricing compliance. It highlights that eligible transactions are acc...
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 : 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 : ITAT Mumbai deleted the transfer pricing adjustment on management fees after finding that identical issues in the assessee’s own...
Income Tax : The ITAT held that transfer pricing adjustment was not justified where the foreign LLC’s income was already offered to tax in In...
Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held that transfer pricing authorities cannot assign a NIL arm’s length price when the assessee has demonstrated ...
Income Tax : The Hyderabad ITAT found contradictions in the TPO’s reasoning for excluding a comparable company due to alleged lack of RPT dat...
Income Tax : Pune ITAT held that once TNMM is accepted for a taxpayer’s aggregated international transactions, the TPO cannot isolate a singl...
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...
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 […]
Can price be the criteria to judge whether a transaction is at arm’s length? Should every transaction be accompanied with a certificate from a valuer? One may check if there are comparable products in the market. If yes, check the terms of sale/purchase, etc. of similar transactions and try obtaining quotes from other sources. Price […]
Understand the process of transfer pricing assessment proceedings and how it impacts income-tax returns. Learn about the role of Transfer Pricing Officer (TPO) and options for resolving disputes.
Nike India Private Limited Vs ACIT (ITAT Bengalore) There is no dispute that the parent company Nike Inc., has introduced new products and the samples are supplied to third party distributors in order to create awareness of new products amongst the public. The assessee herein is merely an intermediary between M/s Nike Inc and the […]
Red Hat India Private Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) Upon careful consideration we find that assessee has been following consistent system of revenue recognition. The assessee is inter alia engaged in the business of marketing, promotion and sale of ‘Red Hat subscriptions’ to customers in Indian sub-continent to avail support services that are for the […]
Hyundai Construction Equipment India Private Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Pune) Ground no.8 of the appeal is against making transfer pricing adjustment on entity level rather than restricting it to the AE transactions. The TPO computed the transfer pricing addition by considering revenues from Manufacturing segment‘ in totality at the entity level The DRP did not […]
TPO determined ALP on the combined accounts approach rather than the split approach adopted by assessee as assessee failed to substantiate such common material costs were properly allocated segment-wise and Transfer Pricing Adjustment made at entity level should be restricted to international transactions only.
Section 92 of the Income Tax Act deals with any income or expense arising from an ‘International Transaction’. In order to understand the definition of ‘International Transaction’, it is essential to understand the definition of ‘Transaction’. Clause (v) of Sections 92F of the Act defines a transaction as: Section 92F of the Act provides an […]
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the (G20) countries have launched an initiative known as base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS), which consists mostly of tax avoidance methods. These techniques primarily aim to fill in and make accommodations for tax policy loopholes, which aid in leveraging such gaps in tax regulations to deceptively shift earnings to low or no-tax nations. A business is often funded (or capitalized) through a combination of debt and equity.
