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...
CIT Vs. V/s. M/s. Thyssen Krupp Industries India Pvt. Ltd. (Bombay High Court) Whether on the facts and the circumstance of the case and law, the Tribunal was justified in law in restricting the Transfer Pricing (TP) adjustment only to the transaction between the Associated Enterprises (AEs.)?
ITAT Bangalore held In the case of M/s. Meritor LVS India (P) Ltd. vs. ACIT that the transfer pricing officer (TPO) has drawn conclusions on the basis of information obtained by issue of notice u/s.133(6) .This information which was not available in public domain could not have been used by the TPO,
ITAT Delhi held In the case of Xchanging Technology Services India Private Limited. vs, DCIT that the Hon’ble High Court affirmed the conclusion that a captive unit of a comparable company which assumed only a limited risk cannot be compared with a giant company in the area of development
ITAT Delhi held In the case of Honda Trading Corporation. vs, DCIT that despite the use of the word `may’, the time limit for passing the order by the TPO is mandatory, as in the otherwise situation of the TPO having been allowed more time by implication
ITAT Delhi held In the case of Alcatel-Lucent Technologies. vs, DCIT that merely because the assessee in the TP study had included the comparable, which was accepted by TPO, it does not follow that the assessee cannot resile from its original claim at a later stage of proceeding
ITAT Mumbai held in Goldman Sachs( India) Securities Pvt. Ltd Vs The DCIT that only functionally comparable company should be compared for comparing the margin percentage of the assessee company with comparable company.
Delhi High Court held In the case of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (MSIL) vs. CIT that the transfer pricing adjustment is not expected to be made by deducing from the difference between the ‘excessive’ advertisement
ITAT Bangalore held In the case of M/s. Agila Specialties Pvt. Ltd vs. DCIT that when the data is available showing profit margin of that enterprise itself from a third party, it is always safe and advisable to adopt internal comparable.
ITAT Mumbai held In the case of Greaves Cotton Ltd. vs. ITO that under the transfer pricing regulations, a comparability analysis is a comparison of a controlled transaction with uncontrolled transaction
Those practicing on the international taxation may be aware of the fact that, in view of CBDT Inst no 3/2003[E] and decision of ITAT-SB [C], ALL the transactions above Rs. 15 crores are being referred to TPO for scrutiny and benchmarking.
