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Section 43A : Actual payment was not a condition precedent for making necessary adjustment in carrying cost of fixed asset acquired in foreign currency

July 21, 2010 3116 Views 0 comment Print

Opining that the amendment of Section 43A of the Act by the Finance Act, 2002 with effect from 1st April, 2003 is amendatory and not clarificatory and would thus, apply prospectively, the Court explained that under the unamended Section 43A, adjustment to the actual cost takes place on the happening of change in the rate of exchange, whereas under the amended Section 43A,

Loss due to fluctuation in rate of foreign exchange on balance sheet date is allowable u/s 37(1)

July 21, 2010 8224 Views 0 comment Print

At the outset, we may note that although in view of the orders passed by the Committee on disputes, advising the Revenue not to file appeals against Tribunal’s orders, we find some substance in the objection of learned counsel for the Assessee about the maintainability of Revenue’s appeals before the High Court but as we have heard learned counsel for the parties on merits of the appeals, at this stage, we do not propose to go into this question. We also reject at the threshol

Assessee entitled to exemption on profit derived by its 100% EOU engaged in blending, packing and export of tea bags and tea packets

July 21, 2010 1427 Views 0 comment Print

In this context we notice that the decision of the Supreme Court in TARA AGENCIES’ case abovereferred was on assessee’s entitlement for weighted deduction on export market development allowance provided under Section 35B(1A) of the Act which is no longer in the statute. In our view, the scheme of deduction of export market developmen

While computing the direct cost attributable to export, the freight and insurance should be excluded for arriving at export profits

July 20, 2010 310 Views 0 comment Print

section 80HHC, Deduction under Section 80HHC, Bombay High Court, export turnover,deduction under section 80HHC

CBDT circular lays down guidelines for seizure of jewellery & ornaments

July 19, 2010 2265 Views 0 comment Print

Although Circular has been issued for the purpose of non- seizure of jewellery during the course of search, the basis for the same recognizes customs prevailing in Hindu Society. In the circumstances, unless the revenue shows anything to the contrary, it can safely be presumed that the source to the extent of the jewellery as stated in the Circular stands explained.

Section 194C of Income-tax Act does not stipulate existence of a written contract as a condition precedent for payment of TDS

July 19, 2010 2838 Views 0 comment Print

The contract may be in writing or it may be oral but the liability to pay tax arises when the recipient of the said amount receives payment in excess of Rs. 20,000.

Even Offshore Services Are Taxable As PE Profits – ITAT Mumbai

July 17, 2010 1096 Views 0 comment Print

Professional Firms can have a ‘service PE’. The words “indirectly attributable to the PE” encompass the “force of attraction” principle and even services rendered offshore for Indian projects are assessable in India

Transfer Pricing TNMM must be applied to transaction margins and not to enterprise level margins. Adjustments must be confined to international transactions

July 16, 2010 630 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee, engaged in the business of manufacture and export of diamonds and jewellery, claimed that having regard to the nature of the product, none of the transfer pricing methods were applicable for benchmarking the international transactions with associated enterprises. The TPO rejected the argument on the ground that the Transactional Net Margin Method (TNMM) was applicable and made an adjustment by comparing the enterprise level operating margins.

Royalty paid by non-resident does not arise in India if there is no “economic link” between the PE and the royalty

July 16, 2010 390 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee, a Singaporean company with a PE in India, obtained rights from the Global Cricket Council, Singapore, for telecast of cricket matches in India. The AO took the view that the payment for the said rights constituted “royalty” in the hands of GCC u/s 9(1)(vi) & Article 12(7) of the India-Singapore DTAA and that it had arisen in India on the ground thatthe payer had a PE in India and there was a direct nexus between collection of advertisement revenue in India and payment for the rights.

Section 37(1) of Income-tax Act – Expenditure incurred for imparting technical know-how to assessee’s personnel has to be deducted under section 37(1) and it does not fall under section 35AB

July 13, 2010 4355 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal was correct in holding that consideration paid by the assessee to certain American Company for providing technicians to train assessee’s personnel in manufacturing, testing, inspection and quality control of its products and to impart know-how and technical data and suggest improvements thereto, did not fall under section 35AB, but was entitled to total relief under section 37(1)

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