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• ICAI increase Entrance, Fellow Admission, Membership, COP, Fellow and Associates Fees w.e.f. 01.04.2011
• Sebi bars 6 entities from market, slaps Rs 36 crore penalty
• Axis Bank launches income tax payment facility at ATMs
• Indian Accounting Standards Converged with IFRS Notified
• Highlights of Economic Survey 2010 – 11
• RBI to float discussion paper on deregulating savings a/c rate
• RBI tells banks to stop re-circulation of soiled notes
• Railway Budget 2011-12- All You want to know
• I-T Dept slaps Rs 450 crore demand on Infosys
• Expenses Disallowed under section 40A(3) and 40A(3A) of Income Tax Act 1961
• Once estimation of income is made, further disallowances u/s. 40(a)(ia) are not warranted
• After acquisition and vesting of all rights of a land in State, mere speculative right to receive compensation/enhanced compensation is not and cannot possibly be treated as an asset under section 2(ea) of the Wealth-tax Act
• Penalty proceedings – Whenever an addition/disallowance is made, initial burden is upon assessee to prove that it is not his concealed income or he has not furnished inaccurate particulars of such income
• Second hand machinery purchased for use as spare parts for existing old machineries has to be considered as an allowable expenditure on revenue side
• Service of maintenance and repair should be under a Maintenance or Repair Contract/Agreement to attract levy of service tax prior to 16-6-2005
• When assessee is engaged in business of buying and selling shares, profit or loss on such shares would be profit and loss of such business unless assessee establishes that shares in question were bought as a long term investment
• Cross-border transaction- TPO/AO, before he determines arm's length price in relation to income from an international transaction, needs to give appropriate notice to assessee, giving him an opportunity to produce evidence in support of arm's length price computed by him
• Assessment of rental income- For purpose of assessment under head "profit and gains of business or profession", it shall be necessary that property acquired and used is for commercial purpose under business activity
• Assessee not entitled to depreciation on a plant which is not in operation since its capitalization
• Income from other sources- Investment or expenditure made in a company where there is no hope of earning profit shall not be covered by section 57(iii)
• Before invoking provisions of section 153A it would be necessary to comply with provisions of section 132(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961
• Space-selling service- Any services provided by any person to any other person in relation to sale of space would be taxable from 1-5-2006 and not prior to that date
• A low rate of gross profit, in absence of any material pointing towards falsehood of accounts books, cannot by itself be a ground to reject account books under section 145(3)
• On invocation of action under section 13 of Securitisation Act by secured creditor, reference before BIFR would abate by virtue of third proviso to section 15(1) of SICA
• Special Auditor, to whom work is assigned, is very much at liberty, to insist upon payment of such fee/remuneration as he may deem adequate for work assigned to him
• Imposition of penalty-If claim made by assessee besides being incorrect in law is mala fide, Explanation 1 to section 271(1)(c) would come into play and work to his disadvantage
• Rectification of computational error- A simple computational error can be resolved by rectifying an order of assessment under Section 154(1)
• Court should provide its own grounds and reasons for rejecting claim/prayer of a party
• Canvat Credit – Valuation of goods transferred by manufacturer to its sister concerns without any invoice
• Cenvat credit – Conditions for availing benefit under Notification No. 8/2003-CE dated 1-3-2003
• Doctrine of mutuality does not apply in case business activities of an assessee-firm is not restricted to partners only
• Appellate Forums while reversing orders of AO are legally bound to dwell upon specific reasons assigned by AO for not accepting explanation of assessee that statement made by him u/s 132(4) was obtained under coercion and duress
• FERA- Where interest received by revenue was relatable to seized amounts from petitioners, which were invested in fixed deposits by revenue, petitioners would be entitled to accrued interest on such seized amounts
• Bill Likely to Relax Rotation of Auditors
• Even if MOA of an trust contains varied objects, so long as record demonstrates that assessee only conducts educational institutions, it must be regarded as existing solely for purpose of education
• India-Singapore DTAA- Technical services provided offshore do not require any deduction of tax at source
• Making a wrong claim is not at par with concealment or giving of inaccurate information, which may call for levy of penalty under section 271(1)(c)
• Cenvat Credit – To avail credit lawfully, raw material, on which same is sought to be availed, must be utilized in manufacture of final dutiable product and credit earned thereon should also be utilized for payment of duty on final product
• Section 127 mandates that assessee must be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard while exercising power to transfer cases
• There is no provision in section 148(1) stating that after objection is received, a detailed order of rejection has to be passed before passing final order of reassessment
• Proceedings u/s 163 are only intended to ensure that a person can be regarded as a representative assessee only on existence of certain conditions
• Limitation to proceed under section 13 (2) and 13 (4) of SARFAESI Act, 2002?
• No disallowance can be made in case of payment to non-residents in view of Article 26(3) of the DTAA between India and the USA
• Interest on Non Performing Assets which is doubtful of recovery, taxable on receipt basis
• Capital gains arising from transfer of the Development right to attract the provisions Section 50C of the Act
• Hyderabad Tribunal has ruled that only the expenses that have been incurred after the date of entering into agreement are liable for mark-up
• Continuing debit balance is not an "international transaction"
• The assessee is not entitled to adjustment of 5 per cent as stipulated u/s 92C(2), where only one of the several methods specified u/s 92C(1) is applied by the assessee to determine the ALP
• Computation of gross profit margin should be based on audited accounts and should not be a notional figure.

ICAI increase Entrance, Fellow Admission, Membership, COP, Fellow and Associates Fees w.e.f. 01.04.2011 Posted: 25 Feb 2011 07:20 PM PST Kind attention of Members is invited to the revised schedule of Membership and related fee effective from 01st April, 2011 as given below: -Members who are senior citizens i.e. have attained the age of 65 years as on 1st April of the relevant year... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Sebi bars 6 entities from market, slaps Rs 36 crore penalty Posted: 25 Feb 2011 06:59 PM PST Sectoral regulator Sebi on Friday barred six market intermediaries from trading in securities for allegedly carrying out manipulations in various IPO issues and also slapped a penalty of Rs 36.09 crore. "Roopalben N Panchal, Devangi Panchal, Dipak... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Axis Bank launches income tax payment facility at ATMs Posted: 25 Feb 2011 06:49 PM PST Private sector Axis Bank today announced the launch of the facility to pay income tax at ATMs. This facility, initially, will be available at select ATMs in the major centres and will shortly be made available at all 5,600-plus ATMs across the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Indian Accounting Standards Converged with IFRS Notified Posted: 25 Feb 2011 06:45 PM PST Reliable, consistent and uniform financial reporting is important part of good corporate governance practices worldwide in order to enhance the credibility of the businesses in the eyes of investors to take informed investment decisions. In... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Highlights of Economic Survey 2010 – 11 Posted: 25 Feb 2011 06:37 PM PST Following are the highlights of Economic Survey 2010 – 11:• Economy expected to grow at 8.6% in 2010-11 and 9 per cent in next fiscal• Growth broad based with rebound in Agriculture, continued momentum in manufacturing and private services [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

RBI to float discussion paper on deregulating savings a/c rate Posted: 25 Feb 2011 06:13 PM PST The Reserve Bank today said it will come out with a discussion paper on deregulation of interest rates on savings account."There is a view that we should deregulate the interest rate on savings bank accounts too. We are examining the pros and cons... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

RBI tells banks to stop re-circulation of soiled notes Posted: 25 Feb 2011 05:56 PM PST Soiled notes may soon be a thing of past as the Reserve Bank has asked all bank branches handling large amounts of currency to put in place note-sorting machines by the end of next month with a view to halting re-circulation of unfit currency notes. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Railway Budget 2011-12- All You want to know Posted: 25 Feb 2011 05:45 PM PST No hike in passenger fare and freight rates No hike in the passenger fare and freight rate has been proposed in the Railway Budget 2011-12. The Budget with highest ever plan outlay of Rs. 57,630 crore will have Rs. 9,583 crore for new railway lines... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

I-T Dept slaps Rs 450 crore demand on Infosys Posted: 25 Feb 2011 04:14 PM PST The Income Tax Department has slapped a tax demand of over Rs 450 crore on software giant Infosys Technologies for wrongfully claiming tax exemption on onshore services by declaring them as software exports, Parliament was informed today. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Expenses Disallowed under section 40A(3) and 40A(3A) of Income Tax Act 1961 Posted: 25 Feb 2011 07:48 AM PST Section 40A(3) of Income Tax Act 1961 provides for disallowance of expenses in respect of which a payment or aggregate of payments made to a person in a day, otherwise than by an account payee cheque drawn on bank or account payee bank draft,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Once estimation of income is made, further disallowances u/s. 40(a)(ia) are not warranted Posted: 25 Feb 2011 07:40 AM PST Where income of the assessee having been determined by resorting to estimation, there is no scope for any further disallowance either in terms of section 40(a)(ia)/40A(3) or otherwise. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

After acquisition and vesting of all rights of a land in State, mere speculative right to receive compensation/enhanced compensation is not and cannot possibly be treated as an asset under section 2(ea) of the Wealth-tax Act Posted: 25 Feb 2011 07:39 AM PST As soon as the land of the assessee is requisitioned and stood vested in the State, he does not remain its owner and the mere inchoate right to receive the enhanced compensation cannot possibly be treated as assets and included in his wealth... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Penalty proceedings – Whenever an addition/disallowance is made, initial burden is upon assessee to prove that it is not his concealed income or he has not furnished inaccurate particulars of such income Posted: 25 Feb 2011 07:37 AM PST When an explanation is offered, the onus stands shifted on to the Revenue whereby it has to be shown that the explanation offered by the assessee is false or assessee has not been able to substantiate his explanation and failed to prove that such... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Second hand machinery purchased for use as spare parts for existing old machineries has to be considered as an allowable expenditure on revenue side Posted: 25 Feb 2011 07:26 AM PST When an assessee purchases the spare parts for the existing machineries, same cannot be treated as capital expenditure and it has to be treated as revenue expenditure since these spare parts are purchased for the maintenance of the existing... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Service of maintenance and repair should be under a Maintenance or Repair Contract/Agreement to attract levy of service tax prior to 16-6-2005 Posted: 25 Feb 2011 07:24 AM PST Where there was no separate maintenance/repair contract between the parties, the Commissioner had rightly held that in the absence of any maintenance & repair contract, the demand based on rate or value contract work was not sustainable. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

When assessee is engaged in business of buying and selling shares, profit or loss on such shares would be profit and loss of such business unless assessee establishes that shares in question were bought as a long term investment Posted: 25 Feb 2011 07:22 AM PST In a case where a company is dealing in the sale and purchase of shares, prima-facie the profits derived from the sale and purchase of shares would be treated to be business income of the assessee since the assessee is a trader in shares, that does... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Cross-border transaction- TPO/AO, before he determines arm's length price in relation to income from an international transaction, needs to give appropriate notice to assessee, giving him an opportunity to produce evidence in support of arm's length price computed by him Posted: 25 Feb 2011 06:25 AM PST In case the TPO/AO proposes to make adjustments to the income of the assessee by revising the arm's length price computed by him, he needs to give a notice to the assessee, conveying the grounds on which the adjustment is proposed to be made,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Assessment of rental income- For purpose of assessment under head "profit and gains of business or profession", it shall be necessary that property acquired and used is for commercial purpose under business activity Posted: 25 Feb 2011 06:03 AM PST Where the investment made by the assessee while constructing the commercial complex seems to be a business investment, the rental income earned from the building as a natural consequence shall be business income. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Assessee not entitled to depreciation on a plant which is not in operation since its capitalization Posted: 25 Feb 2011 05:52 AM PST Even after introduction of concept of block assets, identity of the individual assets are not lost and the Assessing Officer can restrict the depreciation having regard to the usage of a plant. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Income from other sources- Investment or expenditure made in a company where there is no hope of earning profit shall not be covered by section 57(iii) Posted: 25 Feb 2011 05:44 AM PST The condition precedent to avail the benefit of section 57(iii) is that the investment must be proper and justified; proper investment means correct investment with intention to earn profit. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Before invoking provisions of section 153A it would be necessary to comply with provisions of section 132(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 Posted: 25 Feb 2011 05:43 AM PST Before invoking provisions of section 153A it would be necessary to comply with provisions contained under section 132(1) The purpose of section 132 for issue of warrant of authorization is to unearth, detect and to take possession of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Space-selling service- Any services provided by any person to any other person in relation to sale of space would be taxable from 1-5-2006 and not prior to that date Posted: 25 Feb 2011 05:43 AM PST After specific category is introduced as a taxable service in the statute from a specified date, the said activity cannot be a taxable entity or technical entry in any other services prior to that date. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

A low rate of gross profit, in absence of any material pointing towards falsehood of accounts books, cannot by itself be a ground to reject account books under section 145(3) Posted: 25 Feb 2011 05:42 AM PST If the rate of gross profit declared by the assessee in a particular period is lower as compared to the gross profit declared by him in the preceding year, that may alert the Assessing Officer and serve as a warning to him, to look into the accounts... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

On invocation of action under section 13 of Securitisation Act by secured creditor, reference before BIFR would abate by virtue of third proviso to section 15(1) of SICA Posted: 25 Feb 2011 05:12 AM PST The third proviso under section 15(1) of the SICA relieves the specified strength of secured creditors from shackle of taking consent of the BIFR and permits them to pursue their remedy under the provisions of Securitisation Act, which have been... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Special Auditor, to whom work is assigned, is very much at liberty, to insist upon payment of such fee/remuneration as he may deem adequate for work assigned to him Posted: 25 Feb 2011 05:10 AM PST If the remuneration demanded by the person proposed to be appointed as Special Auditor is not acceptable to the Chief Commissioner or the Commissioner, as the case may be, he may not assign the work to him; but, it would be difficult to accept that... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Imposition of penalty-If claim made by assessee besides being incorrect in law is mala fide, Explanation 1 to section 271(1)(c) would come into play and work to his disadvantage Posted: 25 Feb 2011 05:10 AM PST If the assessee makes a claim which is not only incorrect in law but is also wholly without any basis and the explanation furnished by him for making such a claim is not found to be bona fide, it would be difficult to say that he would still not be... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Rectification of computational error- A simple computational error can be resolved by rectifying an order of assessment under Section 154(1) Posted: 25 Feb 2011 05:09 AM PST It would be entirely arbitrary for the Assessing Officer to reopen the entire assessment under Section 147 to rectify an error or mistake which can be rectified under Section 154; an arbitrary exercise of power is certainly not a consequence which... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Court should provide its own grounds and reasons for rejecting claim/prayer of a party Posted: 25 Feb 2011 05:08 AM PST Recording of reasons: Despite heavy quantum of cases in Courts, it would neither be permissible nor possible to state as a principle of law, that while exercising power of judicial review on administrative action and more particularly judgment of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Canvat Credit – Valuation of goods transferred by manufacturer to its sister concerns without any invoice Posted: 25 Feb 2011 05:01 AM PST The Explanation given by the CBEC vide its Circular No. 643/34/2002-CX dated 1-7-2002 cannot apply in the cases where the transaction value of the concerned goods is available on record; to ignore such value on the record and to take resort to the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Cenvat credit – Conditions for availing benefit under Notification No. 8/2003-CE dated 1-3-2003 Posted: 25 Feb 2011 05:00 AM PST Cenvat credit : Manufacturers are not debarred from availing benefit under Notification No. 8/2003-CE dated 1-3-2003 in relation to goods other than goods which are excluded from benefit of said notification while simultaneously seeking to avail... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Doctrine of mutuality does not apply in case business activities of an assessee-firm is not restricted to partners only Posted: 25 Feb 2011 05:00 AM PST Where an Association or Company trades with its members only and the surplus out of the common fund is distributable among the members, there is mutuality and the surplus is not assessable to tax as profit. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Appellate Forums while reversing orders of AO are legally bound to dwell upon specific reasons assigned by AO for not accepting explanation of assessee that statement made by him u/s 132(4) was obtained under coercion and duress Posted: 25 Feb 2011 04:59 AM PST Where the AO has assigned cogent reasons for not accepting the retraction of the statement under section 132(4) by the assessee, but the Appellate Forums, without meeting the reasoning of the AO for not accepting the explanation of the assessee,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

FERA- Where interest received by revenue was relatable to seized amounts from petitioners, which were invested in fixed deposits by revenue, petitioners would be entitled to accrued interest on such seized amounts Posted: 25 Feb 2011 04:59 AM PST There is no justification on the part of the revenue in retaining the amount of interest earned on the seized amount especially, on the touchstone of the doctrine of accretion. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Bill Likely to Relax Rotation of Auditors Posted: 25 Feb 2011 04:50 AM PST In what could be a breather to India Inc, the corporate affairs ministry is proposing diluting norms for rotation of auditors and audit firms for companies in the new Companies Bill. The bill will be taken up for consideration in Parliament in the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Even if MOA of an trust contains varied objects, so long as record demonstrates that assessee only conducts educational institutions, it must be regarded as existing solely for purpose of education Posted: 25 Feb 2011 04:22 AM PST The fact that a surplus may incidentally arise from the activities of the trust, after meeting the expenditure incurred for conducting educational activities, would not disentitle the trust of the benefit of the provisions of Section 10(23C). [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

India-Singapore DTAA- Technical services provided offshore do not require any deduction of tax at source Posted: 25 Feb 2011 04:18 AM PST It was held that if technical services provided off-shore do not require any deduction of tax at source. In the . instant case, the services have been rendered off-shore though these are utilized in India and as per the; decision of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Making a wrong claim is not at par with concealment or giving of inaccurate information, which may call for levy of penalty under section 271(1)(c) Posted: 25 Feb 2011 04:18 AM PST In order to apply the provisions of section 271(1)(c), there has to be concealment of particulars of the income of the assessee; the assessee must have furnished inaccurate particulars of his income. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Cenvat Credit – To avail credit lawfully, raw material, on which same is sought to be availed, must be utilized in manufacture of final dutiable product and credit earned thereon should also be utilized for payment of duty on final product Posted: 25 Feb 2011 04:16 AM PST Till and until both the credit earned and the product on which the credit is earned are lawfully utilized, it cannot be said that the credit has been lawfully and completely utilized; of course, the utilization of credit and utilization of input may... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Section 127 mandates that assessee must be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard while exercising power to transfer cases Posted: 25 Feb 2011 04:15 AM PST Where the assessee was not provided with any opportunity of being heard in the matter, the reasons assigned in the order which was "administrative convenience and for co-ordinating effective investigation" also could not be said to be the reasons as... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

There is no provision in section 148(1) stating that after objection is received, a detailed order of rejection has to be passed before passing final order of reassessment Posted: 25 Feb 2011 04:05 AM PST Even if there is any lacuna in the procedure followed by the Assessing Authority while rejecting the objections raised by the assessee against the notices issued under sections 147 and 148(1), it is not as if the assessee is left in lurch and... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Proceedings u/s 163 are only intended to ensure that a person can be regarded as a representative assessee only on existence of certain conditions Posted: 25 Feb 2011 03:56 AM PST The fact that the Agent has deducted tax under section 195 will not be a bar to proceed and pass an order under section 163 against the agent [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Limitation to proceed under section 13 (2) and 13 (4) of SARFAESI Act, 2002? Posted: 25 Feb 2011 03:37 AM PST Despite the clear objective behind enacting SARFAESI Act, 2002, while implementing the provisions of the Act, many complications have arisen and the Hon'ble Courts have cleared some complications making a good balance between the interests of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

No disallowance can be made in case of payment to non-residents in view of Article 26(3) of the DTAA between India and the USA Posted: 25 Feb 2011 03:21 AM PST In a recent decision, in the case of CIT v. Vasisth Chay Vyapar Ltd. (Delhi High Court) [ITA 552/2005] dated 29 November, 2010 , the Delhi High Court in the context of loans given by a Non-Banking Financial Company ("NBFC") held that in a scenario... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Interest on Non Performing Assets which is doubtful of recovery, taxable on receipt basis Posted: 25 Feb 2011 03:20 AM PST In a recent decision, in the case of CIT v. Vasisth Chay Vyapar Ltd. (Delhi High Court) [ITA 552/2005] dated 29 November, 2010 , the Delhi High Court in the context of loans given by a Non-Banking Financial Company ("NBFC") held that in a scenario... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Capital gains arising from transfer of the Development right to attract the provisions Section 50C of the Act Posted: 25 Feb 2011 02:59 AM PST Recently, the Mumbai bench of Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (the Tribunal) in the case of Arif Akhatar Husssain (ITA No. 541/Mum/2010) held that the provisions of Section 50C of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) is applicable to the capital gains... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Hyderabad Tribunal has ruled that only the expenses that have been incurred after the date of entering into agreement are liable for mark-up Posted: 25 Feb 2011 02:50 AM PST The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (the "Tribunal") of Hyderabad, on 31 January 2011, pronounced its ruling in the case of M/s Convergys Information Management (India) (P) Ltd. Vs DCIT, Hyderabad, ITA No. 229/H/2009, on whether the expenses incurred... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Continuing debit balance is not an "international transaction" Posted: 25 Feb 2011 02:42 AM PST The Mumbai bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal ("ITAT") recently pronounced its ruling in the case of M/s Nimbus Communications Limited vs. ACIT Circle 11(1), Mumbai for Assessment Year 2004-05, ITA No. 659 7/Mum/09 , on transfer pricing... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

The assessee is not entitled to adjustment of 5 per cent as stipulated u/s 92C(2), where only one of the several methods specified u/s 92C(1) is applied by the assessee to determine the ALP Posted: 25 Feb 2011 02:39 AM PST During the assessment year 2005-06, the Taxpayer sold fabrics worth INR 66,101,237 to its associated enterprise, M/s Spin International Inc., incorporated in the U.S., and relied on the Comparable Uncontrolled Price Method ("CUP Method") to justify... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

Computation of gross profit margin should be based on audited accounts and should not be a notional figure. Posted: 25 Feb 2011 02:38 AM PST The Mumbai bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (Tribunal) recently pronounced its ruling in the case of Monsanto Holdings Private Limited vs. Dy. Commissioner of Income Tax Range - 8(2) (Mumbai Bench), ITA No: 9130/Ml/2010 , on transfer... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit www.taxguru.in for full article ]]

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