Tag Archives: IN THE ITAT AHMEDABAD BENCH

Delayed Receivables Subsumed Under TNMM and Working Capital Adjustment Cannot Face Separate Notional Interest Imposition

By | July 2, 2026

Delayed Receivables Subsumed Under TNMM and Working Capital Adjustment Cannot Face Separate Notional Interest Imposition Issue Whether a separate Transfer Pricing (TP) adjustment by imputing notional interest on delayed trade receivables from Associated Enterprises (AEs) is legally sustainable when the transaction has already been benchmarked under the Transactional Net Margin Method (TNMM) and a working… Read More »

Entire Bogus Purchase Value Cannot Be Taxed When Corresponding Sales Are Undisputed

By | July 2, 2026

Entire Bogus Purchase Value Cannot Be Taxed When Corresponding Sales Are Undisputed Issue Whether the Assessing Officer is justified in adding the entire value of alleged bogus purchases to the assessee’s taxable income under Section 69C when the corresponding sales are accepted, no stock discrepancies exist, and only the profit element embedded in those purchases… Read More »

TPO cannot value actual intra-group services at ‘Nil’ based on a subjective ‘benefit test’, and sequential commercial disallowance under section 37(1) cannot survive if the TP adjustment is deleted.

By | June 22, 2026

TPO cannot value actual intra-group services at ‘Nil’ based on a subjective ‘benefit test’, and sequential commercial disallowance under section 37(1) cannot survive if the TP adjustment is deleted. Issue Whether the Transfer Pricing Officer (TPO) was legally justified in determining the Arm’s Length Price (ALP) of intra-group services at ‘Nil’ based on a subjective… Read More »

Assessee wins corporate guarantee, R&D, and registration claims; medical freebies and late welfare dues disallowed.

By | June 22, 2026

Assessee wins corporate guarantee, R&D, and registration claims; medical freebies and late welfare dues disallowed. Issue Whether the various additions and disallowances made by the Assessing Officer (AO) for Assessment Year 2013-14—concerning corporate guarantees, interest on borrowings, weighted R&D deductions, product registration expenses, exempt income disallowances (under regular and MAT provisions), foreign exchange hedging losses,… Read More »

Consistency in Transfer Pricing methodology and prevention of double taxation on reversed provisions bind the Assessing Officer.

By | June 20, 2026

Consistency in Transfer Pricing methodology and prevention of double taxation on reversed provisions bind the Assessing Officer. Consistency in Transfer Pricing methodology and prevention of double taxation on reversed provisions bind the Assessing Officer. Issue Whether the Transactional Net Margin Method (TNMM) at the entity level remains the most appropriate method for benchmarking international transactions… Read More »

Internal TNMM governs chemical transfer pricing, while additional depreciation applies to storage tanks but is denied for routine spares.

By | June 19, 2026

Internal TNMM governs chemical transfer pricing, while additional depreciation applies to storage tanks but is denied for routine spares. Issue Whether the tax authorities are legally justified in modifying transfer pricing methods (CUP vs. Internal TNMM), disallowing additional depreciation on plant spares and storage tanks, adjusting book profits under Section 115JB for prior-period expenses, capitalising… Read More »

Section 153A Return Substitutes Section 139 Return, Negating Penalty Under Black Money Act for Omissions in Original Filing

By | June 12, 2026

Section 153A Return Substitutes Section 139 Return, Negating Penalty Under Black Money Act for Omissions in Original Filing Issue Whether a penalty under Section 43 of the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015 can be levied for failing to report foreign assets in the original Schedule FA of… Read More »

Digital Evidence Found in Seized Mobile Phones Lacks Statutory Legs Without Strong Corroborative Material

By | June 12, 2026

Digital Evidence Found in Seized Mobile Phones Lacks Statutory Legs Without Strong Corroborative Material Issue Whether rough electronic notings, WhatsApp chats, unexecuted contract images, or dumb digital documents seized from a mobile phone during a search under Section 132 can form the sole basis for tax additions under Sections 68, 69, 69A, and 69C, or… Read More »