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Issues: (i) Whether transfer pricing adjustment could be made in respect of charter-hire income when the assessee had opted for the tonnage tax scheme under Chapter XII-G; (ii) whether delayed deposit of employees' contribution to provident fund was allowable as a deduction; (iii) whether education cess and secondary and higher secondary education cess were deductible while computing business income.
Issue (i): Whether transfer pricing adjustment could be made in respect of charter-hire income when the assessee had opted for the tonnage tax scheme under Chapter XII-G.
Analysis: The assessee had validly opted for the tonnage tax regime and computed income on the presumptive basis contemplated by Chapter XII-G. Under this scheme, the computation of shipping income is governed by the special formula in the chapter, and the adjustment of income by applying arm's length principles under Chapter X would not alter the statutory method of computation. The existence of an international transaction and the filing of Form 3CEB did not make the transfer pricing machinery applicable where the income itself was determined under the tonnage tax scheme. The special provision dealing with tonnage-tax companies also recognised only a limited power to deem income in certain cases, which did not support the impugned transfer pricing adjustment.
Conclusion: The transfer pricing adjustment was not sustainable and the issue was decided in favour of the assessee.
Issue (ii): Whether delayed deposit of employees' contribution to provident fund was allowable as a deduction.
Analysis: The issue was covered against the assessee by binding Supreme Court authority. Once employees' contribution is deposited beyond the prescribed time, the deduction is not allowable in the computation of income.
Conclusion: The disallowance was upheld and the issue was decided against the assessee.
Issue (iii): Whether education cess and secondary and higher secondary education cess were deductible while computing business income.
Analysis: In view of the statutory clarification brought in by the Finance Act, 2022, cess and surcharge are included within the expression tax for purposes of the relevant disallowance provision. Accordingly, education cess and secondary and higher secondary education cess do not qualify for deduction.
Conclusion: The claim for deduction was rejected and the issue was decided against the assessee.
Final Conclusion: The appeal succeeded only to the extent of deletion of the transfer pricing adjustment, while the remaining disallowances were sustained.
Ratio Decidendi: Where income is computed under the tonnage tax scheme, the special presumptive computation mechanism prevails and transfer pricing adjustments under Chapter X do not govern that computation.
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