Transfer pricing comparables and adjustments: Tribunal revisits loss-maker status, segmental comparability, working capital relief, and risk allocatio...
Business expenditure disallowance failed where commission, related-party salary and promotion payments were supported by records and inquiry was inade...
Fraud classification under the RBI Fraud Master Circular, 2024 requires a reasoned order addressing the relevant facts, the noticee's submissions and the reasons for rejecting them. An order that merely reproduces forensic-audit observations and the show-cause notice, without dealing with defences, reflects non-application of mind and cannot sustain classification. The discussion further notes that proceedings against a former non-executive director were unsustainable for the audit review period where the forensic report attributed no fraudulent transaction or allegation to that director and no personal guarantee was produced. The fraud-classification order was set aside, with no permission to recommence proceedings for that period.
Fraud classification under the RBI Fraud Master Circular, 2024 requires a reasoned order addressing the relevant facts, the noticee's submissions and the reasons for rejecting them. An order that merely reproduces forensic-audit observations and the show-cause notice, without dealing with defences, reflects non-application of mind and cannot sustain classification. The discussion further notes that proceedings against a former non-executive director were unsustainable for the audit review period where the forensic report attributed no fraudulent transaction or allegation to that director and no personal guarantee was produced. The fraud-classification order was set aside, with no permission to recommence proceedings for that period.
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