Trademark depreciation and section 14A adjustments: ITAT applies consistency, independent book-profit computation, and no disallowance without exempt ...
Rebuttable search presumptions and corroboration standards shaped deletion of unsubstantiated additions, while rental income and limited profit estima...
Reassessment beyond four years following an assessment under section 143(3) requires failure by the taxpayer to make a full and true disclosure of material facts. The notes state that where the subsidy was disclosed in the financial statements and considered originally, reopening without fresh material constitutes a change of opinion and is invalid. For transfer-pricing benchmarking, an associated enterprise subsidy that routinely compensates unabsorbed distribution costs and is directly linked to distribution operations is treated as operating income. Such subsidy must be included when benchmarking closely linked distribution transactions, rather than excluded in making a transfer-pricing adjustment.
Reassessment beyond four years following an assessment under section 143(3) requires failure by the taxpayer to make a full and true disclosure of material facts. The notes state that where the subsidy was disclosed in the financial statements and considered originally, reopening without fresh material constitutes a change of opinion and is invalid. For transfer-pricing benchmarking, an associated enterprise subsidy that routinely compensates unabsorbed distribution costs and is directly linked to distribution operations is treated as operating income. Such subsidy must be included when benchmarking closely linked distribution transactions, rather than excluded in making a transfer-pricing adjustment.
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