Authentication of paper assessment orders upheld, while qualifying repairs, consumables and vendor advance write-offs remain deductible business claim...
Transaction value cannot be rejected solely on non-statutory valuation guidelines without corroborative evidence supporting reassessment of final cust...
Cross-examination rights and corroborated evidence limit customs penalties for misdeclaration in genuine import transactions involving documented clea...
Tariff classification of vehicle gear components follows the specific gearing entry, displacing motor-vehicle parts classification and related liabili...
Disallowance of Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) cost claimed as expenditure - No reasons are forthcoming for invoking the provisions under section 17(2)(vi)(c) of the Act against the repeated contentions of the assessee that for the reasons stated in their written submissions, such an expenditure has to be allowed in the hands of the employer. Reasons are the life blood for any judicial/quasi-judicial order without which it would be difficult for the appellate authority to sustain or overrule the findings reached by the authorities. - AT
Disallowance of Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) cost claimed as expenditure - No reasons are forthcoming for invoking the provisions under section 17(2)(vi)(c) of the Act against the repeated contentions of the assessee that for the reasons stated in their written submissions, such an expenditure has to be allowed in the hands of the employer. Reasons are the life blood for any judicial/quasi-judicial order without which it would be difficult for the appellate authority to sustain or overrule the findings reached by the authorities. - AT
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