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...
Taxability of shipping income - Shipping income as dealt by Article-8 states that profits derived by an enterprise of a contracting state by operation of ships in international traffic shall be taxable only in the State of residence. The word 'only' debars the other contracting state to tax the shipping income so earned by the assessee even if it is sourced from India. When India does not have any taxation right on a shipping income of non-resident entity, exemption or reduced rate of taxation in the source state is of no relevance because once the taxing right has been given-off, the other conditions like exemption or reduced rate of tax has no bearing on the taxability of particular income in other contracting state. - AT
Taxability of shipping income - Shipping income as dealt by Article-8 states that profits derived by an enterprise of a contracting state by operation of ships in international traffic shall be taxable only in the State of residence. The word 'only' debars the other contracting state to tax the shipping income so earned by the assessee even if it is sourced from India. When India does not have any taxation right on a shipping income of non-resident entity, exemption or reduced rate of taxation in the source state is of no relevance because once the taxing right has been given-off, the other conditions like exemption or reduced rate of tax has no bearing on the taxability of particular income in other contracting state. - AT
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