Social forestry expenditure requires activity-based classification, limiting book-profit adjustments and preserving penalty relief where normal additi...
Inaccurate-particulars penalties fail where transfer-pricing documentation shows good faith and due diligence, and underlying capital-gains additions ...
Transfer-pricing tolerance for software sub-licensing falls within the services range, eliminating the adjustment and requiring TDS-credit verificatio...
Customs Broker due diligence requires prescribed KYC, not detecting misdeclarations discoverable only through physical examination, defeating licence ...
Central Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) case involving valuation of imported goods - rejection of declared value - enhancement of value. The tribunal held that when the imported goods were numerous, only a few items were referenced without considering the importer's submissions. The grounds for value enhancement were not communicated to the importer, violating natural justice principles. The tribunal observed that the provisions of Rule 3(b) of the Customs Valuation Rules, 2007, regarding transaction value for imports by related persons, were not properly applied. The original authority failed to examine the values against identical or similar items imported by independent buyers from the same supplier or other contemporaneous imports. The lower appellate authority's order setting aside the original order without determining the appropriate values created a vacuum. The case was remanded to the original authority to reconsider the issue afresh, adhering to natural justice principles and examining all relevant factors within three months.
Central Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) case involving valuation of imported goods - rejection of declared value - enhancement of value. The tribunal held that when the imported goods were numerous, only a few items were referenced without considering the importer's submissions. The grounds for value enhancement were not communicated to the importer, violating natural justice principles. The tribunal observed that the provisions of Rule 3(b) of the Customs Valuation Rules, 2007, regarding transaction value for imports by related persons, were not properly applied. The original authority failed to examine the values against identical or similar items imported by independent buyers from the same supplier or other contemporaneous imports. The lower appellate authority's order setting aside the original order without determining the appropriate values created a vacuum. The case was remanded to the original authority to reconsider the issue afresh, adhering to natural justice principles and examining all relevant factors within three months.
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