Pre-amendment reassessment limitation bars late notices under the preserved regime, invalidating consequential reassessment for affected earlier asses...
Cash-sales explanations for bank deposits require documentary reconciliation; reassessment notice survived where effective response time was available...
Functional comparability in transfer pricing prevents ad hoc arm's length adjustments where functions, assets, risks and reliable comparables are unes...
Contingency expenses, exempt-income disallowance, and royalty benchmarking: unsupported adjustments were deleted under consistent accounting and trans...
The ITAT remitted the matter to the AO for fresh determination of the exact nature of services rendered by the assessee to its Indian affiliate, emphasizing that the factual nature of services must be ascertained year-wise to evaluate the applicability of the India-US DTAA and the "make available" clause. The Tribunal noted that the AO's initial categorization of services as managerial and/or consultancy was premature without detailed factual inquiry, especially since managerial services are not covered as FTS under the treaty, whereas consultancy services are. The assessee was directed to cooperate and provide all relevant information. Consequently, the issue of whether the services constitute FTS under the treaty was set aside for reconsideration. Grounds raised by the assessee were allowed for statistical purposes.
The ITAT remitted the matter to the AO for fresh determination of the exact nature of services rendered by the assessee to its Indian affiliate, emphasizing that the factual nature of services must be ascertained year-wise to evaluate the applicability of the India-US DTAA and the "make available" clause. The Tribunal noted that the AO's initial categorization of services as managerial and/or consultancy was premature without detailed factual inquiry, especially since managerial services are not covered as FTS under the treaty, whereas consultancy services are. The assessee was directed to cooperate and provide all relevant information. Consequently, the issue of whether the services constitute FTS under the treaty was set aside for reconsideration. Grounds raised by the assessee were allowed for statistical purposes.
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