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Transaction value between related persons requires market-equivalent pricing; importer must prove declared value mirrors ordinary international trade ...
Classification of exported insecticides under export tariff affirmed; reclassification and related penalties set aside and MEIS scrip jurisdiction rec...
Incentive payments to employees under an executive gain-sharing plan were held to be additional remuneration in the nature of bonus/incentive, not severance compensation; since the liability crystallised during the year and the unpaid portion was discharged before the return-filing due date, the expenditure was allowable under s. 43B(c) read with the first proviso, and the disallowance was deleted. For transfer pricing of an ITES provider, a high-end KPO company and a professional/accounting advisory company were excluded due to functional dissimilarity and inadequate data, while several routine ITES/BPO comparables were included based on functional similarity, availability of segmental/quarterly data, and consistency with prior years. For s. 10AA, reallocation of common costs without corresponding revenue adjustment under a cost-plus model was rejected; since books were not rejected u/s 145, deletion of the resulting addition was upheld - ITAT
Incentive payments to employees under an executive gain-sharing plan were held to be additional remuneration in the nature of bonus/incentive, not severance compensation; since the liability crystallised during the year and the unpaid portion was discharged before the return-filing due date, the expenditure was allowable under s. 43B(c) read with the first proviso, and the disallowance was deleted. For transfer pricing of an ITES provider, a high-end KPO company and a professional/accounting advisory company were excluded due to functional dissimilarity and inadequate data, while several routine ITES/BPO comparables were included based on functional similarity, availability of segmental/quarterly data, and consistency with prior years. For s. 10AA, reallocation of common costs without corresponding revenue adjustment under a cost-plus model was rejected; since books were not rejected u/s 145, deletion of the resulting addition was upheld - ITAT
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