Minimum Import Price restrictions for Black Pepper, Areca-nuts and Apples upheld; procedural laying failure not fatal, notifications to be placed befo...
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...
Misclassification between copra and dry coconut: customs recovery and re-valuation quashed for lack of prior licensing-authority invalidation, appeals...
Assessees treatment of project selling costs under the percentage completion method conformed with ICAI guidance; advertising, promotion and commission expenses were allowable as revenue expenditure since revenue recognition threshold was not met. Interest on debentures financing the project must be capitalized; AO directed to disallow interest expense claimed without nexus to other uses. Debenture issue expenditure held allowable as borrowing cost. Notional interest on interest-free advances to related parties to be recalculated using assessees cost of capital and cannot increase claimed interest; AO to restrict adjustment to actual claimed interest. Section 14A adjustment partly allowed; TDS disallowance deleted due to excess timely deposit and AOs reverse calculation rejected.
Assessees treatment of project selling costs under the percentage completion method conformed with ICAI guidance; advertising, promotion and commission expenses were allowable as revenue expenditure since revenue recognition threshold was not met. Interest on debentures financing the project must be capitalized; AO directed to disallow interest expense claimed without nexus to other uses. Debenture issue expenditure held allowable as borrowing cost. Notional interest on interest-free advances to related parties to be recalculated using assessees cost of capital and cannot increase claimed interest; AO to restrict adjustment to actual claimed interest. Section 14A adjustment partly allowed; TDS disallowance deleted due to excess timely deposit and AOs reverse calculation rejected.
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