Transfer pricing comparables and adjustments: Tribunal revisits loss-maker status, segmental comparability, working capital relief, and risk allocatio...
Business expenditure disallowance failed where commission, related-party salary and promotion payments were supported by records and inquiry was inade...
Concessional rate of basic customs duty reassessment was challenged on grounds that ICES-derived information used by the appellate authority was not disclosed to the importer, breaching natural justice; consequence: impugned order set aside for failure to furnish material and opportunity. The absence of a separate speaking order when re-assessment findings were applied across multiple imports rendered the appellate exercise inappropriate; consequence: appellate treatment declared collateral adjudication and unreliable. Confiscation and penalty powers were referenced but not permitted to validate the defective appellate process; consequence: all 50 appeals restored to first appellate authority for fresh consideration on merit and maintainability.
Concessional rate of basic customs duty reassessment was challenged on grounds that ICES-derived information used by the appellate authority was not disclosed to the importer, breaching natural justice; consequence: impugned order set aside for failure to furnish material and opportunity. The absence of a separate speaking order when re-assessment findings were applied across multiple imports rendered the appellate exercise inappropriate; consequence: appellate treatment declared collateral adjudication and unreliable. Confiscation and penalty powers were referenced but not permitted to validate the defective appellate process; consequence: all 50 appeals restored to first appellate authority for fresh consideration on merit and maintainability.
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