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    <description>Transfer pricing adjustment for corporate guarantees was governed by precedent in the taxpayer&#039;s own case, requiring guarantee commission to be benchmarked at 0.5% per annum for performance, lease and finance guarantees, and the adjustment was restricted accordingly. Overseas &quot;State taxes&quot; were held deductible unless eligible for relief under s. 90, since &quot;tax&quot; in s. 2(43) for s. 40(a)(ii) covers only tax chargeable under the Act; AO was directed to verify treaty relief and allow deduction if none. Payments for imported software were not &quot;royalty&quot; for internal-use software and no TDS was required; contrary treatment for trading software was not sustained. Disallowance under s. 14A r/w r. 8D was deleted for lack of recorded satisfaction; tax sparing credit under India-Singapore DTAA was allowed on FIFO method. - ITAT</description>
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