2015 (10) TMI 2745

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.... ORDER This appeal by the assessee is directed against the order dated 12.06.2014 passed by the ld. CIT(A) confirming penalty of Rs. 4,06,009/- imposed by the Assessing Officer u/s 271(1)(c) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 in relation to assessment year 2008-09. 2. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that the assessee claimed deduction in respect of certain payments made to M/s Maersk Indi....

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....t paid to M/s Maersk India Pvt. Ltd. on the basis of a Circular, as per which, the foreign shipping companies and their agents were governed by the provisions of Section 172 and not by Section 194C of the Act. Though it is an admitted fact that the assessee made the payment to a resident but the fact remains that principal of M/s Maersk India Pvt. Ltd., being M/s A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, Denmark, w....