TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2016 (10) TMI 1303
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....completed under scrutiny assessing total income at Rs. 14,86,32,750/-. Assessee is engaged in the business of manufacture of carburetors, fuel injection parts and fuel pumps for automotive applications. Against the above assessment order, assessee had preferred an appeal. The CIT(A) passed an order on nine grounds taken in appeal which related to restriction of claim u/s 80HHC and 80IB of the Act. Against the relief granted by the CIT(A), Revenue had moved before the Tribunal. The Tribunal vide its order dated 16.11.2007 in I.T.A.No. 2192/Mds/2006 had dismissed such appeal. In the impugned order dated 20.7.2009 passed by the Assessing Officer it was mentioned that it was being passed to give effect to the Tribunal order in I.T.A.No.2192/Mds/2006. Since the order referred to the Tribunal order which had confirmed the order of the CIT(A), assessee chose to move in appeal once again. As per the assessee, what was stated in the impugned order i.e it was for giving effect to the order of the Tribunal in I.T.A.No.2192/Mds/2006 dated 16.11.2007 was incorrect. It seems that while passing the impugned order, the Assessing Officer also considered an audit objection and endeavoured to recalcu....
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....,64,09,870/- which was revised to Rs. 19,47,94,754/-. During the course of assessment proceedings it was noted that while claiming deduction u/s 80IB of the Act assessee had not allocated Head Office rent and electricity charges to the Pondicherry unit on which said claim was preferred. As per the Assessing Officer, assessee had paid rent of Rs. 96,95,630/- and electricity charges of Rs. 5,92,718/-. Further, as per the Assessing Officer, Head Office was at Maraimalainagar Unit and there was no separate office for the Pondicherry Unit. It was noted by the Assessing Officer that 40% of the Head Office space was used by common staff. He came to a conclusion that 60% of the rent, electricity charges would relate to Maraimalainagar Unit whereas balance 40% was common expenditure attributable to Pondicherry as well as Maraimalainagar Unit. This came to Rs. 40,75,339/-. Ld Assessing Officer allocated this amount proportionately between Pondicherry Unit and Maraimalainagar Unit based on the turnover. The deduction u/s 80IB of the Act claimed by the Pondicherry Unit was reworked downwards through allocation of the common expenditure to the Pondicherry unit. 14. The Assessing Officer also n....
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.... benefits from the R&D were enjoyed only by the Maraimalainagar Unit could not be accepted. He confirmed the reallocation made by the Assessing Officer insofar as it related to the R&D expenditure and the subsequent reduction in claim u/s 80IB of the Act. 16. Now before us, ld. AR submitted that after accepting the products manufactured as not identical, the CIT(A) had summarily rejected the claim of the assessee that R&D activities carried on had no bearing with Pondicherry Unit. Thus, according to him, the CIT(A) was not justified in confirming the recalculation done by the Assessing Officer. 17. Per contra, the ld. DR supported the orders of the authorities below. 18. We have heard the rival contentions and the perused the orders of the authorities below. It is stated in the annual report for financial year 2004-05 that R&D carried out by the assessee was to absorb the technology for air assisted direct injection for two stroke engines, and product launch was proceeding as per schedule, for Indian three wheeler application. It is not disputed by the lower authorities that products manufactured at Pondicherry Unit and Maraimalainagar Unit though similar were not identical. Tha....
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....see before the Assessing Officer was that foreign exchange benefits were intricately linked to the acquisition of material and sale of goods. Assessee had specifically mentioned before the CIT(A) that foreign exchange losss were considered as expenditure while calculating eligible deduction u/s 80IB of the Act for assessment years 2004-05 and 2006-07. Rule of consistency requires that when foreign exchange loss is considered as expenditure for calculating deduction u/s 80IB of the Act in earlier years, when there is a surplus in a subsequent year, it should not be excluded. When a similar set of facts permeates through a number of years and there is nothing on record to show that a different view was required to be taken on such set of facts, though rule of res judicata does not apply to income tax proceedings, rule of consistency has to be applied unless there is a gross violation of law which calls for a deviation. We are of the opinion that the lower authorities erred in not allowing the claim of deduction u/s 80IB of the Act on foreign exchange gains of Rs. 44,06,047/-. Such disallowance has to be deleted. Ground Nos. 7 & 8 are allowed. 24. Vide its Ground Nos. 9 & 10, assesse....
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.... the R&D expenditure was incurred for the same product line which assessee was engaged and hence it could be considered as a new business. Relying on the judgment of the Apex Court in the case of Alembic Chemical Works Co. Ltd vs CIT, 177 ITR 377, ld. AR submitted that when improvisation in process and technology was supplemental to the existing business and there was no fresh venture, expenditure incurred for such improvisation could not be considered as a capital outgo. Further, as per the ld. AR, break-up of expenditure given at page 64 of the paper book clearly proved that there was no capital outgo or capital acquisition. Hence, according to him, the disallowance was unjustifiably made. 30. Per contra, the ld. DR supported the orders of the authorities below. 31. We have considered the rival submissions and perused the orders of the authorities below. Assessee was already engaged in manufacture of fuel injection system and this has not been disputed by the Revenue. What the assessee was endeavouring to do through the agreement entered with M/s Orbital Engine Company, Australia, was manufacture of direct fuel injection systems for two stroke engines. It may be true that there....
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.... this issue. 36. In the result, appeal of the assessee for assessment year 2006-07 stands allowed. 37. Coming to the appeal of the assessee for assessment year 2010-11 in I.T.A.No.725/Mds/2015, it has altogether raised 10 grounds of which Ground Nos.1,5, 9 & 10 are general in nature needing no specific adjudication. 38. Vide Grounds 2 to 4, grievance raised by the assessee is that the Assessing Officer in the order passed u/s 143(3) r.w.s 144C of the Act, made an upward adjustment of Rs. 4,75,05,574/- for notional interest calculated on the advances given by the assessee to its wholly owned subsidiary called M/s Amtec Precision Products Inc, in USA. 39. Facts apropos are that assessee-company which was originally promoted with the objective of manufacturing carburetors and fuel pumps for Maruti range of vehicles, had diversified its product range by manufacturing carburetors for other vehicles also. Fuel pumps manufactured by the assessee were sold to M/s Amtec Precision Products Inc, which was a subsidiary of the assessee. The international transaction entered into by the assessee during the relevant previous year were as under: Name of the Associate Details of Transaction ....
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....75% 2,12,43,317 Exim Loan of Rs. 33,72,41,800/- assigned in assessee's favour on 1.12.2009 (120 days) applying Libor 5.07% 56,21,313 4,75,05,574 42. When an upward adjustment on the above loans was suggested by the Assessing Officer, the assessee chose to move an application to the DRP. Argument of the assessee was that the loans were given for commercial and business reasons and there was no requirement of applying ALP regulations. However, DRP was not appreciative of this argument. According to it, transfer pricing adjustment and rates of determination of taxable income under regular proceedings were totally different. The question of commercial expediency would arise, as per the DRP, for determination of regular taxable income and not for transfer pricing. The DRP also observed that ALP of the interest chargeable on loans was arrived at by the TPO by applying the libor. Since DRP confirmed the recommendations made by the TPO, an assessment order was passed confirming the addition. 43. Now, before us, ld. AR strongly assailing the order of the Assessing Officer submitted that the interest was notionally calculated. As per the ld. AR, transfer pricing regulations has....
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....hen CUP method is applied for benchmarking the international transaction, primary requisite is identification of price charged or paid for the property transferred or services provided in a comparable uncontrolled transaction. No doubt, the TPO had for the Exim loan considered Libor plus rate as the comparable uncontrolled price. However, the party to which loan was advanced by the assessee here was not only a subsidiary but also one whose capital stood completely eroded, and which was suffering continuous losses. No banker would have advanced any sums to such a company since the risk would have been too much. Thus the only source for such a subsidiary to raise any funds was its principal alone. It is an accepted position that the subsidiary company of the assessee to which the advances were made was sick. Thus, finding a comparable uncontrolled transaction, where a loan was given to an entity which was subsidiary to the tested party, and whose capital stood completely eroded due to loss was not practical or feasible. The simple reason is that no other person would have given any loan to such an entity, whatever might be the interest rate since the chances of recovery was negligibl....
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....ich Ground Nos. 8 & 9 are general in nature needing no specific adjudication. 55. Vide its Ground Nos. 2 to 4, the grievance of the assessee is upward adjustment of Rs. 1,17,91,564/- being notional interest calculated for the advances given by the assessee to its subsidiary, M/s Amtec Precision Products Inc. 56. This ground is similar to Ground No. 2 to 4 taken for assessment year 2010-11. We held at para 45 and 46 that such upward adjustment was not called for in the facts and circumstances of the case. For the reasons cited in the said para, we delete the addition made by the Assessing Officer. Ground No.2 to 4 stand allowed. 57. Vide its Ground 5 & 6, grievance of the assessee is that a sum of Rs. 160 lakhs was added based on TDS certificates. 58. Facts apropos are that during the course of assessment proceedings, assessee was required to reconcile its claim of tax deducted at source with gross receipts as per the Profit & Loss Account. Assessee stated that a sum of Rs. 3,29,600/- was deducted by one M/s Visteon Climate Systems India Ltd. u/s 194C of the Act. As per the assessee, M/s Visteon Climate Systems India Ltd had made a provision of Rs. 32 lakhs in their accounts for....
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.... tax was being deducted. As per the ld. AR, observation of the Assessing Officer that updation of Form 16A was only an afterthought was incorrect. Ld. AR submitted that assessee ought not have been fastened with an income which never accrued to it. 61. Per contra, the ld. DR supported the orders of the authorities below. 62. We have considered the rival contentions and perused the orders of the authorities below. Assessee had placed before the Assessing Officer letter dated 5.6.2013 issued by M/s Visteon Climate Systems India Ltd where they had mentioned that they had received some testing service from the assessee on which it had made a provision of Rs. 32 lakhs in its accounts. It was also mentioned by the said party that the payment to the assessee fell u/s 194J of the Act and sec. 194C was mentioned by mistake. It is also not disputed that Form 16A was updated by the deductor. In such circumstances, we are of the opinion that the addition ought not have been made just for a reason that a mistake was committed by the deductor in the TDS certificate issued. In addition there was nothing on record to show that assessee had rendered any services which could earn it income of Rs. ....