TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2019 (3) TMI 1870
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....hnical support services and software development services. For the AY 2006-07, the assessee filed return of income on 08.11.2006 declaring total income of Rs. 2,92,48,080. An order of assessment u/s. 143(3) of the Act was passed on 10.11.2009, accepting total income returned by the assessee. Before passing such an order, the AO noticed that the assessee had the following international transactions with Ansys Inc., USA, which was its holding company:- Particulars Amount in Rs. Purchase of software 16,77,83,068 Cost of Technical enhancements 4,35,35,177 Less: Cost of unearned Revenue (1,60,54,115) Net Cost of Purchases 19,52,64,129 Add: Other incidental direct costs as regard to purchase of Software &....
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....said amounts which were claimed as expenditure in the profit & loss account ought to have been disallowed and added to the total income of assessee u/s. 40(a)(ia) of the Act. Since the AO failed to do so and did not make enquiries in this regard, the order of AO was erroneous and prejudicial to the interests of revenue. A show cause notice u/s. 263 dated 05.03.2012 was accordingly issued by the CIT. 6. The assessee vide reply dated 20.03.2012 took a stand that the assessee deducted tax on the following payments:- Particulars Amount paid/credited in Rs. TDS in Rs. ANSYS Inc, USA 9,09,37,457 1,36,40,752 Livermore Software Technology Corporation, USA 10,31,826 1,54,774 7. The assessee pointed out that the ITAT ....
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....Infosys Technologies Ltd. (ITA No.588 of 2006 dated 04.01.2012) has held that in a case where the Assessing Officer allowed certain claims/tax credits without indicating the basis of the same in the assessment order, make the order erroneous and prejudicial to the interest of the revenue. It is held that reasons for conclusion arrived at by the Assessing Officer should be forthcoming in the assessment order. 8. In view of the discussion made above, the assessment order is set aside with a direction to make a fresh assessment order by invoking the provisions of section 40(a)(i) of the Act in respect of the payments made by the assessee to a foreign company as discussed above. Adequate opportunity of being heard shall be given to the....
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.... order of the CIT and submitted that on the merits of the issue as to, whether there is an obligation to deduct tax at source on payments made to Ansys Inc., USA, it is irrelevant because jurisdiction u/s. 263 has been invoked by the CIT on the ground that the AO before completing the assessment failed to make adequate and proper enquiries with regard to such obligation. According to him, in the present case, there was a failure on the part of the AO to make enquiries in this regard and therefore jurisdiction u/s. 263 of the Act was rightly invoked by the CIT. 12. We have given a careful consideration to the rival submissions. As rightly contended by the ld. DR, the jurisdiction u/s. 263 of the Act has been invoked by the CIT on the grou....
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....sis of the pleading and evidence which comes before it. The Income-tax Officer is not only an adjudicator but also an investigator. He cannot remain passive in the face of a return which is apparently in order but calls for further inquiry. It is his duty to ascertain the truth of the facts stated in the return when the circumstances of the case are such as to provoke an inquiry. The meaning to be given to the word "erroneous" in section 263 emerges out of this context. It is because it is incumbent on the Income-tax Officer to further investigate the facts stated in the return when circumstances would make such an inquiry prudent that the word "erroneous" in section 263 includes the failure to make such an inquiry. The order becomes errone....