2022 (1) TMI 1306

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.... order dated 12-01-2018. Accordingly, the appeal has come up for fresh hearing before this bench. 2. This appeal arises out of final assessment order dated 28-07-2016 passed by learned Assessing Officer (AO) u/s 143(3) r.w.s. 144(C) r.w.s. 92CA of the Act pursuant to the directions of learned Dispute Resolution Panel-2, Bangalore u/s. 144C(5) dated 30-05-2016. Though the assessee has raised multiple grounds of appeal, however, in sum and substance, the assessee is aggrieved by downward adjustment of Rs.89.18 Lacs to the value of international Transaction of Finance & General administration related service charges. 3. The Ld. AR, appearing for assessee, raised various arguments to assail the adjustments made by lower authorities and fo....

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.... benchmark this transaction separately using Comparable Uncontrolled Price (CUP) method which was opposed by the assessee on the ground that in the absence of comparable data, CUP method could not be applied. Further, these transactions were inter-related and inter-linked and related to manufacturing operations undertaken by the assessee. Therefore, the determination of ALP on TNMM would be most suitable method. However, the same could not convince Ld. TPO. The Ld. TPO also noted that the assessee was required to make payment prior to its receiving of services and the need to avail such service may not arise during the normal course of business of the assessee. Though the other services arising out of same agreement translated into certain ....

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.... all the other services benefitted the assessee, termed the services of finance / general management to be in the nature of stewardship services and alleged that the assessee did not submit any evidence of the receipt of services disregarding the fact that these services were emanating from the same agreement. The rendering of services was duly evidenced by the agreement as well as debit notes issued against the assessee. The copies of email / correspondences to support the receipt of services were duly furnished (43 to 88 of paperbook). Another observation of Ld. TPO is that the assessee may not be requiring these services in the normal course of business. The same, in our opinion, is not correct approach since the role of Ld. TPO was limi....