Capitalized software payments TDS failure disallows depreciation; Assets for testing from AEs not taxable income.

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....Depreciation claim disallowance u/s 40(a)(i) for failure to deduct TDS on capitalized software payments is disallowed, following coordinate bench decision. Addition u/s 28(iv) for assets received free of cost from AEs for testing purposes is rejected, as assets are temporary, returned/destroyed after testing, pricing agreed under MAP embeds indirect benefits, and billing is cost-plus basis, precluding separate addition u/s 28(iv). Assessee's grounds allowed, revenue's appeal dismissed.....