TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2025 (4) TMI 1625
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....n, we take note of the following essential facts. For the year under consideration, the petitioner is stated to have filed its Return of Income Return on 15 October 2010. The aforesaid Return and the issues emanating therefrom came to be referred to the Transfer Pricing Officer TPO, who vide an order of 26 November 2013, determined the Arm's Length Price ALP with respect to international transactions. Basis the aforesaid determination by the TPO, the Assessing Officer AO passed a draft assessment order on 28 February 2014. Aggrieved by the aforesaid and the adjustment of INR 45,54,546/-, which was proposed, the petitioner approached the Dispute Resolution Panel DRP. Although the DRP allowed partial relief to the writ petitioner, it confirmed the major adjustments and additions which had been proposed by the TPO. 3. It is this order which led to the institution of the appeal before the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Tribunal. That appeal ultimately came to be allowed and disposed of on 21 October 2020 with the following operative directions: "18. When we examine assessment order passed by the AO, it is observed that the taxpayer has made extensive submissions before the A....
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....from Anand Agriculture University, Government of Gujarat in FY 2004-05 and the estimated fee for the said project was Rs.4,06,63,469/-; that out of the business expediency, the taxpayer has sub-contracted the said work to CES Technologies Pvt. Ltd. for a fee of Rs.3,04,97,602/- being 75% of the total project amount as per letter dated May 1, 2007; that the payment made by the taxpayer to CES Technologies Pvt. Ltd. is not excessive as the said contract fee is less than the main contract; and that in AY 2009-10, AO has already considered the total sub-contracted value for computing the losses out of the said project and it would lead to double taxation. We are of the considered view that when sub-contracted value for computing the losses out of the said project (Soil Health Card) has already been considered in AY 2009-10, the disallowance of aforesaid payment to CES Technologies Pvt. Ltd. would amount to double taxation. AO is directed to verify these facts and delete the addition accordingly. Ground No.5 is determined in favour of the taxpayer. xxx xxx xxx 27. We are of the considered view that ld. DRP has reached the conclusion by deleting the disallowance made by....
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....e to be answered bearing in mind the provisions comprised in Section 153(3) of the Act and which reads as follows: "Time limit for completion of assessment, reassessment and recomputation. 153. (1) No order of assessment shall be made under section 143 or section 144 at any time after the expiry of twenty-one months from the end of the assessment year in which the income was first assessable: Provided that in respect of an order of assessment relating to the assessment year commencing on the 1st day of April, 2018, the provisions of this sub-section shall have effect, as if for the words "twenty-one months", the words "eighteen months" had been substituted: Provided further that in respect of an order of assessment relating to the assessment year commencing on the- (i) 1st day of April, 2019, the provisions of this sub-section shall have effect, as if for the words "twenty-one months", the words "twelve months" had been substituted; (ii) 1st day of April, 2020, the provisions of this sub-section shall have effect, as if for the words "twenty-one months", the words "eighteen months" had been substituted: Provided also th....
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....assessment or reassessment, the period available for completion of assessment or reassessment, as the case may be, under the said sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) shall be extended by twelve months. (5) Where effect to an order under section 250 or section 254 or section 260 or section 262 or section 263 or section 264 is to be given by the Assessing Officer or the Transfer Pricing Officer, as the case may be, wholly or partly, otherwise than by making a fresh assessment or reassessment or fresh order under section 92CA, as the case may be, such effect shall be given within a period of three months from the end of the month in which order under section 250 or section 254 or section 260 or section 262 is received by the Principal Chief Commissioner or Chief Commissioner or Principal Commissioner or Commissioner, as the case may be, the order under section 263 or section 264 is passed by the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner: Provided that where it is not possible for the Assessing Officer or the Transfer Pricing Officer, as the case may be, to give effect to such order within the aforesaid period, for reasons beyond his control, the Principal Commissioner or Comm....
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....given by the Assessing Officer, within the time specified in the said sub-sections, and such order has been received or passed, as the case may be, by the income-tax authority specified therein before the 1st day of June, 2016, the Assessing Officer shall give effect to such order, finding or direction, or assess, reassess or recompute the income of the assessee, on or before the 31st day of March, 2017. (8) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this section, sub-section (2) of section 153A or sub-section (1) of section 153B, the order of assessment or reassessment, relating to any assessment year, which stands revived under sub-section (2) of section 153A, shall be made within a period of one year from the end of the month of such revival or within the period specified in this section or sub-section (1) of section 153B, whichever is later. (9) The provisions of this section as they stood immediately before the commencement of the Finance Act, 2016, shall apply to and in relation to any order of assessment, reassessment or recomputation made before the 1st day of June, 2016: Provided that where a notice under sub-section (1) of....
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....case where an application made before the Income-tax Settlement Commission is rejected by it or is not allowed to be proceeded with by it, the period commencing from the date on which an application is made before the Settlement Commission under section 245C and ending with the date on which the order under sub-section (1) of section 245D is received by the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner under sub-section (2) of that section; or (viii) the period commencing from the date on which an application is made before the Authority for Advance Rulings or before the Board for Advance Rulings under sub-section (1) of section 245Q and ending with the date on which the order rejecting the application is received by the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner under sub-section (3) of section 245R; or (ix) the period commencing from the date on which an application is made before the Authority for Advance Rulings 18[or before the Board for Advance Rulings] under sub-section (1) of section 245Q and ending with the date on which the advance ruling pronounced by it is received by the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner under sub-section (7) of section 245R; or (x....
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....icer for making an order of assessment, reassessment or recomputation, as the case may be, is less than sixty days, such remaining period shall be extended to sixty days and the aforesaid period of limitation shall be deemed to be extended accordingly: Provided further that where the period available to the Transfer Pricing Officer is extended to sixty days in accordance with the proviso to sub-section (3A) of section 92CA and the period of limitation available to the Assessing Officer for making an order of assessment, reassessment or recomputation, as the case may be, is less than sixty days, such remaining period shall be extended to sixty days and the aforesaid period of limitation shall be deemed to be extended accordingly: Provided also that where a proceeding before the Settlement Commission abates under section 245HA, the period of limitation available under this section to the Assessing Officer for making an order of assessment, reassessment or recomputation, as the case may be, shall, after the exclusion of the period under sub-section (4) of section 245HA, be not less than one year; and where such period of limitation is less than one year, it shall be ....