Discounted cash flow valuation protects the taxpayer's chosen share-premium valuation method from unsupported net asset value substitution.

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....Rule 11UA(2) permits an assessee issuing unquoted equity shares to choose either the Discounted Cash Flow or Net Asset Value method for determining fair market value under section 56(2)(viib). After a prescribed method is chosen, the Assessing Officer may scrutinise the valuation report but cannot replace it with a formula-based valuation merely because projections, management inputs, or standard disclaimers are questioned. Discounted Cash Flow projections cannot be rejected solely by comparison with subsequent performance. Rejection requires demonstrably incorrect data, a wholly erroneous basis, or a wrong valuation approach; absent such defects, the chosen method governs share-premium valuation.....