The Dy.CIT., Circle-2(1)(1), Ahmedabad vs. Inductotherm (India) Private Ltd., Ahmedabad
In the result, the appeal of the revenue is dismissed
ITA 975/AHD/2018[2012-13]Status: DisposedITAT Ahmedabad23 Sept 2021AY 2012-13
For Appellant: Shri Dhanesh Bafna, A.RFor Respondent: Shri Purshottam Kumar, Sr. D.R
Section 143(2)Section 143(3)Section 40
…y the virtue of 92A(2)(g), the entities paying and receiving royalties become AEs. It is only elementary that a transaction between the AEs can never be a valid CUP input. If needed, authority for this proposition is contained in AC1T Vs MSS India Ltd [(2009) 25 DTR 1 (Pune)l, ACIT Vs Technimont iCB India Pvt Ltd [(2012) 75 DTR 259 (Mum)] and Sabic Innovative Plastics India Ltd Vs DC1T [(2013) 90 DTR 203 (And)]. What the TPO has adopted to be an ALP is essentially on the basis of intra AE transactions but in the scheme of CUP analysis such an approach is not permissible. The approach adopted by the authorities be…