M/S. APTEAN INDIA PVT. LTD,BENGALURU vs. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, CIRCLE-1(1)(2), BENGALURU
In the result, appeal by the assessee is partly allowed
ITA 2638/BANG/2017[2013-14]Status: DisposedITAT Bangalore09 Nov 2021AY 2013-14
Bench: Shri N.V. Vasudevan & Shri Chandra Poojariit(Tp)A No.2638/Bang/2017 Assessment Year : 2013-14 M/S. Aptean India Private Limited, Vs. The Deputy Commissioner Of Income Tax, (Formerly Aptean Software India Pvt. Ltd.,) Circle -1(1)(1), Level-5 (8Th Floor), Golden Heights, Bengaluru. No.1/2, 59Th C Cross, 4Th M Block, Rajajinagar, Bengaluru – 560 010. Pan : Aaccp 7154 M Appellant Respondent Appellant By : Shri. G. S. Prashanth, Ca Respondent By : Dr. Manjunath Karkihalli, Cit(Dr)(Itat), Bengaluru Date Of Hearing : 28.10.2021 Date Of Pronouncement : 09.11.2021 O R D E R Per N. V. Vasudevan: This Is An Appeal By The Assessee Against The Final Assessment Order Dated 11.10.2017 Of Dcit, Circle 1(1)(2), Bengaluru, Passed Under Section 143(3) R.W.S. 144C(13) Of The Income Tax Act, 1961 (Hereinafter Called The ‘Act’) Relating To Assessment Year 2013-14. 2. The Assessee In Engaged In The Business Of Provision Of Software Development Services (Swd Services), To Its Wholly Owned Holding Company. In Terms Of The Provisions Of Sec.92-A Of The Act, The Assessee & Its Wholly Owned Holding Company Were Associated Enterprises
For Appellant: Shri. G. S. Prashanth, CAFor Respondent: Dr. Manjunath Karkihalli, CIT(DR)(ITAT), Bengaluru
Section 143(3)Section 92Section 92(1)Section 92B(1)
…ause the assessee has wrongly added in the list of comparables will not bar the assessee to take objection against the functional dis-similarity of a company as held by the Special Bench of this Tribunal in the case of Dy. CIT v. Quark System (P.) Ltd. [2010] 38 SOT 207 (Chd.). Accordingly, we are of the view that the functional comparability of this company is required to be examined. The assessee did not file additional ground to raise this objection therefore in the facts and circumstances of the case and in the interest of justice, we remit this issue of comparability of ICRA Techno Analytics limited to the r…