NGC NETWORK ASIA LLC,MUMBAI vs. JDIT (IT) RG 4, MUMBAI
In the result, both the appeals filed by the assessee are treated as partly allowed for statistical purposes
ITA 7631/MUM/2012[2008-09]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai16 Dec 2015AY 2008-09
Bench: S/Shri B.R.Baskaran (Am) & Amit Shukla, (Jm) सर्वश्री बी.आर.बास्करन, ऱेखा सदस्य एवं अमित शुक्ऱा, न्याययक सदस्य के समक्ष आमकय अऩीर सं./I.T.A. No.7994/Mum/2011 & Ita No.7631/Mum/2012 (ननधधायण वषा / Assessment Year :2007-08 & 2008-09) बनाम/ Ngc Network Asia Llc, Joint Director Of Income Tax C/O S R Batliboi & Co., (International Taxation), Vs. 14Th Floor, The Ruby, Range-4, Senapati Bapat Marg, Scindia House, Tulsi Pipe Road, Ballard Estate, Dadar (W), Mumbai-400038. Mumbai-400028 (अऩीरधथी /Appellant) (प्रत्मथी / Respondent) .. स्थधमी रेखध सं./जीआइआय सं./Pan: Aabcn3136G अऩीरधथी ओय से / Appellant By Shri Porus Kaka & Ms.Sheetal Shah प्रत्मथी की ओय से/Rspondent By Ms.Vandana Sagar सुनवधई की तधयीख / Date Of Hearing : 4.9.2015 घोषणध की तधयीख /Date Of Pronouncement : 16.12.2015 आदेश / O R D E R Per B.R. Baskaran (Am) These Are The Two Appeals Filed By The Assessee Against The Assessment Orders Passed For Assessment Years 2007-08 & 2008-09 In Pursuance Of Directions Issued By The Dispute Resolution Panel (Drp). Since Issues Urged In These Two Appeals Are Identical In Nature, They Are Being Disposed Of By This Common Order, For The Sake Of Convenience.
Section 9(1)(vi)
…l, 2006, the assessee had paid commission @ 15% of advertisement revenues to NGC India. It was submitted that the rate of commission of 15% was considered to be at arm‟s length by the Hon‟ble Bombay High Court in the case of SET Satellite (Singapore) Pte Ltd (218 CTR 452). Further, the TPO has accepted that the international transactions have been carried on at arms length price. Accordingly it was submitted by the assessee as under:- “To conclude, we would like to mention that NGC India is an agent of an independent status, it is acting in its ordinary course of business and its activities are not devoted wholly…