Sony India (P) Ltd. v. DCIT

114 ITD 448Income Tax Appellate Tribunal2008#783 most cited

What is Sony India (P) Ltd. v. DCIT authority for?

For transfer pricing purposes, functionally dissimilar entities that have significant business differences must be excluded from the list of comparables for benchmarking analysis. It also provides guidance on the non-allocation of advertisement, marketing, and promotion (AMP) expenses to other entities when incurred solely for the assessee's business.

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Sony India (P) Ltd. v. DCIT · 114 ITD 448 · transfer pricing · comparables exclusion · functional dissimilarity · benchmarking analysis · AMP expenses · allocation of AMP expenditure · section 92BA · working capital adjustment · section 37(1) · associated enterprises

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Judgments citing Sony India (P) Ltd. v. DCIT

Asst CIT (Ltu) 2, Mumbai vs. Asian Paints Ltd, Mumbai

In the result, appeal filed by the assessee is partly allowed as directed above

ITA 4675/MUM/2015[2010-11]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai23 Feb 2022AY 2010-11

Bench: Shri Prashant Maharishi, Am & Shri Pavan Kumar Gadale, Jm Asst. Commissioner Income Asian Paints Ltd. Tax, (Large Taxpayer Unit)-2, 6A Shanti Nagar, Cuffe Parade,, 29 Th Floor, Santacruz (East), World Trade Centre, Cuffee Mumbai-400 055 Vs. Parade, Mumbai-400 005 (Respondent) (Appellant) Pan No. Aaaca3622K Asian Paints Ltd. Vs. Addl. Commissioner Of 6A Shanti Nagar, Income Tax-Ltu Cuffe Parade,, 29 Th Floor, Santacruz (East), Mumbai-400 055 World Trade Centre, Cuffee Parade, Mumbai-400 005 (Appellant) (Respondent) Appellant By : Shri Milind Chavan, Sr Dr Respondent By : Shri Madhur Agrawal, Advocate Date Of Hearing: 09.12.2021 Date Of Pronouncement : 23.02 .2022 O R D E R Per Prashant Maharishi, Am: 01. These Are Cross Appeals Filed By Asian Paints Ltd [Appellant/Assessee] & The Additional Commissioner Of Income Tax – Large Taxpayers Unit

For Appellant: Shri Milind Chavan, Sr DRFor Respondent: Shri
Section 14ASection 35

…otal sales which is much less. Reliance was placed by him on the following decisions:- 1. CIT v/s Global Healthline P. Ltd., [2012] 19 ITR 298 (Del.) (Trib.) 2. ITO v/s Spice Communication Ltd., [2010] 35 SOT 78 (Del.) 3. Sony India P. Ltd. V/s DCIT [2008] 114 ITD 448 (Del.) 4. CIT v/s Citi Financial Consumer Finance Ltd., [2011-TOIL-309-HC-Del-IT) ITA No.4675 & 3290/Mum/2015 Asian Paints Ltd; AY 10-11 5. CIT v/s Adidas India Marketing P. Ltd., [2010] 105 Taxman 256 (Del.) 6. DCIT v/s Warner Lambert (I) Pvt. Ltd. [2012] 143 TTJ 571 (Mum.)(Trib.) He further submitted that the learned Commissioner (Appeals) h…

Smart Cube India Pvt. Ltd., Noida vs. ACIT, New Delhi

In the result, appeal of the assessee is partly allowed

ITA 6078/DEL/2015[2011-12]Status: DisposedITAT Delhi29 Jul 2020AY 2011-12

Bench: Sh. Anil Chaturvedi & Sh. Sudhanshu Srivastava(Through Video Conferencing) Assessment Year: 2011-12 Smart Cube India Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Acit, Tower-B, Windsor It Park, Circle – 24(1), A-1, Sector-125 New Delhi Noida – 201 301 Pan No. Aahcs 8978 H (Appellant) (Respondent) Appellant By Shri Ajay Vohra, Sr. Advocate Shri Neeraj Jain, Advocate Shri Ramit Katiyal, Advocate Shri M. Baranwal, Sr. D.R. Respondent By Date Of Hearing: 16/07/2020 Date Of Pronouncement: 29/07/2020 Order Per Anil Chaturvedi, Am: This Appeal Filed By The Assessee Is Directed Against The Order Of The Assistant Commissioner Of Income Tax (Acit), Circle 24(1), New Delhi Pursuant To The Directions Of Drp, Passed U/S 143(3) R.W.S 144C Of The Income-Tax Act Dated 22.01.2015 Relating To Assessment Year 2011-12. Smart Cube India Pvt. Ltd Vs. Acit A.Y. 2011-12 2 2. The Relevant Facts As Culled From The Material On Records Are As Under:

Section 115JSection 143(2)Section 143(3)Section 144CSection 144C(5)Section 92C

…of liabilities are related to the core operation of the assessee and therefore, should have been taken into consideration while computing the margin of the assessee and in support of which he placed reliance on the decision in the case of Sony India Pvt. Ltd. 114 ITD 448 (Del) and Suessen Asia Pvt. Ltd. in ITA No. 1629/PUN/2011, the copies of which are placed in the paper book. 18. He submitted that if the aforesaid incomes are considered to be part of an operating income, the operating margin of the assessee would workout to 7.64%, and will be within the +/- 5% range of the margin of comparables and therefore,…