DCIT (International Taxation), New Delhi V. M/s. Sabic Innovative Plastics US LLC, New Delhi

ITA 6730/DEL/2015

• Counselvise Citation: [2019] 118 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 2408 (ITAT-DELHI)
• Duration Of Justice: 3 year(s) 2 month(s) 22 day(s)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 12-03-2019
• Appeal Filed By: Department
• Order Result: Dismissed
• Bench Allotted: H
• Assessment Year: 2011-2012
• Appeal Filed On: 21-12-2015
• Result in Favour of: Assessee
• Court: TRIBUNAL
• Assessee Lawyers: PURSHOTTAM
• Keywords: Tax effect

Judgement Text

INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DELHI BENCH C: NEW DELHI BEFORE SHRI H.S. SIDHU, JUDICIAL MEMBER AND SHRI L.P. SAHU, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ITA NO.6730/DEL/2015 ASSTT. YEAR: 2011-12 O R D E R PER L.P. SAHU, A.M. THE APPEAL FILED BY THE REVENUE IS DIRECTED AGAINST THE ORDER OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION PANEL-2, NEW DELHI DATED 13.08.2015 PERTAINING TO THE ASSESSMENT YEAR 2011-12. 2. DURING THE COURSE OF HEARING, THE LD. SR. DR ALTHOUGH SUPPORTED THE ORDER OF THE AO, BUT COULD NOT CONTROVERT THE FACT THAT D CIT (INTERNATIONAL TAXATION) CIRCLE-3(1)(2), 418, 4 TH FLOOR, E-2 BLOCK, DR. S.P. MUKHERJEE CIVIC CENTRE NEW DELHI. VS. SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS US LLC C/O M/S. SRBC & ASSOCIATES LLP, 6 TH FLOOR, HT HOUSE, 18-20 KG MARG NEW DELHI 110 001 PAN AAMCS9039C (APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT) DEPARTMENT BY: SHRI AMIT KATOCH, SR. DR ASSESSEE BY : SHRI PURSHOTTAM , ADVOCATE DATE OF HEARING 12/03 /201 9 DATE OF PRONOUNCEMENT 12 /03 /201 9 2 TAX EFFECT INVOLVED IN THIS APPEAL IS LESS THAN RS. 20,00,000/-. THE LD. COUNSEL APPEARING FOR THE ASSESSEE ON THE OTHER HAND CONTENDED THAT THE PRESENT APPEAL OF THE REVENUE IS NOT MAINTAINABLE IN VIEW OF RECENT CIRCULAR OF CBDT NO. 3/2018 DATED 11TH JULY, 2018, WHEREBY THE MONETARY LIMIT OF TAX EFFECT FOR NOT FILING APPEALS BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL HAS BEEN REVISED TO RS. 20,00,000/-. 3. HAVING CONSIDERED THE RIVAL SUBMISSIONS AND THE MATERIAL AVAILABLE ON RECORD, INCLUDING THE ABOVE CIRCULAR, WE FIND THAT THE ABOVE CIRCULAR OF CBDT ON PECUNIARY LIMIT HAS BEEN ISSUED IN SUPERSESSION OF EARLIER CBDT CIRCULAR NO. 21 OF 2015 DATED 10.12.2015, REVISING THE MONETARY LIMIT OF TAX EFFECT FROM RS. 10,00,000/- TO RS. 20,00,000/-. THESE INSTRUCTIONS OF CBDT HAVE NOW STATUTORY FORCE WITHIN THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 268A AND ARE MADE APPLICABLE TO THE PENDING APPEALS ALSO BY VIRTUE OF PARA 13 OF THE CIRCULAR. 4. THIS CIRCULAR CONTAINS CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT TO WITHDRAW OR NOT TO PRESS SUCH APPEALS FILED BEFORE THE ITAT WHEREIN TAX EFFECT INVOLVED DOES NOT EXCEED RS. 20,00,000/-. IT IS NOT THE CASE OF THE REVENUE THAT THE PRESENT APPEAL COMES WITHIN THE SWEEP OF EXCLUSION CLAUSES AS GIVEN IN PARA NO. 10 & 11 OF THE SAID CIRCULAR. THUS, GOING BY THE PRESCRIPTION OF THE AFORE-NOTED CBDT INSTRUCTIONS, AND WITHOUT GOING INTO MERITS OF THE CASE, WE DISMISS THE INSTANT APPEAL FILED BY THE REVENUE, BEING NOT MAINTAINABLE, AS THE TAX EFFECT INVOLVED IN THIS APPEAL IS LESS THAN RS. 20.00 LACS. 5. IN THE RESULT, THE APPEAL OF THE REVENUE STANDS DISMISSED AS INDICATED ABOVE. 3 ORDER PRONOUNCED IN THE OPEN COURT ON 12 TH MARCH, 2019. SD/- SD/- (H.S. SIDHU) (L.P. SAHU) JUDICIAL MEMBER ACCOUNTANT MEMBER DATED: 12 /03/2019 VEENA COPY FORWARDED TO 1. APPLICANT 2. RESPONDENT 3. CIT 4. CIT (A) 5.DR:ITAT ASSISTANT REGISTRAR ITAT, NEW DELHI