DCIT, Circle-14(2), New Delhi V. Kohler India Corporation Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi

ITA 7811/DEL/2019

• Counselvise Citation: [2022] 105 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 9177 (ITAT-DELHI)
• Duration Of Justice: 2 year(s) 4 month(s) 15 day(s)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 08-02-2022
• Appeal Filed By: Department
• Order Result: Dismissed
• Bench Allotted: I1
• Assessment Year: 2008-2009
• Appeal Filed On: 24-09-2019
• Result in Favour of: Assessee
• Court: TRIBUNAL
• Assessee Lawyers: LAKSHMINARAYANAN
• Keywords: Tax effect; Arm length price
• Section: 92CA

Judgement Text

1 ITA No. 7811 & C.O No. 06/Del/2020 IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL DELHI BENCH: ‘I-1’ NEW DELHI BEFORE SHRI B. R. R. KUMAR, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER AND SH. YOGESH KUMAR US, JUDICIAL MEMBER I.T.A. No. 7811/DEL/2019 (A.Y 2008-09) (THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING) DCIT Circle-14(2) New Delhi (APPELLANT) Vs Kohler India Corporation Pvt. Ltd. 26A, Ringh Road, Lajpat Nagar, South Delhi, Delhi PAN No.AABCK2145E (RESPONDENT) C.O No. 6/DEL/2020 (A.Y 2008-09) (Arising out of ITA No. 7811/Del/2019) Kohler India Corporation Pvt. Ltd. 26A, Ringh Road, Lajpat Nagar, South Delhi, Delhi PAN No.AABCK2145E (APPELLANT) Vs DCIT Circle-14(2) New Delhi (RESPONDENT) ORDER PER YOGESH KUMAR US, JM This appeal is filed by the Revenue and Cross Objection filed by the assessee against the order dated 23/07/2019 passed by CIT(A)- 44, New Delhi for Assessment Year 2008-09. Appellant by Sh. Prashant Meharchandani, Adv Respondent by Sh. Lakshmi Narayanan, Sr. DR Date of Hearing 03.02.2022 Date of Pronouncement 09.02.2022 2 ITA No. 7811 & C.O No. 06/Del/2020 2. The Department aggrieved by the order impugned has raised two separate grounds for not including the comparables by the A.O. i.e. M/s Jain Granites & Project India Ltd. and M/s Somany Ceramics Ltd. 3. The representative of the Assessee submitted that, even if both the grounds raised by the Revenue are allowed by including the comparables i.e. M/s. Jain Granites & Projects India Ltd and M/s. Somany Ceramics Ltd. for determining the adjustments made of Arm’s Length Price under Section 92CA of the Act, would be well within the tolerance margin of the T.P guidelines, therefore, the appeal of the Revenue deserves to be dismissed. F urther submitted that consequent to the dismissal of the Revenue Appeal. The CO filed by the Assessee will also become in-fructuous . 4. We have heard the submissions of Ld. AR and also the Ld. DR and also perused the records. 5. We find that, by including the above two comparables raised in the grounds of Appeal, the Arm Length Price charges would change to 37.5% to 41%, which is still within the tolerance margin of + 5% of the TP guidelines. 3 ITA No. 7811 & C.O No. 06/Del/2020 6. We, by taking note of the concerns expressed by the ld.CIT, DR and make it clear that as a result of the dismissal of the Revenue’s appeal on the ground of low tax effect, the said order would not act as a precedent where there is a tax effect in any subsequent or prior year where the Revenue would want to agitate the issues on similar grounds before the ITAT on merit. Accordingly, in the light of the submissions of the ld. AR and the DR, the appeal of the Revenue is dismissed. 7. Now we turn to the C.O. No. 06/Del/2020 filed by the assessee. In view of the dismissal of the Appeal filed by the revenue of the due to no tax effect revenue, the C.O. filed by the Assessee has become in- fructuous, consequently the C.O. filed by the Assessee is also dismissed. 8. In the result, t h e CO filed by the Assessee is stand dismissed. 9. In the result both the appeal filed by the Revenue and the assessee are dismissed. Order pronounced in the Open Court on this 09 th Day of February, 2022 Sd/- Sd/- (B. R. R. KUMAR) (YOGESH KUMAR US) ACCOUNTANT MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER Dated: 09/02/2022 R. Naheed * 4 ITA No. 7811 & C.O No. 06/Del/2020 Copy forwarded to: 1. Appellant 2. Respondent 3. CIT 4. CIT(Appeals) 5. DR: ITAT ASSISTANT REGISTRAR ITAT NEW DELHI