Comparable Need Selection As Per Correct Market Segment: Delhi ITAT Remits Matter Following Earlier Order
Live LawRelying on Co-ordinate bench ruling in assessee's own case for AY 2004-05 wherein assessee's additional evidences were admitted and matter was remanded back to TPO for fresh adjudication, the Delhi ITAT admitted the assessee's additional evidence application qua comparables selection for AY 2005-06 and 2006-07. The ITAT Coram comprising Shamim Yahya and Anubhav Sharma observed that “either both TPO and the assessee or the TPO only hand failed to take comparables of correct segment. The Coram found that the assessee had pleaded for admission of additional evidence for benchmarking the transactions with reference to correct segment of market support services as accepted by TPO in all subsequent years, the issue being identical, The Coram also observed that neither assessee nor Revenue could completely justify the comparable accepted by them and that the evidence was from the contemporary data of relevant AY only. Therefore, relying on Co-ordinate bench ruling in assessee's own case for AY 2004-05 wherein assessee's additional evidences were admitted and matter was remanded back to TPO for fresh adjudication, the ITAT directed the TPO to accept fresh evidences and report of the assessee for purpose of Sec.92C read with Rule 10B.