Ericsson India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi vs Acit, New Delhi on 14 June, 2019
• Radhasoami Satsang vs. CIT (1992) 193 ITR 321 (SC)
• CIT vs. Neo Polypack Private Limited (2000) 245 ITR 492 (Del)
• NGC Networks (India) Pvt. Ltd. vs. ACIT (2011) 10 Taxman 140 (Mum.)
The Ld. AR further submitted that it is well settled and consistently upheld by
the Courts that the Department cannot sit in the armchair of the businessman
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and question the business rationale or commercial wisdom of the
businessman. At the outset, the Ld. AR submitted that the assessee's
risk/responsibility in respect of goods and parts procured from its AE is low
because the AE bears the risk relating to products during the warranty period.
However, once, the warranty period is over, the assessee itself is obligated to
provide necessary support services to its customers for which it has entered
into AMC contracts or for the equipment /parts which have been procured
locally. In this regard, the Ld. AR submitted that the DRP passed its directions
for the subject assessment year on December 16, 2014 on which date the
TPO's order October 26, 2016, passed pursuant to the decision of the Tribunal
for A.Y. 2007-08, verifying the formula for computing the SLS charge and
accepting it as reasonable/ appropriate was not available. In other words,
there was no occasion before the DRP for analyzing the formula, which was the
domain of TPO upon remand by the Tribunal. Thereafter, the TPO in A.Ys.
2008-09 and 2009-10, consistently accepted the formula used by the assessee
for computing SLS charge. Thus, there being no change in the facts or in the
formula, alleging inappropriateness of the formula, once the Department has
consistently approved the same is not warranted. In view of the above, the Ld.
AR submitted that the international transaction of receipt of SLS services basis
the accepted allocation formula deserves to be accepted and the adjustment be
deleted.