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Rajasthan Prime Steel Processing Center Pvt. Ltd. Vs. DCIT

Case No: ITA No.3292 & 3293/Del/2018, ITA No.3537 & 3538/Del/2018
Court: Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench ‘H’
Date: 3/27/2025

Parties Involved

appellantRajasthan Prime Steel Processing Center Pvt. Ltd.
respondentDCIT
appellantJCIT(OSD)

Facts Summary

The assessee, Rajasthan Prime Steel Processing Center Pvt. Ltd., is a group company of Honda Trading Corporation, Japan, engaged in manufacturing auto parts and trading steel coils & sheets, dies, auto components & equipment. The assessee filed its Income Tax Return declaring losses for AYs 2009-10 and 2010-11. These cases were selected for scrutiny, and the matter was referred to the Transfer Pricing Officer for determining Arm’s Length Price of international transactions. The assessee’s activities were divided into two segments: Manufacturing and Trading. The TPO benchmarked these segments separately using the TNMM. Consequential adjustments were made, leading to the assessee filing appeals. The assessee contested the segmentation, the comparables chosen by the TPO, and the applicability of TNMM.

Decision in favour of

Assessee

Legal Issues

  • 1. Addition on account of ALP adjustment
  • 2. Initiation of penalty under section 271(1)(c) of the Act
  • 3. Exclusion of preoperative and non-recurring expenses such as custom duty from operating margin
  • 4. Treatment of foreign exchange gain/loss as operating profit/loss
  • 5. Allowance of working capital adjustment

Judgment Outcome

Decided in favour of Assessee.

Precedents Relied Upon

5 precedents cited in this judgement.

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