Total Ink Limit Question??

I recently upgraded to IDCS4 (v6.0) on a Mac. I am having a problem with total ink limits not agreeing between Photoshop and Indesign.
I prepared a CMYK document in PSCS4, embedded a GRACoL#1 profile, and adjusted the image so my total ink limit is 300 in the darkest shadows. Then, I placed that image into IDCS4. My color settings in ID are set to the exact same CMYK profile, and my policies are set to honor the embedded profile, Relative Colorimetric, BPC. When I check the TAC in ID, it shows that I have over 320 in some areas, but that is not the case in the original Photoshop file. Is Indesign converting to the default document profile and forcing the blacks to hit the 320 TAC in the GRACoL profile even though they are the SAME profile? It doesn't seem to matter if I set CMYK to Preserve Profiles, OFF, or whatever in Color Settings.
If it is just assuming the GRACoL profile for readout, then I will just go by what is in Photoshop, which I trust more than I do Indesign. But, I don't want to have some number conversions going on behind the scene, pumping up my ink limits.
Any suggestions?
Thanks, Lou

Well....I thought it made sense, but I am not so sure after more playing around.
I reopened my placed TIFF documents in Photoshop, set my darkest blacks to 300 TAC, and resaved them without any profile. When I relink these files to my Indesign document (files have no embedded profile), I get different ink limits than what shows up in Photoshop.
For example, if I set ID Color settings to "Emulate ID2 CMS OFF", those same blacks read out as 266 TAC in the Separations Preview box, even though they are set to 300 inside Photoshop. That makes no sense to me. Color management in ID is off and the file I placed has no tag! What is that about?
If I turn ON color management in ID, set the default CMYK profile Gracol2006_Coated 1v2, (which has TIL of 320), set CMYK to Preserve Numbers (Ignore Linked Profiles), the same placed file shows 320 TAC in the black areas, even though I have placed an untagged file.
And if I set up a Proof Preview to US Web Coated SWOP v2 (which has a 300 TIL), the readout in ID shows 300 TAC in the blacks.
So, it looks to me like ID is doing calculations of its own to determine TAC. It either uses the document default if no other profile is selected, (even if the file is untagged), or the proof condition if enabled. With color management turned off in ID, who knows what it is doing.
BTW, if I check the "Simulate Black Ink" checkbox when setting up a Proof Preview, the ink limits do drop closer to what is in Photoshop, since no black remapping is taking place, but TAC still does not match.
I am probably missing something here, but if not, this is as useless as tits on a bull, and seems rather screwed up. What am I missing? I'm not new to color management and have been doing this for years, but I am new to CS4.
Thanks, Lou

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executeAction( idsetd, desc38, DialogModes.NO );
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    var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
        var ref22 = new ActionReference();
        var idLyr = charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " );
        var idOrdn = charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" );
        var idTrgt = charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" );
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        var desc35 = new ActionDescriptor();
        var idBlnd = charIDToTypeID( "Blnd" );
            var list10 = new ActionList();
                var desc36 = new ActionDescriptor();
                var idChnl = charIDToTypeID( "Chnl" );
                    var ref23 = new ActionReference();
                    var idChnl = charIDToTypeID( "Chnl" );
                    var idChnl = charIDToTypeID( "Chnl" );
                    var idMgnt = charIDToTypeID( "Mgnt" );
                    ref23.putEnumerated( idChnl, idChnl, idMgnt );
                desc36.putReference( idChnl, ref23 );
                var idSrcB = charIDToTypeID( "SrcB" );
                desc36.putInteger( idSrcB, 0 );
                var idSrcl = charIDToTypeID( "Srcl" );
                desc36.putInteger( idSrcl, 0 );
                var idSrcW = charIDToTypeID( "SrcW" );
                desc36.putInteger( idSrcW, 62 );
                var idSrcm = charIDToTypeID( "Srcm" );
                desc36.putInteger( idSrcm, 62 );
                var idDstB = charIDToTypeID( "DstB" );
                desc36.putInteger( idDstB, 0 );
                var idDstl = charIDToTypeID( "Dstl" );
                desc36.putInteger( idDstl, 0 );
                var idDstW = charIDToTypeID( "DstW" );
                desc36.putInteger( idDstW, 255 );
                var idDstt = charIDToTypeID( "Dstt" );
                desc36.putInteger( idDstt, 255 );
            var idBlnd = charIDToTypeID( "Blnd" );
            list10.putObject( idBlnd, desc36 );
        desc35.putList( idBlnd, list10 );
        var idLefx = charIDToTypeID( "Lefx" );
            var desc37 = new ActionDescriptor();
            var idScl = charIDToTypeID( "Scl " );
            var idPrc = charIDToTypeID( "#Prc" );
            desc37.putUnitDouble( idScl, idPrc, 100.000000 );
        var idLefx = charIDToTypeID( "Lefx" );
        desc35.putObject( idLefx, idLefx, desc37 );
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    desc34.putObject( idT, idLyr, desc35 );
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var idMk = charIDToTypeID( "Mk " );
    var desc7 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
        var ref4 = new ActionReference();
        var idAdjL = charIDToTypeID( "AdjL" );
        ref4.putClass( idAdjL );
    desc7.putReference( idnull, ref4 );
    var idUsng = charIDToTypeID( "Usng" );
        var desc8 = new ActionDescriptor();
        var idType = charIDToTypeID( "Type" );
            var desc9 = new ActionDescriptor();
            var idpresetKind = stringIDToTypeID( "presetKind" );
            var idpresetKindType = stringIDToTypeID( "presetKindType" );
            var idpresetKindDefault = stringIDToTypeID( "presetKindDefault" );
            desc9.putEnumerated( idpresetKind, idpresetKindType, idpresetKindDefault );
        var idCrvs = charIDToTypeID( "Crvs" );
        desc8.putObject( idType, idCrvs, desc9 );
    var idAdjL = charIDToTypeID( "AdjL" );
    desc7.putObject( idUsng, idAdjL, desc8 );
executeAction( idMk, desc7, DialogModes.NO );
var idsetd = charIDToTypeID( "setd" );
    var desc17 = new ActionDescriptor();
    var idnull = charIDToTypeID( "null" );
        var ref9 = new ActionReference();
        var idAdjL = charIDToTypeID( "AdjL" );
        var idOrdn = charIDToTypeID( "Ordn" );
        var idTrgt = charIDToTypeID( "Trgt" );
        ref9.putEnumerated( idAdjL, idOrdn, idTrgt );
    desc17.putReference( idnull, ref9 );
    var idT = charIDToTypeID( "T   " );
        var desc18 = new ActionDescriptor();
        var idpresetKind = stringIDToTypeID( "presetKind" );
        var idpresetKindType = stringIDToTypeID( "presetKindType" );
        var idpresetKindCustom = stringIDToTypeID( "presetKindCustom" );
        desc18.putEnumerated( idpresetKind, idpresetKindType, idpresetKindCustom );
        var idAdjs = charIDToTypeID( "Adjs" );
            var list4 = new ActionList();
                var desc19 = new ActionDescriptor();
                var idChnl = charIDToTypeID( "Chnl" );
                    var ref10 = new ActionReference();
                    var idChnl = charIDToTypeID( "Chnl" );
                    var idChnl = charIDToTypeID( "Chnl" );
                    var idCmps = charIDToTypeID( "Cmps" );
                    ref10.putEnumerated( idChnl, idChnl, idCmps );
                desc19.putReference( idChnl, ref10 );
                var idCrv = charIDToTypeID( "Crv " );
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                    var idPnt = charIDToTypeID( "Pnt " );
                    list5.putObject( idPnt, desc20 );
                        var desc21 = new ActionDescriptor();
                        var idHrzn = charIDToTypeID( "Hrzn" );
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                        desc21.putDouble( idVrtc, 255.000000 );
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                    list5.putObject( idPnt, desc21 );
                desc19.putList( idCrv, list5 );
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    desc17.putObject( idT, idCrvs, desc18 );
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