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Taxation Judgments and Orders

Payment in the nature interest under sec 2(28A) liable to deduct TDS under sec 40(a)(i)

 16 April 2012

Briefly stated facts of the case are that the assessee paid a sum of Rs.9,54,684/- to a foreign bank without deduction of tax at source. In the audit report, it was mentioned that it was a usance interest paid under the letter of credit and hence not..

Posted in Taxation |   1606 hits

Amount received from sister concern cannot be treated as unexplained only on the basis that sister concern shows lower profit

 12 April 2012

After hearing both the parties, we find that during assessment proceedings the AO noticed that the assessee has declared sales figure of Rs.1,34,45,538/-.The assessee was asked to file details of the sales and labour charges which were accordingly fu..

Posted in Taxation |   1370 hits

Branch which is not PE in respect of the business done out of the supplies made by foreign principal not taxable in India

 12 April 2012

On the facts and in the circumstances of the case and in law, the Ld. CIT(Appeals) erred in holding that the assessee branch is not the PE in respect of the business done out of the supplies made by foreign principal and accordingly, its business pro..

Posted in Taxation |   1114 hits

TDS not to be deducted on transaction of sale

 11 April 2012

At the very outset, the ld. counsel for the assessee contended that the AO passed order u/s.195(2) treating the assessee as in default by considering the price of the product as fees for technical services. He took us through the impugned order in wh..

Posted in Taxation |   1621 hits

The power of CIT under sec 263 subject to the condition that the order passed by the AO is erroneous and prejudicial to the interest of Revenue

 10 April 2012

The CIT thereafter issued notice dated 24.2.2009 under Section 263 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (“Act” for short) recording the following reasons: “From the computation of income filed with the return, it appears that this profit on sale of proper..

Posted in Taxation |   1302 hits

If on Revenues appeal tribunal restored the matter to the AO than assesses appeal has become infructuous

 07 April 2012

The grounds raised read as under: “(i) That having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, Ld. Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) has erred in law and on facts in passing the order u/s. 154 even though there was no error apparent from..

Posted in Taxation |   961 hits

Sec 10B does not go to the matter of export turnover and 100% is exempted to EOU and CIT aught not to give to exclude the expenses to claim deduction

 05 April 2012

Facts of the case is that the assessee filed return of income for the relevant Assessment Year 2005-06 on 28.10.2005 disclosing ‘Nil’ total income after claiming deduction u/s. 10B of the Act of Rs.6,30,71,257/-. Assessment u/s. 143(3) of the Act was..

Posted in Taxation |   1298 hits

Surcharge leviable not depend on the liability of the assessee to pay income tax but on the assessed tax

 05 April 2012

We have heard the learned DR and the learned counsel for the assessee. The learned counsel for the assessee filed written submissions with a copy orders pages 1-20. The interesting point is that the revenue filed misc. petition in connection with IT(..

Posted in Taxation |   1271 hits

Duty entitlement pass book credit falls under sec 28 of the Act where premium received on transfer will represent profit

 04 April 2012

Whether the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has erred in holding that duty entitlement pass book credit was cash assistance within the meaning of clause (iiib) to Section 28 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and the entire amount including the premium receiv..

Posted in Taxation |   1276 hits

Provision of the Act prescribe assesseement based on searched material vest power AO to initiate proceeding under sec 158BD read with sec 158BC

 04 April 2012

On the facts and in the circumstances of the case and in law the CIT(A) erred in sustaining the addition of Rs. 83,00,000/- made by the Assessing Officer on protective basis in respect of income from alleged undisclosed sources on the basis of the c..

Posted in Taxation |   992 hits

Sec 14A restrict the allowance of expenditure related to exempted income subject to the date of introduction of rule 8D

 04 April 2012

We have heard both the parties and gone through the facts of the case as also the aforesaid decision relied upon by the ld. DR. A mere glance at the impugned order reveals that the order passed by the ld. CIT (A) is cryptic and grossly violative of o..

Posted in Taxation |   1006 hits

Sec 40(a)(ia) said deduction on payment of TDS is allowed in the year of payment

 03 April 2012

TDS deducted but not deposited within the time limit prescribed u/s. 201 of the Act. The same was deposited on 15.02.2006. The Ld. Counsel for the assessee could not contribute anything which supports his case. But after going through the records, we..

Posted in Taxation |   2627 hits

As per sec 41(1) if deduction claimed of any trading liability and subsequently received any amount on that it will be treated profit from business

 03 April 2012

Section 41(1) of the Act, as it existed at the relevant time, was as under:- “41. Profits chargeable to tax.—(1) Where an allowance or deduction has been made in the assessment for any year in respect of loss, expenditure or trading liability inc..

Posted in Taxation |   1279 hits

If Asset owned by the assessee used for business purpose depreciation cannot be disallowed and provision of income tax written back cannot be consider deemed income

 02 April 2012

Following effective grounds of appeal:- 1. That the ld.CIT(A) had erred in deleting disallowance of Rs.8,66,798/- as disallowed by the AO which was claimed by the assessee as business loss. 2. That the ld.CIT(A) had erred in deleting the additi..

Posted in Taxation |   971 hits

As per sec 10A eligible business is to be treated as separate entity if the transfer made from an unrelated party

 02 April 2012

section 10A, the eligible business (appellant’s branch office in this case) is to be considered as a separate entity and transfer of goods or services by eligible business to/from other business of the assessee are to be treated as if such transfer h..

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Disallowance under sec 14A for earning exempt dividend income restricted to 1% of the dividend

 31 March 2012

Brief facts are that the assessee is a private limited company carrying on business of dealing in shares, operation in share futures and commodity futures. The assessee also advanced unsecured loans to other parties and derived interest income there ..

Posted in Taxation |   1895 hits

As per CBDT circular sec 194 applied on advertisement when client make payment to add agencies but not when payment made by add agencies to media

 31 March 2012

The brief facts of the case are that the assessee is a private limited company engaged in the business of posting advertisement in various publication including newspapers. It has filed its return of income on 29.7.2005 declaring a total income of Rs..

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Deduction of Short fall in the value of securities cannot be disallowed only on the ground that in the books securities are valued as per RBI notification

 30 March 2012

In view of the observation, we are of the view that the claim of the assessee could not be rejected merely on the ground that in the books of account the securities were being valued as per the notifications issued by the R.B.I. However, it is not cl..

Posted in Taxation |   861 hits

Presence of sufficient cause for non appearance cannot deserved the appeal dismissed and filling return with new address can be treated as intimation

 30 March 2012

The contentions have carefully been considered. According to well established law, learned CIT (A) is required to dispose of the appeal on merits instead of dismissing the same in limine. We also found that the assessee, due to change of her correspo..

Posted in Taxation |   1223 hits

As per the HC decision fee or charge received by the government is neither tax nor a duty

 29 March 2012

The only common issue in these two appeals of revenue is against the order of CIT(A) deleting the disallowance made by Assessing Officer on account of licence fee payable at Rs.9 lacs in each of the years and not treating the same u/s. 43B of the Act..

Posted in Taxation |   1076 hits