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Taxation Judgments and Orders

Goods stands exempted if captively used for the manufacture

 30 April 2010

Excise - Dutiability - Marketability - Burden of proof - Section 2(d) of the Central Excise 1944 (the Act) - Assessee, a manufacturer of footwear, manufactured double textured fabric, a rubberised, used as upper material in the manufacture of foot we..

Posted in Taxation |   1340 hits

Assessee is not responsible to dedct TDS on NRI Company

 26 April 2010

Taxation- TDS Obligation - Assessee made remittance to non - resident company without deducting TDS - AO considering it "fees for technical services" held him liable as assessee in default for not deducting TDS - CIT reversed assessment order - Hence..

Posted in Taxation |   2146 hits

TDS should be calculated properly

 21 April 2010

Direct taxation - Chargeability of Income - Credit of TDS - Assessee, clearing and forwarding agent - Filed income tax return and was accepted under Section 143(1)(a)- Due to some discrepancy in total gross receipts as per TDS certificate and that sh..

Posted in Taxation |   1737 hits

Later judgment of SC is binding on High Courts

 10 April 2010

The assessee purchased US-64 Units of the UTI in May 1990 for Rs. 3.75 crs, received dividend thereon of Rs. 45 lakhs and sold the units in July 1990 for Rs. 3.25 crs. The assessee claimed that deduction u/s 80M was available on the dividend and tha..

Posted in Taxation |   1939 hits

Liability to TDS arises only when Receipient is liable to pa

 01 April 2010

TDS - Assessee company incorporated in India, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the company incorporated in Netherlands, was engaged in the business of dredging, contracting, reclamation and marine activities - Appellant filed an application with DCIT ..

Posted in Taxation |   4310 hits

the court can impose the sentence of fine on a company

 11 March 2010

Direct Taxation - Offence by Companies - Willful attempt to evade tax - Concealment of taxable income - Section 276C and Section 278B of Income Tax Act - Trial Court issued process against Applicant-accused on a complaint by Respondents that Applican..

Posted in Taxation |   1152 hits

Deduction u/s 80P – Cottage industry– matter remanded

 20 February 2010

Bye-laws have not been examined by the Assessing Officer or Bye-laws were not produced before the Assessing Officer - the assessee is not entitled to claim benefit of deduction under Section 80P(2)(a)(vi) of the Act- – matter remanded...

Posted in Taxation |   2516 hits

Income Tax (Appeals)

 18 February 2010

A short question which arises for determination in this civil appeal is – whether the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal was, on the facts and circumstances of this case, justified in upholding the order of the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) directi..

Posted in Taxation |   1827 hits

TPO cannot follow procedure other than given in Act & Rules

 13 February 2010

CA Computer Associates Pvt. Ltd. (assessee) was incorporated during the year 1998 and was a 100 % subsidiary of Computer Associates International Inc. USA (CA – USA). The assessee was primarily engaged in the business of (i) licensing mainframe midra..

Posted in Taxation |   2008 hits

losses of a Non-eligible Undertaking are not required to be

 13 February 2010

The issue before the SB was that, while computing the amounts eligible for tax holiday under the Indian Tax Law (ITL), whether the losses of an undertaking of the Taxpayer which is not eligible for tax holiday (Non-eligible Undertaking), are required..

Posted in Taxation |   1802 hits

Deduction U/s. 10A of the Income Tax Act is allowable withou

 09 February 2010

In respect of AY 2003-04, the assessee had an unit in Chennai which was engaged in software development and whose profits were eligible for deduction u/s 10A. The assessee had another unit in Delhi which was engaged in trading and had suffered a loss..

Posted in Taxation |   2642 hits

Bad debts written off cannot be a factor to determine the Ar

 09 February 2010

the issue of determining arm’s length price (ALP) of royalty paid by the Taxpayer to its associated enterprise for distribution of software products in India. The ITAT held that the disallowance made by the Transfer Pricing Officer (TPO) to the royal..

Posted in Taxation |   2327 hits

High Court has no powers to Condone delay in filing appeal

 09 February 2010

The High Court has no power to condone delay in filing appeal. S.5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 was not applicable in appeals filed under s.260A. ..

Posted in Taxation |   4436 hits

Even employees’ contribution to PF paid before due date of f

 08 February 2010

S. 2 (24) (x) provides that amounts received by an assessee from employees towards PF contributions etc shall be “income”. S. 36 (1) (va) provides that if such sums are contributed to the employees account in the relevant fund on or before the due da..

Posted in Taxation |   2708 hits

Recourse to the power under Section 147 cannot be sustained

 08 February 2010

Recourse to the power under Section 147 cannot be sustained on a mere change of opinion where there is no failure of the assessee to disclose fully and truly, all material facts necessary for assessment...

Posted in Taxation |   1228 hits

If company constructed structure on shareholders land then r

 08 February 2010

It is not the requirement of law that the income assessable should be in the hands of a person who is neither the legal owner nor the beneficial owner. Even if the land is owned by the shareholders, since the super structure constructed by the Compan..

Posted in Taxation |   1555 hits

In absence of stay from SC, Department can’t collect service

 07 February 2010

Executive Summary: - In absence of Supreme Court’s order staying operations of High Court’s judgment relating to levy of service on renting of immovable property, Revenue Department could not instruct its officers to pursue the matter with tax payers..

Posted in Taxation |   1872 hits

Notice u/s. 143(2) should be issued within one year from the

 06 February 2010

The Supreme Court has ruled that it is mandatory for the Income Tax Department to issue notice within the prescribed time limit of one year where the assessing officer in repudiation of the block return filed by the assessee proceeds for an inquiry...

Posted in Taxation |   1833 hits

No addition can be made or sustained simply on basis of sta

 03 February 2010

In order to make an addition on the basis of surrender during search or survey, it is sine qua non that there should be some other material to co-relate the undisclosed income with such statement. ..

Posted in Taxation |   2028 hits

Settlement Commission is given power u/s. 245H to reduce pen

 31 January 2010

Rule 5 of the Settlement Commission Procedure Rules provides that the settlement application shall be presented in the form no.34(b), which provides that alongwith the application there should be confidential information in the annexure. Rule 6 provi..

Posted in Taxation |   1865 hits