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Odds of Interpretation- Human intervention required for taxing a payment as ‘fees for technical services’

Telecom industry in India is suffering from the tussle between the odds of two interpretations. In recent time’s payments for various types of technology-related transactions has been a subject matter of disagreement between taxpayer and income tax d
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Packing the dispute of branded goods on packing material

There are already two articles published on our website www.capradeepjain.com on this issue. The title of these articles was “SSI exemption: - The branded issue” and “Brand name for packing material: - all is well when ends well”. The budget has made further amendment while passing the budget to end the controversy. This amendment has prompted us to write this third piece on this very same issue. We will discuss the issue in brief to have a better understanding ..
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Section 4 of Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 does not require publication of pre-recognition Rules and Bye-laws of a Stock

As would be evident from the pleadings and submissions made on behalf of the respective arties, the main question which we are called upon to consider is whether in the absence of publication of the Rules and Bye-laws of the Bombay Stock Exchange, which had been framed prior to its recognition in 1956 under the 1956 Act, its activities could be said to be without authority.
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Payment made by a member to its stock exchange for VSAT/Lease line/BOLT/Demat charges is not fee for technical services u/s194J

For the purposes of this clause, fees for technical services means any consideration (including any lump sum consideration) for the rendering of any managerial, technical or consultancy services (including the provision of services of technical or other personnel) but does not include consideration for any construction, assembly, mining or like project undertaken by the recipient or consideration which would be income of the recipient chargeable under the head Salaries.
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Settlement Commission is given power u/s. 245H to reduce penalty but same need to be exercised judiciously and not arbitrarily

it will be in the interest of justice to set aside the final order passed by the Settlement Commission and to remand the matter back to the Settlement Commission for hearing parties afresh and to pass orders as per law. Facts and circumstances noted in respect of writ petition no.2191 of 1999 are also relevant for the remaining writ petitions and, therefore, it will be necessary that the final orders passed in all these proceedings should be set aside.
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Sustainability of orders passed by Settlement Commission in violation of section 245D(4) of IT Act, 1961

Chapter XIX-A is a complete Code in itself as regards settlement of cases for having provided a complete mechanism other than procedure provided under the IT Act. Legislature conferred all powers upon Settlement Commission being vested in IT authority under the Act as provided U/s 245-F and what is being decided by settlement commission is conclusive providing no remedy of revision/review or appeal to the assessee or revenue, envisaged in S.245-I of the Act.
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Disallowance of expenditure u/s 40(a) in a case where assessee follows completed contract method

On plain reading of above section, we find that certain expenditures are not allowable if the assessee failed to deduct tax or after deduction same was not paid in time. However, such expenditures are allowable Provided that where in respect of any such sum. Tax has been deducted in any subsequent year, or has been deducted— (A) during the last month of the previous year but paid after the said due date; or (B) during any other
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Registration u/s 80G(5)(vi) cannot be denied to charitable trust even if it is running some activity that yields profit

As a rule, if the terms of the trust permit its operation 'for profit' they become, prima facie, evidence of a purpose falling outside charity. They would indicate the object of profit-making unless and until it is shown that the term of the trust compel the trustee to utilize the profits of business also for charity. This means that the test introduced by the amendment is "Does the purpose of a trust restrict spending the income of a profitable activity exclusively or p..
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