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In case , one earns income which suffers tax outside India, the Income Tax Act has clear provision of relief from such double taxation. The relevant provision are contained in section 90 and section 91 of the I T Act. Section 90 is applicable for the cases when the tax has been paid in a country with which India has signed comprehensive double taxation avoidance agreements. There are Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements with as many as 79 countries .Comprehensive agreeme.. Full Article

32. Whether gross expenses or net expenses (i.e. net of recovery) are to be considered for the purposes of FBT? For example, part of the expenses on various items like travel, may be recovered from the employees. Therefore, whether FBT would be levied on the gross travel expenditure or on the ‘net’ travel expenditure’? Where [...] Full Article

SUMMARY OF CASE LAW The grants and payment of royalty claimed under the head “expenses on direct operations/ grants” are not allowable under section 37(1), but they are allowable under section 36(1)(xii) CASE LAW DETAILS Decided by: ITAT, DELHI BENCH `E’ : NEW DELHI, in the case of : Oil Industry Development Board v.ACIT, AppealNo. : [...] Full Article

Department cannot force auditors to part with information of clients not related to search, found in their laptops seized during search While conducting an audit of EMAAR on 11.9.2007, the laptops of two employees of the Petitioner were seized by the Deputy Director, Income Tax (DDIT) in the course of conducting a Search and Seizure [...] Full Article

The AAR upholds the importance of the transfer pricing provision over the capital gains provision in case of an international transaction  In a recent ruling in case of Canoro Resources Limited1 (the taxpayer) the Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) has held that   The transfer pricing provisions shall override the general provisions provided for computing capital [...] Full Article

In a twist to the Satyam fraud case, a global IT research firm has revealed details which may point to a collusion between Price Waterhouse Coopers and Satyam Computers. The report, by Gartner, indicates that PwC was in a strategic partnership with Satyam till last year, even as its Indian arm was auditing the firm headed [...] Full Article

In view of the foregoing, we are in agreement with the findings of Id. CIT(A) that activities undertaken by the taxpayer were in respect of production and export of computer software within the meaning of provisions of section 10B of the Act, especially when the AO himself concluded so for the purpose of section 80HHE of the Act. We are also in agreement with the uncontroverted submission of the Id. AR on behalf of the taxpayer that the taxpayer did not claim any deducti.. Full Article

SUMMARY OF CASE LAW All the expenses of the business, whether direct or indirect; project specific or common expenses, have to be considered for computation of the profits and gains of an eligible business. CASE LAW DETAILS Decided by: ITAT, “B-1″ BENCH, MUMBAI, In The case of: Nitco Tiles Ltd. v. DCIT, Appeal No. : [...] Full Article