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Jindal Thermal Power vs. DCIT (Karnataka High Court) The assessee entered into a contract with Raytheon – Ebasco, a foreign company, and two of its’ foreign subsidiaries, for commissioning of a power plant. The assessee made payments to Raytheon for rendering technical services, providing ‘start-up’ services and taking ‘overall responsibility’ for the Project. The two [...] Full Article

Any sum received under a life insurance policy including any bonus thereon will be exempt, only if the premium does not exceed 5% of the capital sum assured and such sum is received only upon completion of the original period of contract or upon the death of the insured. Full Article

SUMMARY OF CASE LAW The relationship between the assessee-airlines and the travel agent is one of principal and agent; the supplementary commission which is the amount retained by the travel agent is commission within the meaning of section 194H read with Explanation (i) to the said section; the difference between the full value of the [...] Full Article

CASE LAW DETAILS Decided by:. ITAT, BENCH `A’ CHENNAI, In The case of: ITO v Medicorp Technologies India Ltd., Appeal No. : ITA No. 2328/Mds/2007, Decided on: January 16, 2009 SUMMARY OF CASE LAW Capability to have a market value, assignability, transferability, diminution in value, are no more the touch stones on which the admissibility [...] Full Article

CIT vs. Gold Coin Health - The recommendations of the Wanchoo Committee and the CBDT Circular make it clear that the amendment to Expl. 4 to s. 271(1)(c) was to make explicit what was otherwise implicit i.e. that penalty can be imposed even in a case where the assessment results in a loss. Full Article

The Delhi Income-Tax Tribunal has held that valuation of perquisite determined by the assessee relying on interpretation of Taxman’s Direct Taxes Ready Reckoner, the assessee could not be deemed to be an assessee-in-default and consequently, interest under section 201(1A) could not be levied though the valuation methodology was held not justified. Full Article

The Government recognises the importance of financial reporting in providing essential financial information about the company to its shareholders and other stakeholders, as an integral and important part of good corporate governance. Such information needs to be reliable, free from bias and should enable comparison on the basis of common benchmarks. This, in turn, necessitates an appropriate, financial reporting system in the form of accounting standards that incorporat.. Full Article