ITAT judgments

  • May
  • 01

Sec.40A(2) – Concrete evidence or material must to allocate unreasonable &excessive expenses for purpose of disallowance

Here in this case, it is not disputed fact that the assessee is sharing staff, office premises, etc. with its parent company. The allocation of the expenses have been identified as per the memorandum of understanding with regard to nature and the quantum of expenses which were to be borne out by the parent company [...]

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  • May
  • 01

Foreign trip Expenses on spouse of Director not allowable unless connected with business

Expenses incurred by the assessee on the foreign tour of spouses of the Directors were wholly gratuitous and for a purpose outside the course of its business. As the incurred expenditure was for extra-commercial reasons, so, same is not deductible under section 37(1) of the Act.

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  • May
  • 01

Commission paid to director cannot be allowed if no service been rendered

It is seen from the material on record that there is no contract of employment between the assessee-company and non-whole time directors. They were also not paid any fixed remuneration. The Board’s resolution dated May 15, 2002, which has been extracted in the impugned order of the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) provides for payment of [...]

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  • May
  • 01

Payments to Government for diversion of forest land for non-forest purposes, amounts to compensation is revenue expense

The assessee company (hereinafter referred to as ‘the assessee’) is a Govt. of Karnataka undertaking engaged in the business of mining of iron ore, other minerals and granite. The assessee had taken certain lands on lease from the State Govt for the purpose of mining of iron ore, etc.

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  • Apr
  • 30

Transfer Pricing – Important principles on turnover filter & comparison explained

. Facts in brief are that the assessee during the assessment year 2007- 08 had provided software programming services to the parent company in the US for which the assessee had received a sum of Rs.5,39,40,81,065/-. Since the assessee had entered into an international transaction with an associate enterprise, the income arising from such transaction in view of the provisions of section 92C has to be computed having regard to arm’s length price. Section

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  • Apr
  • 27

Loss due to Confiscation of stock by Customs is allowable

the facts of the case are that the assessee is a jeweller and it is in this business for the last number of years. There was a search at the assessee’s premises by the DRI on 13th Feb., 1993 in which they found that the assessee had purchased silver weighing 1,913.295 kgs. and the same [...]

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  • Apr
  • 27

Surrender after detection of incriminating material with regard to income so surrendered is not voluntary

Voluntarily means out of free will without any compulsion. When the assessee concealed incriminating material in the form of transactions in the aforesaid account of the two parties, surrender cannot held to be voluntarily. Surrender of income after the department has collected incriminating material with regard to the income so disclosed, cannot be voluntary surrender, [...]

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  • Apr
  • 27

Stamp value on the date of agreement to be reckoned for computing capital gains if registration is delayed bonafidely

Considering all these facts, if the transfer is completed in terms of section 2(47)(v) by giving the possession of the property in terms of the sale agreement dated 13.6.2005 and SRO rate as on the date of this date was considered in the sale agreement and if the registration was delayed on bona fide reasons [...]

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  • Apr
  • 27

Bifurcation of rural and urban branches must for deduction u/s. 36(viia)

In the appeal of the revenue by ground no. 2, the department has challenged the conclusion of the learned CIT(A) regarding deduction u/s 36(1)(vii) for bad and doubtful debts written off restricted to the amount in excess of the provision for bad and doubtful debts created in the books of accounts u/s 36(1)(viia) of the [...]

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  • Apr
  • 26

DRP entitled to enhance by questioning very existence of transaction

With this amplification of the scope of the power of the DRP, now even the matters not agitated by the assessee before the DRP can also be considered for the purposes of enhancement.

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