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Analysis of circular on refund of CENVAT credit under Rule 5 of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 and Problems faced by exporters

Background of the Circular:- CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 ('CCR') permit availment of credit of excise duty on inputs and service tax on input services used for manufacture of dutiable goods or providing output services. In order to zero-rate the exports, Rule 5 of CCR provides that such accumulated credit can be refunded to the exporter subject to conditions provided in Notification No. 5/2006-CE (NT) dated 14.03.2006 ('subject notification').
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Circular on Problems faced by exporters in availing refund of excess credit

CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 permit taking of credit of inputs and input services which are used for providing output services or output goods. In order to zero-rate the exports, Rule 5 of CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 provides that such accumulated credit can be refunded to the exporter subject to stipulated conditions. Notification No. 5/2006-CE (NT) dated 14.03.2006 provides the conditions, safeguards and limitations for obtaining refund of such credit.
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Live payment nexus in routing of income between employer and expatriate personnel must be established so as to attract section 163(1)(c) of Income tax Act, 1961

The decision in the case of CIT v. Ely Lilly & Co. (India) Pvt. Ltd. [2009] 178 Taxman 505 (SC) rendered by the Supreme Court nowhere envisages that where no live nexus is established between the person sought to be treated as an agent in relation to a resident and the non-resident, the person can still be included within the meaning of the term `agent', as provided in section 163(1)(c).
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Duty Drawback and sale of DEPB license not eligible for tax holiday: Supreme Court

This article summarizes a recent ruling of the Supreme Court (SC) [2009-TIOL­100-SC-IT] in the case M/s Liberty India (Taxpayer), in which the SC held that the receipts, by way of Duty Drawback and sale of Duty Entitlement Pass Book (DEPB) licence by the Taxpayer, do not form part of the profits 'derived from' the industrial undertaking (IU), eligible for tax holiday under the Indian Tax Law (ITL). The SC further held that the Duty Drawback and sale of DEPB licence are..
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High-pitched assessments u/s. 147/143(3) of the Income-tax Act – Some remedies

After the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of ACIT vs. Rajesh Jhaveri Stock Brokers (P) Ltd. delivered on 23-5-2007 and reported at (2007) 291 ITR 500 (SC), a large number of actions are being initiated u/s. 147/148 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (‘the Act’ for short) and often high-pitched Income tax assessments are being made at several places.
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Income received by a non-resident businessman from services coming within S. 44BB is not taxable u/s 9 (1) (vii) r.w.s. 44DA

S. 44BB applies to an assessee engaged in the business of providing services or facilities in connection with ….. the prospecting … of mineral oils. On the other hand, Explanation 2 to s. 9 (1) (vii) defines “fees for technical services” to mean consideration for the rendering of technical services but not including consideration for mining or like project undertaken by the recipient.
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Allowability of interest expenditure on borrowed funds

In our considered opinion, no prudent businessman would borrow funds on interest and keep his own funds idle. Besides, (he transaction of loan is also not third party transaction but the funds borrowed from the Indian Overseas Bank by the sister concern have been taken as loan by the assessee without any business necessity because its own funds have remained idle throughout the year. The assessee has also admitted that the funds were kept idle and not utilized during the..
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Computation of undisclosed income in case no incriminating document was found during search

Searches conducted by the Income Department are important means for unearthing black money. However, under the scheme before insertion of special procedure for assessment of search cases, valuable time is lost in trying to relate the undisclosed incomes to the different years. Tax evaders generally manage to divert the focus to procedural and legal issues and often invent new evidence to explain undisclosed income. By the time search r
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