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The Income-Tax (I-T) department will recover close to Rs 1,000 crore from infrastructure development companies after a recent tax tribunal order clarified that the exemption available for infrastructure development cannot be extended to contractors or sub-contractors. The order puts an end to the practice of contractors and sub-contractors claiming benefits under section 80 IA of Income-tax Act, which was incorporated to encourage investment in infrastructure projects. Full Article

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has held that contractors, while calculating their income-tax liability, cannot claim deduction on profits from an infrastructure project. Section 80-IA (4) of the Income-tax Act allows deduction in respect of profits from infrastructure projects for developers but not contractors, who execute only part of the project. Full Article

Drug firms outsourcing finished products for domestic as well as export markets are under the income-tax (I-T) scanner. The I-T department has dragged around half a dozen leading drug makers, including Novartis Healthcare Pvt. Ltd, Elder Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd and Aristo Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd, to the Bombay high court for alleged tax law violations [...] Full Article

Om Metals Infraprojects vs. CIT (ITAT Jaipur) Where the assessee entered into an agreement with the Vidharbha Irrigation department for supply, erection and installation of dam gates and the question arose whether it was “developing an infrastructural facility” so as to be eligible for deduction u/s 80-IA (4) or it was a mere contractor, HELD: Full Article