Your company could face a tax scrutiny if it had introduced fresh capital exceeding Rs 50 lakh last fiscal, or, as in the tax lingo, during the previous year relevant to the assessment year 2008-09. This is according to the new scrutiny norms by Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
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.
The Kolkata Income-Tax Tribunal has held that payment made by an assessee company to accredited advertising agencies could not be termed as payment of commission, and accordingly no TDS is required to be deducted under the provisions of section 194-H of the Income-Tax Act, 1961.
While computing the income under the head ‘Profit and Gains of Business & Profession’ a scheduled bank (not being a bank incorporated by or under the laws of a foreign country) or a non-scheduled bank or a cooperate bank other than a primary agricultural credit society or a primary co-operative agricultural and rural bank is entitled to claim deduction of provision for bad debt of an amount not exceeding ten per-cent of the aggregate average advances made by the rural branches of such bank computed in the prescribed manner.
Faqir Chand Gulati vs. Uppal (Supreme Court) – (i) A development agreement is one where the land-holder provides the land. The Builder puts up a building. Thereafter, the land owner and builder share the constructed area. The builder delivers the `owner’s share’ to the land-holder and retains the `builder’s share’. The land-holder sells/transfers undivided share/s in the land corresponding to the Builder’s share of the building to the builder or his nominees. The land-holder will have no say or control in the construction or have any say as to whom and at what cost the builder’s share of apartments are to be dealt with or disposed of. Such an agreement is not a joint venture in the legal sense. It is a contract for services.
