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If Assessee has merely taken cenvat credit and not utilized or taken any advantage of such credit, payment of interest is not sustainable

December 12, 2008 2702 Views 0 comment Print

Lafarge India Pvt. Ltd. V. CCE (CESTAT Delhi) – Merely credit was taken by the assessee and not utilized and not taken any advantage of such credit, payment of interest is not sustainable. There is no allegation that the appellant utilized or taken any advantage of the credit and therefore recovery of interest is set aside.

Payment for non-compete right is not an intangible asset eligible for depreciation

December 12, 2008 1167 Views 0 comment Print

Srivatsan Surveyors Pvt. Ltd. (‘Appellant’) is engaged in the business of licensed surveyors and loss assessors under the Insurance Act, 1938. The Appellant entered into a non-compete covenant with its director, Mr. Srivatsan and paid a sum of Rs.10 million, on which depreciation was claimed, treating it as an intangible asset. As per the covenant, Mr. Srivatsan agreed not to carry on his individual business of general insurance survey, loss assessment, valuation of assets, etc. for a period of seven years and also to abstain from other activities which might jeopardize the business interests of the Appellant in any manner.

Allowability of depreciation on non-compete fee u/s. 32 of the Income Tax Act, 1961

December 12, 2008 636 Views 0 comment Print

We have heard the rival submissions in the light of the material placed before us and the precedents relied upon. The assessee company was carrying on the business as licensed surveyors and loss assessors under the Insurance Act, 1938. During the relevant year the assessee did claim depreciation amounting to Rs. 12,50,000/- in relation to payment of non compete fee arising out of a restrictive covenants

SEBI : Review of Provisions relating to Close Ended Schemes

December 11, 2008 616 Views 0 comment Print

. NAV shall be computed and published on daily basis.It has also been decided that a close ended debt scheme shall invest only in such securities which mature on or before the date of the maturity of the scheme.

Circular No. 106/9/2008-ST dated the 11th December, 08

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Notification No. 41/2007-ST, dated 6/10/2007 allows refund of service tax paid on specified services used for export of goods. The Board has from time to time examined the procedural difficulties arising in implementation of this refund scheme.

CIT cannot disarray The AAR. An Attempt to belittle the role of this authority in the statutory scheme of adjudication cannot be countenanced

December 11, 2008 678 Views 0 comment Print

Burmah Castrol vs. DIT Mumbai The applicant, Burmah Castrol Plc. is a non-resident company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales. The applicant submits that during the financial year 2001-02, as per the directive of SEBI, it acquired 12,77,292 equity shares of Foseco India Limited (hereinafter referred to as “FIL”), an Indian company, for an acquisition price of Rs. 221.86 per share and also as per those directives paid a further amount of Rs.49.1429per share for the delay in making the Open Offer.

Amounts received towards reimbursement of expenses can, under no circumstances, be regarded as a revenue Receipt and not chargeable to income-tax

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CIT VS. SIEMENS AG (BOMBAY HIGH COURT) If the Tribunal has answered an issue and that has not been challenged by the revenue, it will not be open to the revenue to raise the said issue again in respect of the same assessee; The judgement of the Supreme Court in Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries vs. DIT 288 ITR 408 (SC) has been overcome by the Explanation to s. 9 inserted by the FA 2007 which provides that income from royalty paid by a resident would be deemed to accrue in India even if the recipient has no PE

A Good Tool for MVAT Audit

December 11, 2008 900 Views 0 comment Print

Have a look at a very small utility to verify the correctness of VAT and CST Registration Numbers under Maharashtra VAT Act, 2002.This small MVAT Registration Numbers validation utility can be used as atool for the VAT Audit to check the VAT and CST Registration Nos of the parties as the utility checks whether the numbers are in the proper format or not.

Where the income is actually received or has accrued in India, the resort to deeming provision is not warranted

December 11, 2008 907 Views 0 comment Print

MUSTAQ AHMED VS. DIT (AAR) Where the income is actually received or has accrued in India, the resort to deeming provision is not warranted and s. 5(2) is sufficient to create a charge in respect of non-resident’s income. Clause (b) to Explanation 1 makes no difference to this position.

While Announcing the Measures for Stimulating the Economy, Govt Failed to Do Justice with the Service Providers

December 11, 2008 430 Views 0 comment Print

It is strange that while reducing peak rate of excise duty from 14% to 10%, central government did not reduce the peak rate of service tax from 12% to 10% or 8%. After the reduction of excise duty with effect from 7-12-2008, now the rate of excise duty on packaged software will be 8% whereas rate of service tax on customized software will be 12%. [See excise notification no. 49/2006 CE dated 30/12/2006 as amended by notification no. 58/2008 CE dated 07/12/2008]

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