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On consideration of the reports of local disturbances caused due to Swine Flue and riots of the Pune, Satara, Kolhapur and Sangli Districts of Maharashtra, the Central Board of Direct Taxes, in exercise of powers of conferred under section 119 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, hereby extends the due date of obtaining tax audit reports u/s 44AB of the I.T. Act as well as for filling of returns of
Notification No. 71/2009 – Income Tax It is hereby notified for general information that the organization Vipassana Research Institute, Mumbai has been approved by the Central Government for the purpose of clause (iii) of sub-section (1) of section 35 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (said Act), read with rules 5C and 5E of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (said Rules) from Assessment year 2006-07 onwards in the category of ‘other
Whether the Tribunal was correct in holding that the assessee is not liable to deduct TDS in respect of payments made for purchase of software as the same cannot be treated as income liable to tax in India as Royalty or Scientific Work under section 9 of the Act read with Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements and treaties. Not correct, in the negative, against the assessee and in favour of the revenue
Attention is invited to Notification No. 05/2006-CE dated 01.03.06 which stipulates that Central Excise duty at 8% will be charged on Ceramic tiles manufactured in a factory not using electricity for firing the kiln on the condition that “if no credit of the duty paid on the inputs used in or in relation to the manufacture of such ceramic tiles has been taken under rule 3 or rule 13 of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004”.
Present Procedure: At present, the applications for registration are being made manually to the Registering Authority. On the receipt of the application, the application and the enclosed documents are verified by the Registering Authority and TIN Allotment Letter is issued on the same day. Tin certificates are being issued afterwards.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No.125/2009-CUSTOMS (N.T.), dated the 27 th August, 2009 vide number S.O. 2193(E), dated the 27 th August, 2009, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby determines that the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currency specified in column (2) of each of Schedule I and Schedule II annexed hereto into Indian currency or vice versa shall, with effect from 1 st October, 2009 be the rate mentioned against it in the corresponding entry in column (3) thereof, for the purpose of the said section, relating to imported and export goods.
“Provided that this procedure shall also be available for the supplies made by an Advance authorization holder to a manufacturer holding another Advance authorization, if such manufacturer, in turn, supplies the resultant products to an ultimate exporter in terms of para 8.3(c) of the Foreign Trade Policy, and the procedure, safeguards and conditions as prescribed in this notification shall apply mutatis-mutandis.
Simply because some incidental activity of the assessee is revenue generating, does not provide any justification to hold that it is tainted with “commerciality” and reaches a point where relationship of mutuality ends and that of trading begins.
As the facts indicate the holding company has advanced funds to the assessee company in 1998 which was received as share application money, later on transferred to unsecured loan. The amounts were utilised in investments and the incomes thereon were offered under the head ‘capital gains’ and not as ‘business income’.
The application of 15 per cent rate of tax on the amount shown in the return of income would not fall under the category of determination of tax payable on the returned income on the basis of return of income under section 143(1) when the assessee had categorically stated in the note enclosed with the return of income that the returned income was not in the nature of `royalty’
