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Provisions of section 40(a)(ia) of Income Tax Act constitutionally valid

December 24, 2009 18028 Views 0 comment Print

In the event of a reasonable doubt about the applicability of Chapter XVII-B, Section 40(a)(ia) cannot be invoked, would be stretching our jurisdiction beyond the permissible limit which cannot be done. In as much as we have reached a conclusion that the object sought to be achieved while enacting Section 40(a)(ia) was for augmenting the provision of TDS, with which object we do not find any impermissibility or lack of constitutionality and hence there is no scope for applying the doctrine of Reading Down to the said provision.

Income from convention centre run by a hotel company is eligible to expenditure tax

December 24, 2009 1480 Views 0 comment Print

For the purpose of Expenditure Tax Act, 1987 the convention center managed by a hotel is an extension of the hotel itself and therefore, rent collection from the convention center shall be eligible for the levy of expenditure tax.

Tribunal got the power to rectify mistake apparent from the record but not empowered to rectify its own under u/s. 254(2)

December 24, 2009 2444 Views 0 comment Print

Tribunal has got the power of rectifying a mistake which is apparent from the record itself and even an error of judgment is outside the ambit of section 254(2) of the Act. The oft-quoted judgment of the Hon’ble Rajasthan High court in CIT v. Ramesh Chand Modi [2001] 249 ITR 323[2] distinguishing the judgment of the Hon’ble jurisdictional High Court in the case of Ramesh Electric & Traaing Co. (supra) needs to be examined.

Unilateral remission/cessation of liability by assessee will amount to obtaining of benefit under section 41(1)

December 24, 2009 2530 Views 0 comment Print

We have considered the rival submissions and also perused the relevant material on record. It is observed that the amount of liability in question in respect of TISCO written back by the assessee company in its accounts was treated by the authorities below as its income by applying the provisions of section 41(1). There is no dispute that the such liability represented the trading liability of the assessee and as declared by the assessee itself in the return of income, there was remission or recession of the said liability during the year under consideration. The said liability accordingly was writ

Salary Income -Valuation of Perquisites

December 24, 2009 31836 Views 0 comment Print

Valuation of Perquisites under Rule 3 of Income Tax Rule 1962 read with sub section 2 of section 17 of Income Tax Act, 1961 (As Revised wide Income Tax (Thirteenth Amendment) Rules. 2009). The Finance (No. 2) Act, 2009, has withdrawn the levy of Fringe Benefit Tax (“FBT”) on expenditure incurred by an employer on or after 1 April 2009. Consequently, by an employee benefits which were subject to FBT have been brought back within the ambit of perquisites and taxable in the hands of employees from the financial year (“F.Y.”) 2009-10 onwards.

WIRC election status as on 24.12.2009

December 24, 2009 1306 Views 0 comment Print

1. Verlekar Gautam Eliminated.2. Paliwal Dayaram eliminated 3. Agarwal Subhash Hariprasad Eliminated 4. Kailash Mantry Eliminated. THE CANDIDATE WISE POSITION AT ELIMINATION NO: 6, WAS AS FOLLOWS:

For the kind information of the DIRM Course pursuing members

December 24, 2009 1800 Views 0 comment Print

Kind attention of the members pursuing Post Qualification Course on Diploma in Insurance and Risk Management (DIRM) who have yet to pass Eligibility Test (ET) Papers is invited towards the last date for submission of ET Papers in order to become eligible to appear in the DIRM Technical Examination to be held in May 2010 (subject to fulfillment of other conditions in this regard) is 31st December, 2009. The soft copy of the ET Question Papers are hosted at our website at the hyperlink http://www.icai.org/post.html?post_id=3650 The ET papers should be posted in a manner so as to reach the following address on or before 31st December, 2009.

Report of Task Force on GST Thirteenth Finance Commission

December 24, 2009 4145 Views 0 comment Print

These recommendations differ considerably from the model and structure of the GST envisaged by the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers (EC) as described in the First Discussion Paper released by the EC on 10 November, 2009. The differences relate to several critical areas such as the tax base, tax rates, threshold limits, taxation of inter-State supplies of goods and services, exemptions/ compounding schemes and taxation of alcohol, tobacco and petroleum products in the GST regime, amongst others. It must be clearly understood that these are only recommendations and it is for the EC to accept or reject these recommendations.

Summary of rules for valuation of perquisites for Assessment year 2010-2011

December 24, 2009 4112 Views 0 comment Print

This article summarizes Notification No. 94/2009/F. No. 142/25/2009-SO(TPL) dated 18 December 2009 (Notification) issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)that substitutes Rule 3 (Rule) relating to valuation of perquisites arising from employment. The new Rule is effective from 1 April 2009 and is largely similar to the erstwhile Rule. All employers, including employers who were liable to Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) prior to its removal, will now be covered under the new Rule. They would be required to compute the taxable value of perquisites provided to the employees as per the new Rule, with effect from 1 April 2009.

Cash seizures by tax authorities during searches almost doubled in financial year 2008-09

December 24, 2009 903 Views 0 comment Print

Cash seizures by tax authorities during searches on evaders nearly doubled to Rs 400 crore in 2008-09 fiscal, while the size of total assets impounded grew by half to Rs 625 crore, says an official report. The department conducted searches on 429 groups, mostly real estate companies, across the country during 2008-09.

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