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Speculation gain can be set off against carried forward speculation loss

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Sub ­section (1) of Section 73 provides that the loss in respect of a speculation business can be set off only against the profits and gains of another speculation business. Sub ­section (2) of Section 73 enables an assessee to carry forward the loss arising out of a speculation business which has not been set off e their wholly or partly under the provisions of sub ­section (1)

If transaction for sale concluded outside India then no income from offshore supplies accrues or arises or can be deemed to accrue or arise in India

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The applicant is a company incorporated in Russia and also is tax resident of that country. It is one of the leading companies in the field of power project construction and export of electric power and is further engaged in the business of construction and commissioning of power project. In response to the tender floated by the National Thermal Po

Provisions of section 11B of SEBI Act can be applied retrospectively

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It is a well known canon of construction that when Court is called upon to interpret provisions of a social welfare legislation the paramount duty of the Court is to adopt such an interpretation as to further the purposes of law and if possible eschew the one which frustrates it.

Assessment demands does not get stayed or vacated on filing of application before

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Settlement Commission has jurisdiction over assessee only when it decides to proceed with the application and admits application under section 245D(1). In respect of demand raised in the assessment made before the admission of application for settlement under section 245D(1), the Assessing Officer is entitled to levy the interest under section 220(2) till the date of admission under section 245D(1).

Expenditure on improvement of Capital Expenditure needs to be supported by evidence

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We have-considered the rival submissions and perused the material on record. So far as facts are concerned, the undisputed facts are that assessees inherited in the co-ownership a Bunglow No.2, Faizabad Road, Opposite to IT College, Lucknow. This was sold by these assessees vide sale deed dated 20.11.2003. Apparent consideration is declared at Rs. 1,20,00,000/ – whereas valuation as per SVA is Rs.2,48,19,410/ -. The assessees objected to the proposal of the

If notice served through Courier then department need to exercise extra caution to prove service of the same to right person

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We have considered the rival submissions and perused the material on record. In our considered view, the claim of the revenue that notices were sent through Courier and the Courier had served it within a week on the assessee is not sustainable because the revenue has to produce the copy of the acknowledgement in token of service of the notice.

As per treaty with USA Profits attributable to transaction of cargo, mail, etc. by aircrafts owned, chartered or leased by assessee cannot be taxed in India

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The transportation of passengers, mails or cargo etc. by the assessee in the international traffic by the aircraft as owner/ charterer/ lessee would fall within the scope of Article 8 of the Indo-US Tax Treaty and therefore, profits attributed to the same cannot be taxed in India; further, the profits from inland transportation directly connected with such transportation would also not be taxable in India.

Major fire breaks out at Income Tax office in Delhi

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At least seven people were injured when a major fire broke out in the Income Tax Office (ITO) in New Delhi on Friday, Apr 2.According to officials, the blaze broke out in the fourth floor of the D-shape building at 11.15 am when some labourers were engaged in wood work.

In case of difference between sales as per books and TDS certificate only profit element is taxable

April 3, 2010 1210 Views 0 comment Print

Cuttack bench of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (the Tribunal) in the case of R.R. Caryying Corpn. v. ACIT [2009] 126 TTJ 240 (Cuttack) held that only the embedded portion of the profits is to be considered as taxable and not the entire amount in the case of discrepancies between the sales or receipt amount as per books of accounts and the amount shown in TDS certificate, for taxability purpose.

The initial assessment year for the purpose of claiming benefit under section 80-IA of the Act, is the year of commercial production not the year of trail production

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Recently, the Delhi High Court in the case of ACIT v. Nestor Pharmaceuticals Limited [2010-TIOL-124-HC-DEL-IT] on the issue of whether the year in which trial production starts can be considered as initial Assessment Year (AY) for claiming benefit under section 80-IA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) after relying on various judicial precedents held that the initial year is the year in which the commercial production starts and not trial production.

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