In this case, the Commissioner (Appeals) has reduced the tax amount and hence the respondents cannot take advantage of the provision under the fourth proviso to Section 78. Having not paid the penalty amount within one month from the date of the Order-in-Original even though the legal provision was clearly brought to the notice of the respondents by the original authority in para 14 of his order, the respondents cannot be given the benefit of paying 25% of the reduced penalty.
The question whether ‘Mithi River’ is a river or not, is a pure question of fact which needs to be examined and settled at the final hearing stage of the appeal. For the present, we consider the fact that the activity undertaken by the appellant in the aforesaid stream of water was ‘dredging’. Their limited case is that the activity was undertaken in a drain and not in a river. WE note that even the agreement between the appellant and MMRDA describes the stream as ‘Mithi River’. It cannot be called otherwise merely by reason of the fact that rainwater or domestic sewage from the surrounding areas are also flowing into it or that industrial effluents are discharged into it.
We have a case where the equipment is purchased or taken on lease by the applicant. It is proposed to be granted on a lease for a short term (in fact, on behalf of the petitioner it is submitted that it was proposed to grant a lease for two years only). The lease amount or rent is to bear only a small proportion to the cost of the equipment.
In the case of Bharti Cellular the Supreme Court (SC) acknowledged the role of technical experts while deciding on tax issues arising from complex technical matters. The SC, accordingly, directed the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to issue directions to tax authorities, including transfer pricing officers (TPOs), to take opinion of technical experts and bring on record technical evidence in cases involving complex technical issues and substantial revenue. Pursuant to the above, the CBDT has issued Instruction No. 5/2011 [F. No. 225/61/2011 – IT(A-11)] dated 30 March 2011 (Instruction).
The government today said it will continue to focus on fiscal consolidation and would stick to the deficit target for the current fiscal, despite the uncertainty over global crude oil prices. “We are on the fiscal consolidation path. We don’t want to occupy more space in the public borrowing, and we will stick to our fiscal deficit target and our revenue deficit target,” Finance Secretary Sushma Nath said at a CII conference here.
CBDT highly appreciates & admires the hard work put in by one & all to lower the interest costs & minimize the grievances by prompt issue of around 4.4 lac refunds from April 01, 2011 to April 08, 2011. On the request of ITGOA received through its Delhi Representatives, namely Sh Baswanand & Sh Rajesh Menon, the date for issue of all refunds is extended to April 20 2011. Chairman,CBDT
The US government has sought permission from a federal court to ask for information from HSBC about Americans who may be hiding money in offshore accounts in India to dodge taxes. The Department of Justice said on Thursday it is seeking an order from a San Francisco court to authorize the Internal R evenue Service (IRS) to serve a so-called “John Doe” subpoena on HSBC to obtain information about people whose identities are unknown.
Recently, the Delhi High Court in the case of CIT v. DCM Limited (ITR Nos.87-89/1992) held that payments made for transfer of comprehensive technical information and know-how, which included all trade secrets and technical information, designs and drawings, etc. cannot be treated as income from royalty under the India-UK tax treaty (tax treaty). Accordingly, the taxpayer was not liable to deduct tax on the payments made to the foreign company.
Karnataka Government would soon file an appeal in the Supreme Court challenging its order revoking the ban on export of iron ore, chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said today. The state would file the appeal outlining the reasons that prompted the BJP Government to impose the ban to check illegal mining and illegal export of iron ore.
The cola war between Coke and Pepsi is extending to the IPL turf, with Coca Cola replacing rival PepsiCo as sponsors of Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab in the fourth season of the T20 league. With the new tie-ups, Coca Cola will be sponsoring five out of the ten IPL teams ready for the cricket battle between April 8 and May 28. Coca Cola that has been associated with Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders in the previous seasons, said it will also become the sponsor of Mumbai Indians, Deccan Chargers and Kings XI Punjab.
