F. No. HRD/AD/870/4/2008-09/2868 – Dated : 14/10/2013 In supersession of earlier order vide F. No. HRD/AD/870/04//2008-09/1070 dated 02.07.13, under mentioned officers are designated as Central Public Information Officers (CPIOs) and first appellate authority in the different divisions of the office of Directorate of Income Tax (Human Resources Development) with immediate effect and until further orders.
The Department has high expectation from the CA community and the CAs are advised to carry out the VAT Audit and Special Audit with strict reference to the relevant legal provisions, and complete the work timely. The panel for Special Audit will be reviewed each year based on the quality and the timeliness of the reports.
Proviso to Section 112(1) is applied, then almost all assessees covered by the first proviso to Section 48 would be liable to pay tax @ 10% only and not @ 20% on long-term capital gains. The proviso to Section 112(1) is applicable to units and zero coupon bonds, which are not covered by the first proviso to section 48 of the Act.
Whether expenditure incurred to meet out the need for working funds in which expansion of share capital was undertaken, is capital expenditure even when the purpose for which expenditure was incurred did not result in creation of an asset or benefit due to intervention by an external agency.
Whether the advances made by one trust to another trust registred u/s 12A of the Act and used by that trust for charitable purpose would qualify for exemption u/s 11 of the Act by the first trust irrespective of accounting treatment followed?
It is noticed that this expenditure was incurred as a professional fees to defend two directors of the assessee company who were arrested under NDPS Act on being found guilty of the offences under the relevant sections of the said Act.
The objective of the proviso to section 2(15) is to deny exemption to such assessee who are engaged in business activities in the garb of charitable purpose. Mere selling some product at a profit will not ipso facto hit the assessee by applying the proviso to section 2(15) and deny the exemption available u/s 11.
