Addition made under section 68 consequent to notice issued under section 153C was deleted because the AO had initiated assessment proceedings under section 153C for the relevant assessment years without pointing out or referring to any seized document belonging to those years and, therefore, there was no prima facierationale or logic behind issuing the said notice.
After issuing notice under section 153A revenue can carry out re-assessment or assessment with respect to the six immediate prior years and the year in which the search is carried out. This does not require any incriminating material recovered on search relating to those prior years; in which there is no time left, on the date of search, for an assessment under section 143.
Whether the Electricity Charges are taxable under GST? As per the notification No. 12/2017 (Central Rates) Dt: 28th June, 2017 as per the entry no.25 – ‘Transmission or distribution of electricity by an electricity transmission or distribution utility’ are taxable under GST @ ‘NIL’.
Order of reassessment passed without disposing off the objection raised by assessee was invalid as assessee was entitled to raise objection against the reason given in reassessment notice and AO was under mandate to dispose of the same by a speaking order before proceeding to reassess the assessee’s income.
Shri Bhagwandas Nagla Vs ITO (International Taxation) (ITAT Hyderabad) Conclusion: TDS under section 195 was to be deducted in case payment for purchase of immovable property made to GPA (general power of attorney) holder of non-residents because, at best, GPA holder could be considered as only a conduit between assessee and the owners of property […]
Gain arising on transfer of ESOP options should be taxed as long term capital gains where the holding period was more than 3 years as assessee acquired a valuable and transferable right and the right of share constituted capital assets from the date of grant.
MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department Of Revenue) (OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS) NOTIFICATION No. 01/2019 (CUSTOMS) (NT)(VSP) Vishakhapatnam, the 19th February, 2019 Sub—Declaration of Green Channel Berth of Visakhapatnam Port Trust as Customs Area—regarding. S.O. 1021(E).—In exercise of powers conferred under sub-section (b) of Section 8 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), […]
The next practical training assessment test is being scheduled on March 10, 2018. The students who have completed their 1st/ 2nd year of practical training during the second/ third/ fourth quarter of 2018, i.e. April-June, 2018, July-September, 2018 and October-December, 2018 are eligible to appear in this test.
CESTAT Chennai has held that commission received/paid for issuance of corporate guarantee to associate/subsidiary companies is not exigible to service tax under Section 65(12)(a)(ix) of Finance Act, 1994.
Input tax paid by a vehicle dealer on the purchase of motor car used for demonstration purpose of the customer can be availed as input tax credit on capital goods and set off against output tax payable under GST.
