The Karnataka High Court dismissed an appeal by the Income Tax Department, ruling that payments to Syna Media for software licenses are not taxable as royalty, citing the Supreme Court’s precedent in the Engineering Analysis case.
The Allahabad High Court set aside a tax reassessment order against Central Electronics Ltd., ruling that the proceedings were based on an invalid circular.
The Allahabad High Court quashed a trade tax assessment against Avant Grade Carpets, ruling it was time-barred. The court held that the Revenue’s failure to produce server records supported the taxpayer’s claim of the order being “anti-dated” to meet a statutory deadline.
The ITAT Kolkata remits the DCIT Vs Seven Hills Project case back to the CIT(A) for re-examination, challenging the disallowance of unpaid service tax under Section 43B of the Income Tax Act.
The Orissa High Court has remitted a GST case, allowing a taxpayer to rectify a human error that led to an overclaimed Input Tax Credit.
NCLT Mumbai allowed the Stakeholders Committee of Phalcomm Infra Solutions to replace the existing liquidator, appointing Mr. Manish Dawda in place of Mr. Uday Sakrikar, to streamline the liquidation process.
The ITAT Chandigarh deleted a ₹25.25 lakh cash deposit addition to an illiterate agriculturist’s income, accepting bank records as evidence of redeposited funds.
The ITAT Mumbai ruled that once Form 10EE is filed, its benefits under Section 89A apply automatically to future years, making annual filing unnecessary.
The ITAT Pune bench partially allows the appeal of Avin Gopal Chotiya, upholding the disallowance of excess HRA claimed due to a shared rent agreement but deleting additions.
ITAT Delhi partly allowed the assessee’s appeal for AY 2012-13, reducing the unexplained investment addition from Rs. 7.82 lakh to Rs. 1.32 lakh. The tribunal factored in the assessee’s socio-economic status and past family savings, granting a net relief of Rs. 6.5 lakh.
