ITAT Chennai held that income from listed shares and securities which had been treated as stock in trade by assessee is taxable under the head income from business and profession and not under the head capital gain.
ITAT Ahmedabad held that as assessee was not legally obliged to pay customs duty amount, additional claim towards payment of such customs duty cannot be allowed under provisions of section 43B(a) of the Income Tax Act.
ITAT Delhi held that the assessee has not committed any violation of provision of Chapter XVII B of the Act by making payment towards External Development Charges (EDC) to Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Haryana (Haryana Government) (DGTCP) through banking channel favoring Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA).
ITAT Delhi held that rejection of books of accounts u/s. 145(3) of the Income Tax Act justifiable as there was number of defects and discrepancies in the same.
CESTAT Ahmedabad held that the subsequent service of the order copy to the appellant is the date of communication of the order-in-original to the appellant.
ITAT Kolkata held that PCIT cannot exercise the revisionary jurisdiction to set aside the assessment where the AO has conducted enquiries and taken a plausible view accepting the contentions of the assessee.
ITAT Delhi held that as National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has admitted application filed by the assessee u/s. 14 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, the present appeal filed by the revenue deserves to be dismissed.
ITAT Mumbai held that since the assessee has not earned any dividend income from its equity investment during the year disallowance of expenditure under section 14A of the Income Tax Act read with Rule 8D of the Income Tax Rules is not sustainable.
CESTAT Kolkata held that seized gold biscuits cannot be released as transportation of smuggled gold not justified based on fabricated transit challan and held mere general corroboration is sufficient.
ITAT Chennai held that transaction of purchase of own shares by the appellant company is distribution of accumulated profits within the meaning of section 2(22) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Accordingly, it is treated as dividend u/s. 2(22)(a)/2(22)(d) read with section 115-O of the Act.
