Gujarat High Court held that the role of the applicant’s firm in Gujarat State Land Development Corporation (GSLDC Scam) was very limited and was not actually connected with the field work and only to the extent the audit of vouchers and records.
ITAT Kolkata held that exemption under section 10(38) of the Income Tax Act not eligible in respect of long Term Capital Gain from sale of equity shares of penny stock companies listed with Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
ITAT Raipur held that additional depreciation under section 32 of the Income Tax Act on heavy vehicle not admissible when vehicles are used in own business and not on hire.
CESTAT Delhi held that receipt of service doesn’t qualify as Manpower Supply Service and hence demand of service tax from service receipt under Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM) applicable to Manpower Supply Service unsustainable in law and hence liable to be set aside.
CESTAT Ahmedabad held that the issue involved is of pure interpretation of legal provisions and classification of services therefore, in absence of any no mala fide intentions and suppression of facts with intention to evade payment of service tax, extended period of limitation cannot be invoked.
ITAT Mumbai held that TP adjustment in respect of international transaction of reimbursement of Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) Expenses deleted as Arm’s Length Price (ALP) of ESOP expenses cannot be taken as NIL.
ITAT Delhi held that addition u/s. 68 towards unexplained unsecured loan unsustainable as the onus which lays upon the assessee to explain that the entries made are real and not fictitious, has been duly discharged.
ITAT Mumbai held that with regard to addition under section 69C of the Income Tax Act it is directed to set the matter back to AO to verify whether the source for the additions made in the hands of the assessee is explained through the settlement made before the settlement commission.
CESTAT Ahmedabad held that the works contract service of construction of residential complex for JawaharLal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JnRUM) is not liable to service tax
ITAT Mumbai held that penalty under section 270A of the Income Tax Act unsustainable as non-declaration of interest on income tax refund was bona fide and cannot be said to be underreporting of income.