A declaration under the Income Declaration Scheme, 2016 may be made in respect of any income or income in the form of investment in any asset located in India and acquired from income chargeable to tax under the Income-tax Act for any assessment year prior to the assessment year 2017-18
If period of holding is >1yr then it is LTCG & Exempt & Assessing Officer can make addition in the year of purchase if unexplained but no addition can be made in the present year/year of assessment.
In this case ITAT held that a liberal approach has to be adopted by the appellate authorities, where delay has occurred for bona fide reasons on the part of the assessee or the Revenue in filing the appeals.
ITAT Mumbai that payment made by M/s. BSR & Co to KPMG group professional entities based in Various Countries outside India for Services in relation to taxation matters, independent personal services, assistance in audit, taxation, information technology services, conducing background checks, etc.
In the case of Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra Narayan Rane ITAT Mumbbai held that before holding an order to be erroneous, Ld Pr. CIT should have conducted necessary enquiries or verification in order to show that the finding given by the assessing officer is erroneous, the Ld Pr. CIT should have shown that the view taken by the AO is unsustainable in law.
Central Government hereby makes the following rules for carrying out the provisions of Chapter IX of the said Act relating to the Income Declaration Scheme, 2016 namely :-
Service tax collected by the assessee and paid to the government account having no profit element, cannot be included in the gross receipts for computation of income under section 44B of the Act.
CBDT Circular No. 17/2016 clarifies the scope and procedure of the Income Declaration Scheme, 2016, addressing key queries about tax, penalties, and immunity.
It is held that although contract, undoubtedly, designates the consideration in Indian rupees so that the service provider is not put to loss on account of currency fluctuations and merely because Service provider designates the consideration in Indian rupees, his Service Tax Exemption on Exports cannot be denied,
CBEC has clarified the Services on which no Tax is leviable if provided Government or a local authority to a business entity with a turnover up to rupees ten lakh in the preceding financial year, which are as follows :- (i) services by the Department of Posts by way of speed post, express parcel post, life insurance and agency services provided to a person other than Government ; (ii) services in relation to an aircraft or a vessel, inside or outside the precincts of a port or an airport;
