ITAT Mumbai held that 100% addition in case of bogus purchases unsustainable. Notably, addition to the extent of rate of gross profit in case of bogus purchase is duly sustained.
CESTAT Chennai held that as appellant is providing main service i.e. business support service on his own account and is not acting as an intermediary i.e. the services were performed by the appellant on a principal-to-principal basis and at arm’s length basis.
Held that the interest granted by the reference Court u/s. 28 of the Land Acquisition Act from the date of possession of land till the date of judgment of High Court is an accretion of the value of the land acquired, not chargeable to tax.
ITAT Visakhapatnam held that the requirement of both the issuance and service of such notice upon the assessee for the purposes of Section 147 and 148 of the Act are mandatory jurisdictional requirements. Order passed is liable to be quashed on account of non-service of notice u/s 147/148.
ITAT Mumbai held that the assessee has merely got the license to use the software for its daily business requirement and has never owned the same. Further, such expense was used for business purpose on yearly rent basis it has not given any enduring benefit. Hence, such expense are revenue in nature.
CESTAT Chennai held that renting of immovable property for a hotel is expressly excluded from the ambit of the taxable service in Section 65(105)(zzzz) of the Finance Act, 1994. Accordingly, demand not sustainable.
ITAT Delhi held that amount received from its Indian subsidiary towards IT and SAP charges cannot be treated as Fees for Technical Services (FTS) under Article 12(4)(a) of India – Portugal DTAA. Accordingly, additions unsustainable.
ITAT Delhi held that statue doesn’t empower the Assessing Officer to withdraw or modify or substitute the assessment order passed under Section 143(3) of the Income Tax Act with another assessment order.
Karnataka High Court directed the State and Government Agencies to calculate ‘tax difference’ on balance works executed or to be executed after 01.07.2017. In nut-shell, court directed to determine the pre-GST and post-GST tax difference in case of works contract.
Delhi High Court granted regular bail on the reasonable grounds based on which it can be believed that the petitioner is not guilty of offence under section 3 of PMLA and also that petitioner has materially co-operated in the investigation.