Kerala High Court held that gratuity payable under the said Act has to be determined with respect to the date on which the gratuity became payable and not on the date on which sanction was accorded for payment of DCRG.
CESTAT Chennai held that demand for extended period sustained as appellant collected service tax without registration and without filing of ST-3 returns and also failed to credit the amount collected into the Government account.
ITAT Mumbai held that amendment to section 40(a)(ia) of the Income Tax Act vide the Finance (No.2) Act, 2014 is effective from 01/04/2015 and shall be applicable from the Assessment Year 2015-2016.
Held that there was no reason to disbelieve, the observation made by the Commissioner (Appeals) that there was no evidence available before him as to the date on which the Reviewing Authority received the order. Appeal by department dismissed as time barred.
ITAT Delhi held that addition in case of bogus purchases is restricted to the extent of 25% of the purchases. As lower authorities made addition of 25% of bogus purchase, the same is sustainable.
ITAT Chennai held that reopening of assessment in absence of any failure on the part of the assessee to disclose material facts necessary for the assessment and without any new tangible material is untenable in law.
CESTAT Chennai held that reimbursable expenses cannot be subject to levy of service tax. Accordingly, demand of service tax set aside as not sustainable
ITAT Ahmedabad held that benefit of exemption under section 11 of the Income Tax Act cannot be denied merely on account of delay in furnishing of audit report in Form No. 10B.
ITAT Mumbai held that expenses booked upto the date of survey cannot be treated as bogus only for the reason that the expenses were accounted in the books of account subsequent to the date of search.
ITAT Mumbai held that as per first proviso to section 56(2)(vii)(b), where date of agreement fixing amount of consideration for transfer of property and ate of registration is not same, the stamp duty value on the date of allotment is to be taken.
