Supreme Court held that travel with a foreign leg is not covered under the provisions of section 10(5) of the Income Tax Act. Accordingly, TDS deductible on the same under section 192(1) of the Income Tax Act.
Gujarat High Court held that employee shall not be called upon to pay the tax himself to the extent to which tax has been deducted by the employer. In nut-shell, department cannot deny the benefit of TDS deducted by employer to the employee even if the TDS is not deposited by employer.
ITAT Mumbai held that interest income on External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) is taxable at tax rate provided under Article 11 of Indo Netherlands Tax Treaty and not taxable in terms of Article 7 of the Tax Treaty.
ITAT Kolkata held that as reasons to believe, as recorded by AO, for reopening of the assessment under section 148 of the Income Tax Act is not supplier to the assessee, it will be construed that no valid notice is served and hence the proceedings are liable to be set aside.
CESTAT Delhi held that allocation of area development charges by the State Government to the appellant to meet up its administrative expenses without performance of any service in exchange of the amount cannot be treated as consideration towards a service.
CESTAT Ahmedabad held that amount charged as freight and handling charges which are separately shown in the invoices cannot be included in the assessable value under section 4 of the Central Excise Act, 1944.
CESTAT Ahmedabad held that the Construction of Residential Complex under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) Scheme and construction of residential housing for Gujarat State Police Housing Corporation Ltd. is not liable to service tax.
CESTAT Kolkata held that central excise duty demand not sustainable as there was no under-valuation in the costing of the product i.e. footwear components.
ITAT Amritsar held that date of presentation of cheque should be taken as date of payment. Accordingly, payment of employee contribution is deemed to have been made on the date of presentation of cheque.
ITAT Kolkata held that penalty u/s 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act not leviable as computation of income resulting into higher income is only a difference of opinion.
