Boeing India Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) Conclusion: When expatriate employees seconded to taxpayer had worked as employees of the taxpayer company, their salary had been rightly subjected to section 192 and Explanation to section 9(1)(vii) which apparently made it clear that salary would not fall within the expression ‘fee for technical services’ and […]
Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Ahmedabad) Conclusion: Since assessee incurred expenses for providing facilities/services such as travel, accommodation and equipment to persons associated with it such as stockist, field staff, distributors and doctors and also incurred expenses towards distribution of various articles/gifts/other facilities to these persons, therefore, there did not exist any agency relationship […]
While considering a declaration seeking amnesty under the scheme; the approach should be to ensure that the scheme was successful and therefore a liberal view embedded with the principles of natural justice was called for. Thus, rejection of the declaration of assessee by the Designated Committee was not justified. Accordingly, the consequential relief was granted in terms of the scheme after giving an opportunity of hearing to assessee, who shall be informed about the date, time, and place of the hearing.
Rejection of books of accounts under section 145(3) was not justified as once the books of accounts had been prepared/recasted, AO could not go back to the stage of survey proceedings to contend that since no books of accounts were available at that point in time, he would not consider the books of accounts so recasted/prepared and furnished subsequently.
Inter-trust donations from one charitable trust to another for utilization by the donee trust for charitable purposes was proper application of income for charitable purposes in the hands of the donee trust and it would not affect the exemption claimed as application by the Donor trust.
PCIT Vs S.R.Trust (Madras High Court) Conclusion: In the absence of any incriminating documents or evidence discovered during the course of search under Section 132 in the case of searched person against the assessee, the jurisdiction under the provisions of Section 153C could not be assumed. Held: Assessee was a charitable trust registered under Section […]
Religare Technova Global Solutions Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Service Tax (CESTAT Bangalore) Conclusion: Since the activities undertaken by assessee were covered under the Information Technology Services as taxable under Section 65(105)(zzzze) with effect from May 16, 2008 and prior to 16-5-2008, even the services rendered by assessee was excluded from the scope of consulting engineer’s […]
Assignment of trademark and the IPR were amounted to permanent transfer and no service tax was applicable on permanent transfer of IP Rights by Foster’s to assessee.
Income earned by assessee from shipping operations in India was not taxable in India by virtue of Article 24 of India Singapore DTAA as the conditions stipulated under Article 24 were not satisfied and the benefit of Article 8 of India Singapore DTAA was applicable and as per which shipping income of a resident of Singapore was taxable only in Singapore but not in India.
Reopening of assessment under section 147 was not justified when there was no evidence to show that there was escapement of income due to failure on the part of assessee to disclose fully and truly all material facts necessary for assessment.
