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Recognition of income on accrual basis to be considered from view point of a prudent assessee

August 3, 2016 20467 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Bombay High Court in the above cited case held that even in mercantile system of accounting an item would be regarded as accrued income only if there is certainty of receiving it and not when it has been waived. Earning of the income, whether actual or notional, has to be seen from the viewpoint of a prudent assessee.

Surplus investment in mutual funds cannot render principle of Mutuality inapplicable

July 28, 2016 18199 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Bombay High Court in the above cited case held that merely because a part of surplus was invested in mutual funds it cannot mean that it would render the principle of mutuality inapplicable more so when the invested money has to be utilized for the furtherance of association’s objectives

Satisfaction of need, rendition & benefit test is to be from assessee’s business point of view

July 24, 2016 23256 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Delhi in the above cited case held that the need , rendition and benefit test for services availed by the assessee from associated enterprises should be applied having regard to the assessee’s business and not in a generic manner. TPO should have given due thought to the requirements ,benefits and manner of rendition of services by AEs before jumping to the conclusion that

Revenue sharing arrangements are liable to service tax: AAR

July 19, 2016 28968 Views 0 comment Print

AAR held that a revenue sharing arrangement by creating a partnering person shall be liable to service tax if the partners are providing taxable service to one another in execution of partnering purpose even if the purpose of creating partnering person is non-taxable.

AMP expenditure without agreement with AE is not an international transaction

July 17, 2016 32180 Views 1 comment Print

The ITAT Mumbai in the above cited case held that Advertising, Promotion and Marketing expenses (AMP) cannot be considered as international transaction unless there exist an agreement between the assessee and its AE to share/reimburse the AMP expenditure incurred by the assessee in India.

HC not to admit writ petition if assessee already participated in reassessment proceedings

July 9, 2016 19275 Views 0 comment Print

HC held that when assessee participated in reassessment proceedings by furnishing the required documents and challenges the reopening subsequently before the high court by filing a writ petition then it would be not be appropriate for the high court to exercise its exclusive jurisdiction because the assessee has already chosen AO to exercise jurisdiction in the matter and to challenge his order before the appropriate appellate forum provided under the Act.

All surrounding circumstances to a transaction is to be examined by AO in deciding genuineness of a claim

July 2, 2016 2002 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Mumbai in the above cited case held that the surrounding circumstances and human probabilities attached to a transaction should be examined by considering the transactions as a whole. Therefore, AO cannot decide the geniuses only finding some unusual things but also bound to examine the things which are indicating that the claim of assessee may be genuine.

CIT cannot revise assessment for issues already examined by AO

June 28, 2016 3298 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that CIT cannot revise assessment for making afresh examination of an issue already examined by the AO who has taken one of the possible views because there has been no erroneous order which could ordered to be revised.

In case of AIR based scrutiny AO’s scope is limited to AIR transactions only

June 26, 2016 5572 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Amritsar held that the scrutiny of cases selected on the basis of information received through Annual Information Return (AIR) would be limited only to the aspects of information received through AIR.

S. 153A Additions not based on incriminating material are invalid

June 20, 2016 1900 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Delhi bench in the above cited case held that in case of completed assessment if notice u/s 153A is issued then addition can be made only on the basis of incriminating material found during the course of search.

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