When the entire investment for the purchase of new house has gone through the assessee’s account then benefit u/s 54 of Income Tax Act cannot be denied on the ground the new house was purchased in the name of wife. Hence, the claim of the assessee u/s 54 of the Income Tax Act is allowed.
Where interest on Fixed Deposit Receipt had no immediate nexus with the business of assessee and business was yet to commence, then so long as assessee had no business income, the interest earned could not be treated as business income and it had to be treated as ‘Income from other sources’.
There is delay being caused in Court proceedings by the Central Excise Department as it keeps on changing it’s panel lawyers from date to date. Today, when this matter was called out Sri Praveen Kumar, Advocate informed the Court that though he is also a panel lawyer but the file of this case has been now allotted to someone else.
ITAT Held that (i) That the assessee has generated steam power from bio-gas, (ii) Generation of cooling power from cooling towers and (ii) Cooling Power from Ammonia Absorption Refrigeration Plant ans such activities are eligible for Deduction under Section 80 IA of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
The point worth noting here is that this fact was stated by the assessee in his statement also at the time of search. Learned assessing officer has chosen to rely only upon that part of statement which suited him and ignored the remaining one.
judgment of the Supreme Court in Cochin Port Trust holds the field. We are accordingly of the view that the Port Trust falls within the definition of dealer and is liable to sales tax under the Bombay Sales Tax Act 1954.
Delhi bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has recently held that advance given by a company to its Director/ substantial shareholder cannot be considered as deemed dividend for the purpose of section 2(22)(e) of the Income Tax Act.
The Patna High Court, in a recent ruling, held that the prosecution in criminal law and proceedings arising under the Bihar Value Added Tax Act, 2005 are undoubtedly independent proceedings and, there is no impediment in law for the criminal proceedings to proceed even during the pendency of the proceedings under the Bihar Value Added Tax Act, 2005.
Rule 17 of order V of CPC mandates that an independent local person be the witness of service through affixture and for the purpose of having been associated with the identification of the place. However a perusal of the affixture report shows that there was no independent local person as a witness and there is no evidence that anyone identified the place as belonging to the assessee before such affixture.
While dismissing a departmental appeal, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, G bench held that the State Bank of India (SBI) s not bound to deduct tax at source on site restoration fund of ONGC and the interest paid on such fund.
