It was held that exemption under Section 54 only requires that the property should be of residential nature and the fact that the residential house consists of several independent units cannot be an impediment to grant relief under Section 54 even if such independent units were on different floors.
Sri Lal A. Khemani Vs. ITO (ITAT Hyderabad) There is no dispute that assessee had purchased shares through stock exchange as evidenced by the broker’s note and also sold through stock exchange by way of another broker’s note. Both of which contain the transaction details, time of transaction along with STT paid. There is no […]
Smt. Maniza Jumabhoy Vs. Asst. Commissioner of Income Tax (ITAT Hyderabad) Assessee has entered into is not a ‘sale deed’ as considered by the AO and CIT(A) but only an ‘agreement of sale cum Irrevocable General Power of Attorney’ for a property, which the Hon’ble Court has held that these three parties have no ownership […]
When the transaction of purchase of shares are held to be outside the purview of the provisions of Sec.92 of the Act, we fail to understand as to how the excess price paid for acquiring shares can be treated as a deemed loan and an international transaction. We therefore find no merits in the argument advanced by the learned DR.
The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Kolkata bench recently pronounced that Assessing Officer cannot pass an ex parte order without mentioning any reason for confirming the addition on merits under the Income Tax Act, 1961.
Kolkata bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has recently held that interest income earned from nationalized banks shall be treated as business income for which deduction under Section 80P of the Income Tax Act can be claimed.
M/s. DSL Vs ITO (ITAT Hyderabad) In the present case, the rents are received on a property purchased for setting up of the project and is inextricably linked to the completion of the project. Considering the fact that the assessee had taken steps to evict tenants and also paid compensation to them while getting vacant […]
We have recently created a poll in which we asked our readers Do you think GST Council should provide option to Revise Form GSTR-3B? In Response to our poll we got 1165 votes, 88 Replies, 35 Likes and 38 Retweets. Out of total votes 94% of Taxpayers / Tax Professionals in India votes in favour of Option to Revise Form GSTR-3B.
Recently CA fraternity has been allegedly criticized by a Pr. CIT from Pune and this made me think whether we Chartered Accountants (CAs) have become a Punching Bag in India? Can we be held responsible for any wrong-doing in India? If any Government implemented policy fails, we CAs are held responsible for its failure. Demonetization […]
CBEC issued 17 more Notification/ Circulars or Orders on 15th November 2017 to give effect to various decisions taken by it in 23rd GST Council meeting and to clarify Procedure for Manual filing & processing of GST refund claims, Apportionment of IGST with respect to advertisement services,GST on warehousing of agricultural produce, General Insurance & […]
