Follow Us:

Gain on sale of Shares held for 16 years as investment cannot be treated as business income

May 20, 2017 1611 Views 0 comment Print

The Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue vide Circular No. 6 of 2016 of the Central Board of Direct Taxes 29th February, 2016 referring to the earlier circular No. 4 of 2009 dated 15th June, 2007 has laid down that in order to reduce litigation, the sale of listed shares would be treated as capital gain if they are held by the assessee for a period of more than 12 months immediately preceding the date of these transfers.

Loan received out of Bogus Share Capital of lender- Unexplained Income?

May 20, 2017 3864 Views 0 comment Print

If appellant explained source of loans received by it and duly discharges the onus cast on him under section 68 of Income Tax Act 1961 than despite the fact that lender may have raised bogus share capital to advance funds to appellant does not mean that loan received by appellant can be treated as unexplained income under section 68 of Income Tax Act, 1961.

No provision for inclusion of value of scrap as additional consideration

May 20, 2017 1311 Views 0 comment Print

There is no provision in Service Tax Rules for inclu­sion of value of scrap as an additional consideration; only the amounts received towards taxable services are leviable to service tax.

Gift received from a HUF by a member of HUF is exempt from tax

May 20, 2017 67665 Views 2 comments Print

Relative explained in Explanation to section 56(2)(vi) of the Act includes relatives and as the assessee received gift from his HUF, which is a group of relatives, the gift received by the assessee from the HUF should be interpreted to mean that the gift was received from the relatives therefore the same is not taxable under section 56(2)(vi) of the Act, we hold accordingly.

12.5% Vat payable on Appy Fizz a fruit juice based drinks in Kerala: SC

May 20, 2017 4425 Views 0 comment Print

The appellant, an assessee under the KVAT Act, classified the product, “Appy Fizz” as fruit juice based drink under Entry 71 of the notification issued under Section 6(1)(d) of Act, 2003 paid @ 12.5% VAT. In the year 2007, the Department initiated assessment proceedings against one of the distributors of the assessee finding that the product, “Appy Fizz”, being an “aerated branded soft drink” is taxable @ 20%. The OT Revision filed against the order was dismissed by the High Court. The Special Leave Petition filed against the order was later permitted to be withdrawn.

Rebate of Excise duty where customs duty component is claimed as drawback

May 20, 2017 2526 Views 0 comment Print

Appellant is eligible for rebate of Central Excise duty paid on inputs used in the manufacture of export goods, even in case where customs duty component is claimed as drawback.

CCI should Impose penalty on relevant turnover not on whole Turnover: SC

May 20, 2017 2082 Views 0 comment Print

In fact, some justifications have already appeared in this behalf while discussing the matter on the application of doctrine of proportionality. What needs to be repeated is only that the purpose and objective behind the Act is to discourage and stop anti-competitive practice.

Trading in Shares/Mutual Funds is not ‘Business’ if Revenue treating same as Investment in Past Years

May 20, 2017 1170 Views 0 comment Print

The Court finds that the concurrent findings of both the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeal) and the ITAT are that the consistent treatment of the said transactions in the books of accounts of the Assessee and the volume and frequency of such transactions did not justify treating the income as business income.

Confirmation letter by creditor establishes only identity & not creditworthiness & genuineness

May 19, 2017 6975 Views 0 comment Print

A. Godwin Maria Visuvasam Vs. ITO (ITAT Chennai) Merely furnishing of confirmation letter by a creditor, as it again well settled, does not would at best only establish identity of the creditors. There was nothing on record establishing creditworthiness of the creditors and/or genuineness of impugned loans and advances in the instant case. Therefore, AO […]

Broken period interest is allowable as deduction

May 17, 2017 9972 Views 1 comment Print

Hon’ble High Court of Rajasthan In CIT Vs. Bank Rajasthan Ltd (supra) and had held that broken period interest is allowable as deduction. Following the same parity of reasoning, we hold that the assessee is entitled to the claim of broken period interest of Rs.16,97,027/-. The ground of appeal No.1 raised by the assessee is thus, allowed.

Search Post by Date
April 2026
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
27282930