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Deduction U/s. 80IB(10) cannot be denied merely for approval of Housing Project in Land Owner Name

June 7, 2017 1818 Views 0 comment Print

The short reason for which deduction under section 80IB(10) has been declined to the assessee is that the assessee did not own the land on which the housing project, by the name of ‘Narayan Bungalows’, is built.

Bogus capital gain: Mere Sec. 131 Statement not sufficient for addition

June 6, 2017 3201 Views 0 comment Print

We would not hesitate to observe that the lower authorities which have hushed through the facts to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of principle of preponderance of human probability, had however absolutely failed to appreciate that the said principle could have been validly applied only on the basis of a considerate view as regards the facts of the case in totality, and not merely on the basis of the stand alone statement of the aforesaid third party, viz. Sh. Mukesh Choksi.

Gain / Loss from Share PMS Account is Capital loss /Gain

June 6, 2017 22371 Views 8 comments Print

In this case, assessee gave her funds to the PMS Manager as in investment and there is no involvement of assessee in day to day transaction of the funds. The result of profit and loss in the end of the year from PMS Account is a capital loss.

Principle of consistency applicable to determine whether for 148 income has escaped assessment or not

June 4, 2017 3807 Views 0 comment Print

In the case of AVTEC Limited Vs. DCIT, Delhi High Court has held that- 1. Assessee is under no obligation to file the same document during assessment in each AY. The AO is to look at the litigation history of the assessee himself and cannot expect the assessee to inform him. 2. principle of consistency is […]

Section 263 Revision Order passed without issuing notice is void ab-initio

May 31, 2017 2505 Views 0 comment Print

Opportunity of being heard is little more than serving a notice on assessee. It is not an empty formality. Without giving a proper opportunity to assessee, revision proceedings u/s. 263 cannot be finalized as the provisions of Section 263 mandates that the CIT may pass such orders after giving an opportunity of being heard. Since […]

Section 80IB Security guards to be counted in list of workers

May 31, 2017 1566 Views 0 comment Print

In ACIT v. Tripti Menthol Industries, the ITAT, Ahmedabad bench held that Security Guards employed by the assessee-unit must be considered as part of the workers engaged in the manufacturing process for the purpose of giving benefit under Section 80IB(2)(iv) of the Income Tax Act.

Input services used for providing output service not disqualified on the basis that the same had only peripheral connection with output service

May 31, 2017 4107 Views 0 comment Print

These are 11 appeals filed by the Revenue against various impugned orders. As the issue involved in all these appeals are similar and the respondent is same, we take up all these appeals together for disposal. The respondents are registered with the Department for service tax purposes. They have filed refund claims under rule 5 of Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 readwith Notification No. 5/2006-CE (NT) dated 14-3-2006.

Failure to specify exact charge in section 274 notice makes it invalid

May 30, 2017 2076 Views 1 comment Print

Notice issued under Section 274 must reveal application of mind by the Assessing Officer and the assessee must be aware of the exact charge on which he had to file his explanation. It was further observed that vagueness and ambiguity in the notice deprives the assessee of reasonable opportunity to contest the same.

Income from letting of Commercial property with various amenities is business Income

May 30, 2017 10773 Views 1 comment Print

Challenging the order dated 3-5-2013 of the Commissioner (Appeals)-7, Mumbai, the assessing officer (AO) has filed the present appeal. Assessee-company, deriving income from house property, filed its return of income on 18-10-2007, declaring loss of Rs. 1.5 crores. The assessing officer completed the assessment, under section 143(3) of the Act, on 4-12-2009, determining its income at Rs. (-)9.46 lakhs.

Penalty Order not become Invalid for mere wrong quoting of section

May 30, 2017 5325 Views 0 comment Print

The Delhi ITAT, in a recent ruling, held that imposing penalty by quoting wrong section would not itself make the entire proceedings invalid if the assessee had not raised any objection during pre-assessment stage and has co-operated with the proceedings.

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