Supreme Court Ruling – The Guidance Note issued by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India on lease rental income which helps to compute lease equalisation charges, held to be allowable as a deduction. There is no express bar in the Income-tax Act, 1961 regarding the application of such accounting standards.
Supreme Court (SC) Ruling – Whether the expenditure incurred (including interest paid on funds borrowed), while purchasing the shares/ stocks of a company for the purpose of gaining control over the investee company or as ‘stock-in-trade’ (i.e. as a business activity) and not as investment to earn dividends, can be treated as expenditure ‘in relation to income i.e. dividend income, which does not form part of the total income?
The Lok Sabha has introduced the Notice of Amendments to the Finance Bill, 2018 on 12 March 2018. Please find below an analysis of the amendments which are effective from Financial Year 2018-19 (i.e. Assessment Year 2019-20), except as provided otherwise:
In the first budget since the end of demonetization and GST went online, the Finance Minister has again provided a thrust to the rural and agrarian economy, with the hope that it may stimulate growth. Please find enclosed herewith the Tax Bulletin analyzing the direct and indirect tax proposals as stated in the Budget.
Whether the omission of reference of section 40A(2)(b) from section 92BA by virtue of the amendment of Finance Act, 2017 w.e.f. 01.04.2017 shall be deemed not to be on the statute since its introduction w.e.f. 01.04.2012?
