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. In this case, the assessee filed his return of income on 29.06.1999 declaring total income at Rs. 15,77,534/-, wherein the arrears of rent was included while computing the income under the head “income from house property”. The A.O. processed the return of income u/s 143(1) at a returned total income of Rs. 15,77,534/-.
Section 271(1)(c) provides that if the AO or the Commissioner (Appeals) or the Commissioner, in the course of proceedings in this Act is satisfied that any person has concealed the particulars of his income or furnish inaccurate particulars of income, he may direct that such person shall pay by way of penalty a sum which shall not be less than but which shall not exceed three times the amount of tax sought to be evaded by a reason of the concealment of particulars of his income.
The use of word developing’ in juxtaposition to infrastructure facility in section 80-1A(4) indicates that what is eligible for deduction under this sub-section is the profits and gains derived from the development of infrastructure facility and not something de hors it; so in order to be eligible for deduction the development should be that of the infrastructure facility as a whole and not a particular part of it; it may be possible that some part of development work is assigned by the developer to some contractor for doing it on his behalf; that will not put the doer of such work into the shoes of a developer; therefore, a mere contractor cannot be conferred with the benefit as provided in section 80-IA.
The penalty proceedings and the assessment proceedings both are different. Explanation 1to section 271(1)(c) in respect of any fact relating to the computation of total income states that the amount added or disallowed in computing the total income of an assessee shall be deemed to be the income in respect of which particulars have been concealed. This deeming provision for concealment is not absolute one.
The second ground for passing provisional order by the CIT under Section 263 of the Act relates to the provision for doubtful debts. As per the CIT, the provision for doubtful debts at Rs.818.03 lacs debited in the Profit and Loss account was not added back for calculating book profit under Section 115JB of the Act, which resulted into underassessment of income to that extent. In forming this opinion, the CIT has governed itself by the judgment of the Madras High Court in the case of Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax v. Beardsell Ltd., 244 ITR 256, wherein the Madras High Court held that where there is a statutory provision contained in explanation to sub-section (2) of Section 115JB of the Act, the provision made for uncertain liabilities are to be disallowed for calculating the book profits under Section 115JB of the Act.
In our considered opinion, no prudent businessman would borrow funds on interest and keep his own funds idle. Besides, (he transaction of loan is also not third party transaction but the funds borrowed from the Indian Overseas Bank by the sister concern have been taken as loan by the assessee without any business necessity because its own funds have remained idle throughout the year. The assessee has also admitted that the funds were kept idle and not utilized during the course of the accounting period. We, therefore, see no reason to interfere with the order of the learned CIT (A), which is confirmed.
In reply to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha today, Minister of Corporate Affairs, Shri Salman Khurshid said that generally, the cases referred to the SFIO for investigation are characterized by having substantial involvement of public interest either in terms of monetary misappropriation or in terms of persons affected, and are complex and having inter-departmental and multi-disciplinary ramifications. However, the exact amount of funds in each investigation has not been quantified.
“Entertainment industry is anticipated to grow at a rate of nearly 10 per cent for the next five years and would reach a level of Rs 1,000 billion…(however) uneven entertainment tax which is already in excess would curb its growth,” the industry body said. While entertainment is one of the basic needs of life, the entertainment tax levied on release of films in cinema halls is highly uneven across various states and is in excess of 30-40 per cent, the chamber said.
The government is considering expanding the scope of the existing tax refund scheme to include exports sectors that have been hit by demand slowdown in the developed markets. The finance ministry is soon likely to issue a notification in this regard. The government will also not lower the existing tax credit rates till the time these sectors show improvement, a government official.
In a major operation against alleged tax evasion, officials of the Department of Income Tax carried out simultaneous raids at 20 offices and residences of four industrialists, including a Congress leader, and scrutinised their property details here on Friday. Income Tax department unearthed several cases of Income Tax evasion by them. They also seized many documents pertaining to illegal property documents and unaccounted cash among others.
