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Notice served at wrong address renders reassessment proceedings invalid

March 26, 2019 5238 Views 0 comment Print

Since Department had correct address of assessee and sending notice for reassessment at incorrect address drawing a presumption of service of notice was rendered assessment proceedings as invalid.

Employer/employees/contribution towards PF before due date of filing of return U/s. 139(1) allowable

March 26, 2019 4695 Views 0 comment Print

A.T.E. Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (Bombay High Court) In this case, admittedly, the payments have been made beyond the due date as prescribed in the relevant Act, under which the aforesaid payments have been made. However, it is also undisputed that the payments have been made before the due date for fling the return of […]

Sale of shares invite capital gain or would be business income, is mixed question of law and facts : HC

March 25, 2019 1326 Views 0 comment Print

Pr. CIT Vs Vernan Pvt. Trust (Bombay High Court) Whether the Assessee is engaged in the business of buying and selling of shares or is a mere investor, would depend on the range of factors. In the present case, the Tribunal has noted the relevant facts and analyzed such facts in proper perspective. To reiterate, […]

Locker search warrant and proceedings u/s 153A can be quashed if authority failes to prove that such locker contains undisclosed income

March 25, 2019 7002 Views 0 comment Print

Shah-E-Naaz Judge Vs. Addl. DIT (Inv) (Delhi High Court) Authority and power to conduct search and seizure operations is strident and caustic power authorized by law to be taken recourse to when the conditions mentioned under different clauses of Section 132 (1) of the Act are satisfied. Constitutional validity of the said provision has been […]

Order passed U/s. 254(2) cannot be rectified or amended by invoking of section 254(2) once again

March 25, 2019 2823 Views 0 comment Print

Tribunal in exercise of its power under sub-section (2) of section 254 had rectified the mistake apparent on record and deleted the double addition of income in respect of assessee. Thereafter, Revenue again filed an application under sub-section (2) of section 254 seeking rectification of order passed under sub-section (2) of section 254.

AO must prove that sale of agricultural land is in the nature of trade to tax gain as business income

March 23, 2019 2745 Views 0 comment Print

Sale of Agricultural Land by the assessee was not ‘adventure in the nature of trade’ and therefore, profit earned on such sales cannot be taxed as business income.

Cash Loan- Penalty justified on failure to establish Business exigency or urgency 

March 23, 2019 1473 Views 0 comment Print

M. Sougoumarin Vs ACIT (Madras High Court) High Court held that there was no such reason for regular loan transactions of borrowing and repayment in cash of amounts exceeding Rs.20,000/- so as to escape penal liability under Sections 271E and 271D of the IT Act. FULL TEXT OF THE HIGH COURT ORDER / JUDGMENT These […]

Re-Opening not allowed for issue Investigated during original assessment

March 23, 2019 1413 Views 0 comment Print

The channel of movement of the fund, the source of the fund, purpose of investment and the ultimate destination of the fund, were all part of the record during the assessment proceedings. There is nothing in the reasons recorded by the Assessing Officer to suggest that, such investment is bogus.

HC explains Law on reopening to assess alleged Bogus Capital gains from penny stocks

March 23, 2019 2895 Views 0 comment Print

Purviben Snehalbhai Panchhigar Vs ACIT (Gujarat High Court) In the present case the Assessing Officer has heard the material on record which would prima facie suggest that the assessee had sold number of shares of a company which was found to be indulging in providing bogus claim of long term and short term capital gain. […]

Incidence of CST or sale of goods, occurs where goods are appropriated to contract

March 22, 2019 2946 Views 0 comment Print

Commissioner of Value Added Tax Vs Otis Elevator Company (India) Ltd. (Delhi High Court) The placement of an order by the agent for procurement of the lifts, in this case, was merely an offer. It is only upon its acceptance and further steps taken by the supplier that an offer crystallizes into a binding promise […]

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