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Distance for agricultural land prior to A.Y. 2014-15 is to be measured by approach road & not by straight line/ aerial method : HC

September 23, 2015 4549 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High court held In the case of The CIT vs. Nitish Rameshchandra Chordia & others. that amendments in the statute unless a different legislative intention is clearly expressed, shall operate prospectively.

Section 54F cannot be denied if Assessee was not exclusive owner of more than one property at the time of Transfer

September 23, 2015 1960 Views 0 comment Print

In the case of CIT vs Kapil Nagpal, it was held by the Delhi High Court that purchase of an agricultural land used for agricultural purposes did not violate 54F conditions. Further the exclusive ownership of the residential house on the date of transfer is required to prove violation of Section 54F.

Availability of alternative remedy is not an absolute bar in deciding the matter on merits

September 23, 2015 1650 Views 0 comment Print

Tribunal shall not ordinarily admit an application, unless it is satisfied that the applicant had availed of all the remedies available to him under the relevant service rules as to redressal of grievances and that by itself means that exemption could be drawn under particular circumstances

Order rejecting stay application by passing a non-speaking order is liable to be set aside

September 23, 2015 4200 Views 0 comment Print

Smt. Kavitha Rajakoti Vs. ITO (Andhra Pradesh High Court) Assessing Officer is required to act in a fair manner and need to consider the stay petition independently and pass a speaking order stating reasons as to why the stay application of the petitioner is not required to be considered

Disallowance U/s. 40(a)(ia) justified for deduction of TDS under wrong section :HC

September 22, 2015 9903 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Kerala HC in in the case of CIT vs. M/s P V S Memorial Hospital Ltd. held that deduction of TDS under a wrong section amounts to non-compliance with the provisions of Chapter XVII-B which results in applicability of section 40(a)(ia) where the payments get disallowed and action u/s 201(1).

Mere Tax deduction under any Head cannot be determinative of true character of payee’s income- HC

September 22, 2015 1095 Views 0 comment Print

In case of Kottinatu Transporters vs. CIT, The Hon’ble Kerala HC by disposing off write petition held that the tax deduction under a heading by payer, it cannot be determinative of character of income of payee.

Second Proviso to Sec 40(a)(ia) being not curative by nature does not have retrospective effect: HC

September 22, 2015 1225 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Kerala HC in the case of Thomas George Muthoot vs. CIT held that the second proviso to sec 40(a)(ia) is not curative by nature , the same is an additional remedy to provide non-disallowance in certain tax deduction default cases.

Extended period invoked cannot be more than what is specified in Act– HC

September 22, 2015 2334 Views 0 comment Print

In the case of Shri Dharampal Lalchand Chug Vs CCE, it was held by Bombay High Court that the period of limitation prescribed in section 11A of the Act cannot be enlarged. Once it is possible to scrutinise and verify the compliance of the terms and conditions on which the exemption has been issued in this case

Telecom Service providers not entitled to avail CENVAT credit on Towers, its Parts and Pre-fabricated buildings – HC

September 22, 2015 2516 Views 0 comment Print

In the case of Vodafone India Ltd. V/s. The Commissioner of Central Excise, it was held by Bombay High Court that by following the principles laid down in the case of Bharti Airtel Ltd. v/s Commissioner of Central Excise, a telecom service provider is not entitled to credit of duty paid on towers

Wrongly disclosed income does not mean undisclosed income, penalty u/s 271(1)(c) cannot be levied.

September 20, 2015 1742 Views 0 comment Print

New Delhi court held in PR. CIT Vs Control and Switch gear Contractors Ltd that if the assessee had disclosed the income in its return of income though wrongly disclosed it did not mean that the assessee had tried to hide its income so that wrongly disclosed income could not be considered as an undisclosed income and penalty u/s 271(1)( C) could not be levied.

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