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Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) not justified for unsustainable claim which was fully disclosed

April 3, 2015 3848 Views 0 comment Print

Hon’ble High Court held that making of an incorrect claim would not tantamount to furnishing inaccurate particulars of income when Assessee has made full disclosure of relevant Facts and of Claim Made as held by Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of CIT vs. Reliance Petroproducts Pvt. Ltd. 322 ITR 158.

Non submission of available proof by the party will be treated as proof against him: HC

April 1, 2015 606 Views 0 comment Print

Calcutta High Court held In the case of Late Sushil Modi vs.CIT that the contention of the assessee that he need not prove his case and the assessing officer is bound to find corroboration by making independent enquiry is neither based on law nor is supported by reason.

Section 263 could be invoked if both the ingredients are satisfied

March 31, 2015 1336 Views 0 comment Print

While discussing the Revisional powers of CIT(A) u/s 263 it was held that the Commissioner has to be satisfied of twin conditions, namely, i) the order is erroneous; and ii) it is prejudicial to the interests of the revenue.

S. 263 Only precondition for revising order of AO is that order of AO should be erroneous

March 31, 2015 1283 Views 0 comment Print

CIT Vs. Shri Varanasi Khanta Rao (Andhra Pradesh High Court) When once the Commissioner has got power to point out the errors which had the effect on the revenue, the Tribunal cannot sit as an appellate authority on the order of the Commissioner passed under Section 263 of the Act.

Sodexo meal vouchers are utility goods- Octroi & LBT can be levied

March 26, 2015 4167 Views 0 comment Print

The Petitioner Company is conducting a business of providing pre­printed Sodexo Meal Vouchers (For short “the said Vouchers”). The case made out in the Petitions is that the Petitioner Company enters into a contract with its customers for issuing the said vouchers.

Expenditure on abandoned capital project can be claimed in year of abandoning project

March 23, 2015 14484 Views 0 comment Print

Following the judgment in the case of Gajapathi Naidu (supra) the question to be asked is when did the expenditure claimed by way of deduction arise? There would have been no occasion to claim the deduction if the work-in-progress had completed its course.

VAT unconstitutionally paid eligible for refund: P & H HC

March 23, 2015 2398 Views 0 comment Print

The Petitioner, M/s Idea Cellular Ltd., paid the VAT on the transactions of activation of SIM cards, since earlier in case of State of UP v. Union of India, Supreme Court held the activity of activation of SIM cards as exigible to VAT.

Even though contract is awarded to assessee, the income is assessable only in the hands of person which has executed work

March 20, 2015 1366 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee, a joint venture company, was awarded a project work. However the assessee did not execute the contract and the said work was done by one of its constituents namely SMS Infrastructure Limited (‘SIL’).

Substantial benefit cannot be denied for mere procedural lapse: HC

March 19, 2015 16501 Views 0 comment Print

In the case of Commissioner Central Excise vs M/S Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, it was held by Punjab and Haryana High Court that substantive benefits provided by a notification cannot be denied on account of procedural lapses by the assessee.

An Institution ostensibly for philanthropic purpose and in reality for profit, would not qualify for Section 10(23C) deduction

March 19, 2015 1424 Views 0 comment Print

A plain reading of Section 10(23C) makes it clear that the legislature has categorised for deduction income of those institutions which ‘exist solely’ for philanthropic purpose with a further stipulation that they would exist ‘not for the purpose of profit’.

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