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Toll collection on national highways by a concessionaire under assignment agreement not liable to service tax under BAS

November 27, 2012 3889 Views 0 comment Print

Under Clause 2.1 of the assignment agreement dt.29.6.2001, CIDBI assigned and transferred the concession agreement in favour of the respondent and the respondent unconditionally agreed to accept the said assignment/transfer of the concession agreement and undertook to execute/perform the concession agreement as if the said agreement was entered into between NHAI and the respondent.

Deduction u/s. 54 / 54EC cannot be denied for investment in joint names

November 26, 2012 14059 Views 0 comment Print

In the instant case, the assessee has purchased the property jointly with her husband. She has invested the money in rural bonds jointly with her husband. It is nobody’s case that her husband contributed any portion of the consideration for acquisition of the property as well as bonds. The source for acquisition of the property and the bonds is the sale consideration. It is not in dispute. Once the sale consideration is utilized for the purpose mentioned under sections 54 and 54EC, the assessee is entitled to the benefit of those provision.

Business profits of non-resident US Company not having any PE in India would not be taxable U/s. 44BB as per article 7 of DTAA

November 26, 2012 1644 Views 0 comment Print

Article 7 of DTAA requires a non-resident US enterprise to have a permanent establishment in India for being taxed in India, otherwise it is not taxable in any view of the said treaty, even it received any remuneration in connection with any matter provided in Section 44BB of the Act. In the judgment referred to above,

6 months validity of provisional attachment not applicable after passing of assessment order is passed

November 26, 2012 5847 Views 0 comment Print

A plain reading of Section 281B of the Act clearly spells out that the Assessing Officer is empowered to pass order for provisional attachment to protect the interests of the revenue in certain cases during the pendency of any proceeding for the assessment of any income or for the assessment or reassessment of any income which has escaped assessment.

Public Servant Need No Sympathy for Corruption- HC

November 25, 2012 1730 Views 0 comment Print

Corrupt public servant deserves no sympathy and ruling out any leniency towards public servant who has been found guilty by the trial court, also made it clear that each of the criminal case is required to be decided with reference to the individual facts of each case.

Validity of Reassessment notice if it mentions employee of company as agent?

November 25, 2012 915 Views 0 comment Print

As per the Assessing Officer, the petitioner should be treated as an agent of Mr. Ivo Perica. For the salary income that Mr. Ivo Perica received for the work done in India having not paid tax, such tax could be recovered from the petitioner. For some strange reason, however, when the impugned notice was issued, the petitioner was described as an agent of M/s. A Monforts Textilmachinen Gmbh and Co. i.e. the foreign company.

Unabsorbed depreciation to be set-off with income from other sources even if business losses not yet exhausted

November 25, 2012 17133 Views 0 comment Print

A reading of Section 32(2) thus makes it clear that if the unabsorbed depreciation allowance could not be wholly set off under clause (i) and clause (ii), the amount of depreciation not so set off can be set off from income from other head, if any, available for that assessment year. The language of Section 32(2) is very clear and there is hardly anything contained in Section 72(2) to prevent such set off of carried forward depreciation being given to the assessee under the head of income from business or income from other sources.

Settlement Commission is barred from entertaining application after time limit prescribed for making an assessment order u/s. 143/144 expired

November 25, 2012 1514 Views 0 comment Print

Since no assessment order can be passed after the expiry of the prescribed time-limit, no proceeding can be taken in it. Moreover, proceeding for assessment/reassessment under section 147 are specifically excluded from the purview of case as defined under Section 245A(b). Thus, there is no question of proceedings of the type which are subject matter of this petition can be said to be pending.

Foreign gift may be treated as undisclosed income on the basis of Confession before FERA Authorities

November 25, 2012 864 Views 0 comment Print

In the present case, the evidence in the form of confirmatory letters, deed of gifts etc. were found during the course of search. The authorities on examination of the confirmatory letters and surrounding circumstances reached a prima facie view that the gifts were not genuine. A notice dated 27.06.1996 under Section 158BC of the Act was accordingly issued.

Circulars can’t impose an additional condition not provided in exemption notification for GTA Services

November 24, 2012 2312 Views 0 comment Print

Department is in appeal against the judgment of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (‘Tribunal’ for short), dated 6-8-2009 by which appeal of the department came to be dismissed. The issue pertains to filing of general declaration instead of consignment-wise declaration by assessee declaring that cenvat credit is not available.

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