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Validity of reassessment has to be decided with reference to reasons recorded while re-opening an assessment

April 4, 2010 549 Views 0 comment Print

ection 147 provides that if the Assessing Officer has reason to believe that any income chargeable to tax has escaped assessment for any assessment year, he may, subject to the provisions of Sections 148 to 163 assess or re ­assess such income and also any other income chargeable to tax which has escaped assessment and which comes to his notice subsequently

Any disclosure made subsequent to seizure of incriminating material cannot be called voluntary u/s. 273A (1)

April 4, 2010 744 Views 0 comment Print

The only other argument advanced was in respect of the penalty and interest imposed in so far as assessment year 1987-88 is concerned relying on the judgment in the case of Rohitkumar. The returns were filed only after the seizure of the incriminating material. The issue of whether penalty or interest could be levied was in issue in proceedings for adjudication. In the instant case, the levy of penalty or interest including for the Assessment Year 1987-88 has not been challenged and has become final.

Applicability of Interest u/s 234B(3) for the first time in reassessment completed under section 147

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The omission of the AO to levy interest under section 234B(3) in the first reassessment completed under section 147 which could have been rectified under section 154, does not bar the AO from levying interest under the very same provision, when the assessment was again revised a second time under section 147.

Sale of stock exchange membership card of a defaulting member by Exchange amounts to transfer under the Income Tax Provisions

April 4, 2010 2640 Views 0 comment Print

Since the Stock Exchange membership card which is sold in auction is property covered by the description “capital asset” under section 2(14) of the I.T Act, it’s sale by stock Exchange amount to transfer” within the meaning of Section 2(47) of the I.T. Act.

Allowability of PF/ESI cpayment made before filing of income Tax Return?

April 4, 2010 9089 Views 0 comment Print

Tribunal was correct in deleting the addition made by the Assessing Officer on the ground that the assessee had deposited employers’ as well as employees’ contribution towards PF/ESI after the due date, as prescribed under the relevant Act/Rules, but before date of filing return.

Speculation gain can be set off against carried forward speculation loss

April 4, 2010 975 Views 0 comment Print

Sub ­section (1) of Section 73 provides that the loss in respect of a speculation business can be set off only against the profits and gains of another speculation business. Sub ­section (2) of Section 73 enables an assessee to carry forward the loss arising out of a speculation business which has not been set off e their wholly or partly under the provisions of sub ­section (1)

If notice served through Courier then department need to exercise extra caution to prove service of the same to right person

April 4, 2010 4373 Views 0 comment Print

We have considered the rival submissions and perused the material on record. In our considered view, the claim of the revenue that notices were sent through Courier and the Courier had served it within a week on the assessee is not sustainable because the revenue has to produce the copy of the acknowledgement in token of service of the notice.

The initial assessment year for the purpose of claiming benefit under section 80-IA of the Act, is the year of commercial production not the year of trail production

April 3, 2010 987 Views 0 comment Print

Recently, the Delhi High Court in the case of ACIT v. Nestor Pharmaceuticals Limited [2010-TIOL-124-HC-DEL-IT] on the issue of whether the year in which trial production starts can be considered as initial Assessment Year (AY) for claiming benefit under section 80-IA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) after relying on various judicial precedents held that the initial year is the year in which the commercial production starts and not trial production.

Technical assistance and technical know-how received by an Indian company from a foreign company for period November, 1998 to December, 2000 is neither taxable u/s 65(31) nor u/s 66A of the Finance Act, 1994

April 1, 2010 477 Views 0 comment Print

As on November, 1998, the word company or firm was not included under definition of section 65(31) and section 66A had come into force w.e.f 18-4-2006, therefore, service tax was not applicable to a foreign company for rendering service in India for the period November, 1998 to December, 2000

Under Sec 260A of Income Tax Act High Court has no power to condone delay in filing appeal

April 1, 2010 1378 Views 0 comment Print

No provision similar to the provision enabling both the CIT(A) and the Tribunal to admit appeals presented beyond the period of limitation if they are satisfied that there was sufficient cause on the part of the appellant for not preferring the appeal within the period of limitation prescribed under the Act is framed in the context of appeals to the High Court under s. 260A.

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