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Filing Fee for appeal to ITAT in ‘assessed loss’ cases is only Rs. 500

August 23, 2009 8780 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee, having been assessed to a loss of Rs. 9 crores, filed an appeal before the Tribunal. S. 253 (6) provides that if the assessed ‘total income’ is “less” than Rs. 1 lakh, a fee of Rs. 500 for filing the appeal is payable while if the income is “more”, a higher fee is payable subject to a maximum of Rs. 10,000. The Tribunal took the view that if the loss was more than Rs.1 lakh

Unsigned return is a defective return but this defect can be cured

August 16, 2009 2037 Views 0 comment Print

In our opinion, once Section 140 of the Act mandates that the return has to be signed in the case of a company by the Managing Director and where Managing Director is not available by any Director thereof, it is not possible to hold that the signing of the return by the Company Secretary is merely an irregularity. When the law provides for a particular thing to be done in particular manner, it must be so

Sustainability of orders passed by Settlement Commission in violation of section 245D(4) of IT Act, 1961

August 13, 2009 2212 Views 0 comment Print

Chapter XIX-A is a complete Code in itself as regards settlement of cases for having provided a complete mechanism other than procedure provided under the IT Act. Legislature conferred all powers upon Settlement Commission being vested in IT authority under the Act as provided U/s 245-F and what is being decided

TDS u/s 194A of the Act is to be paid by the recipient in respect of the interest income on the delayed payment

August 13, 2009 3471 Views 0 comment Print

Therefore, we hold that it is a revenue receipt exigible to tax under Section 4 of the Income Tax Act. Section 194-A of the Act has no application for the purpose of this case as it encompasses deduction of the income at the source. However the appellants are entitled to spread over the income for the period for which payment came to be made so as to compute the income for assessing tax for the relevant accounting year.”

Applicability of TDS in case of Third Party Administrator (TPA) providing health insurance claim services

August 13, 2009 14483 Views 0 comment Print

Having regard to the agreement entered into inter se between the hospital and the TPA for payment of money to the hospital, it cannot be said that the TPA, who is the authority or the person to pay the amount to the hospital, is not required to deduct the tax at source and section 194J is not attracted.

Settlement Applications not disposed for reasons not attributable to the applicant cannot be treated as having abated

August 8, 2009 589 Views 0 comment Print

S. 254 D (4A) was amended by the Finance Act 2007 to provide that if in respect of an application filed before 1.6.2007, the Settlement Commission did not pass a final order before 31.3.2008, the proceedings would abate. S. 245 HA (3) provided that the consequence of such abatement was that the income-tax authorities could, in making the assessment

S.240 of the IT Act, 1961 cast obligation on the revenue to effect the refund

August 6, 2009 8361 Views 0 comment Print

Refund on appeal, etc. – Where, as a result of any order passed in appeal or other proceeding under this Act, refund of any amount becomes due to the assessee, the Assessing Officer shall, except as otherwise provided in this Act, refund the amount to the assessee, without his having to make any claim in that behalf:

Despite s. 271(1B), s. 271 (1)(c) penalty is not valid if AO’s satisfaction not recorded at stage of initiation

July 29, 2009 6743 Views 0 comment Print

In Ram Commercial Enterprises 246 ITR 568 (Del) {affirmed in Rampur Engineering 309 ITR 143 (Del) (FB)}, the Delhi High Court held that if the AO did not record his satisfaction that the assessee had concealed particulars of his income before completion of the assessment proceedings, the initiation of penalty proceedings

Mere retraction of the confession may not be sufficient to make confessional statement irrelevant

July 29, 2009 957 Views 0 comment Print

Pursuant to a search under FERA, the premises of the appellant were searched on 11.4.1989. Foreign currency was recovered though no incriminating material was found. In his statement recorded on the same day, the appellant confessed to indulging in various foreign exchange transactions. One Mr. Narendra Mirani also confessed that the foreign exchange seized

Transfer Fees recd by Co-op Hsg Soc from members as per bye-laws or Government directions is exempt

July 17, 2009 10805 Views 0 comment Print

The society is registered with the object principally of looking after the property including building thereon. There is no trading or business transactions. The members by adopting the bye-laws agree amongst themselves that a fee for transfer of flat/tenement when it is sold would be paid to the society. It may be that both incoming or outgoing member have to contribute to the common fund of the society

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