Mumbai bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), recently upheld the book-value based taxation of partner on capital contribution of immovable property in the case of a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) and proclaimed in its recently published order.
Centaur Mercantile P. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) It is undisputed that the assessee has booked bogus purchases thereby inflating work-in-progress. Hence, it is clear that the assessee was owner of undisclosed income during the year. It was because of the system of accounting followed by the assessee being percentage completion method, that there was […]
Scope of Section 254(2) to rectify mistake apparent from record is very limited and tribunal cannot review its own decisions within limited scope of Section 254(2) unless there is a mistake apparent from records neither it is shown that tribunal order is perverse not sustainable in the eyes of law.
Section 54F do not prescribe any condition as to the date of commencement of construction of new house property, meaning thereby that the construction of house property may be commenced even before the date of transfer of original asset.
A perusal of the assessment order shows that the assessee has surrendered the income, explained the manner in which it was earned and has paid the taxes due thereon. Therefore, the assessee has fulfilled all the conditions laid down in Section 271AAA for non-levy of penalty under the said provisions. Even otherwise also, it is an admitted fact that no search has taken place in the premises of the assessee and, therefore, provisions of Section 271AAA are not at all applicable.
The provisions of section 40A(3) are not intended to restrict the business activities but to caution that payments exceeding Rs.20,000/- are made in cheque/draft. The provisions of section 40A(3) of the Act are to be in consonance with business expediency trade practice and other genuine relevant factors
Asstt Vs Maruti Clean Coal & Power Ltd. (ITAT Raipur) There is no dispute that no incriminating material has been found at the time of search and therefore it is now settled proposition of law that no assessment u/s. 153A of the Act can be framed in the absence of any incriminating material found at the […]
The loan received by the assessee was squared off by way of conversion of loan into equity by the assessee through book entries without any physical outflow of funds. It is usual business practice and is part of routine corporate debt restructuring exercise carried out by various banks and financial institutions. Therefore, the said transaction could not be considered to be in violation of section 269T, so as to impose penalty under section 271E.
Fall in net profit rate due to dollar rate fluctuation (currency fluctuations): additions to income deleted in Indo Colchem case by Ahmedabad ITAT
Gains arising from purchase and sale of shares which were squared up within 30 days of purchase would be treated as business income and if transactions were squared up after 30 days of purchase of shares same would be treated as capital gains and in the case of business income STT paid would be allowed.
