What has been sold was ancestral agricultural land which belongs to the HUF and it has been brought to tax in the hands of HUF after the death of Sh. Amarchand. There is no partition of HUF and there is no finding of any partition given by the Assessing Officer u/s 171 of the Act.
It is clear from the statutory provisions of the MV Act as well as the law laid down in judicial pronouncements that payments made for any purpose which is an offence or which is prohibited by law and which are not compensatory in nature cannot be allowed as a deduction u/s.37(1) read with Explanation thereto.
By way of this appeal, the assessee appellant has challenged correctness of learned CIT(A)’s order dated 10th Jul 2012, in the matter of assessment under section 143(3) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’) for the assessment year 2009-10.
The provisions of the Act are in relation to the travel concession/assistance given for proceeding on leave to any place in India and the said concession is thus exempt only where the employee has utilized the travel concession for travel within India. Further under Rule 2B of the Income Tax Rules the condition for allowing exemption under section 10(5) of the Act are laid down.
The undisputed fact is that ‘VHQ’, i.e. the recipient merely carried out post production activities. Nothing has been brought before us to indicate or show that in the process of carrying out any work, whether any technical knowledge, experience, skill, know-how or process was made available to the assessee.
Where earmarked rooms are let out for specified rate and specified period, only then, they will be construed to be accommodation made available on regular basis
It has been submitted that taking out of the final negative of the films does not involve rendering of any technical or professional services. Therefore, TDS is required to be deducted u/s 194C.
Remuneration paid to six professionals engaged by the company was liable for deduction of tax at source u/s 192 as the same was in the nature of salary as against the claim of the assessee to deduct tax u/s 194J on these payments on the ground that these persons were acting in the capacity of independent professionals and not as employee of the company.
ITAT followed Delhi High Court in Cheminvest and held that, unless during the relevant previous year, assessee earns any exempt income no disallowance under section 14A r/w rule 8D can be made.
In CBDT circular no.16 of 6th October 2015, the Board has clearly stated that cost incurred in abandoned projects should be allowed as revenue expenditure under section 37 of the Act.
