As per the mandate of section 92(1), income from International transaction between AEs has to be computed having regard to ALP. Thus, there is nothing in the statutory language to suggest that the AO must demonstrate the avoidance of tax before invoking these provisions.
In view of Explanation 5 to section 32(1), the Assessing Officer was duty-bound to grant depreciation allowance, whether the same is claimed by the assessee or not, provided the conditions mentioned under section 32 are satisfied.
The transaction of purchase and sale of shares would be held as speculative business only if the company was hit by the Explanation to section 73. The implication of the Explanation is that if a company incurs a speculation loss in a manner deemed in the explanation such loss shall not be set off except against profit and gains, if any, of another speculation business.
Deduction under section 24(b) and computation of capital gains under section 48 of the Act are altogether covered by different heads of income i.e., income from ‘house property’ and ‘capital gains’. Further, a perusal of both the provisions makes it unambiguous that none of them excludes operative of the other.
First is the issue of entertainment expenditure. The stand of the assessee is that the provisions of FBT can be invoked in respect of expenses which are incurred on employees or their family members but in the present case, as mentioned on page No.5 of the paper book, the entertainment expenses have been incurred for guests of the company, which has not been disputed by the Revenue. So same are not liable to be subjected to provisions of section 115WB(2) of the Act.
As submitted by the DR if it is an expenditure incurred in respect of its business, it should have been claimed during the relevant assessment year and if it is a debt it should have been advanced in respect of trade or business of the assessee and it should have gone to computation of income of the assessee in the previous year in which the amount of such debt or part thereof is written off or of an earlier previous year or represents money lent in ordinary course of business.
Bottling plant wherein the LPG is filled in the cylinders for domestic and non-domestic kitchen use involves various specialized process and therefore, it is an activity of manufacture/production. Accordingly, the assessee’s claim for deduction has to be allowed.
There is also force in the submissions of the counsel for the assessee that prior to introduction of S. 56(2)(vii) by the Finance Act, 2009, w.e.f. 1st Oct., 2009, gifts in kind were outside the purview of s. 56(2)(v) or (vi).
We are not inclined to interfere with the finding of the CIT(A) because on account of violation of conditions prescribed under clause (ia) the implication u/s.40(a) would be that the said amount will not be deducted in computing income chargeable under the head ‘profits and gains of business or profession’. The same will form part of profits and gains of business or profession of the assessee which could be included along with income under all the other heads in the assessee’s gross total income.
Section 192 deals with the deduction of tax at source. It is computed on the estimated income of the assessee under the head ‘salary’ and the liability is at the time of payment of salary, if there is a perquisite, there is responsibility to deduct tax of the employer under section 192(1), 192(1A) and 192(1B). Perquisite is actually not a payment of salary but a benefit not in terms of money.
