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Penalty on legal heir without impleading as legal heir not sustainable

January 27, 2014 7299 Views 0 comment Print

In the case before us, the legal heir was never impleaded or brought on record. The show cause notice for penalty was not issued, as legal heir of the deceased, and therefore, it cannot be said that non-mentioning of the name of the legal heir and writing of name of the deceased at the top

S. 2(47) Retirement of partner does not tantamount to transfer

January 27, 2014 7397 Views 0 comment Print

When a partner receives her/his share in the assets of the partnership firm or when he receives anything in excess of her/his share in the assets of the partnership firm and even in a case a partner receives a share of profit either in case of retirement or in case of dissolution, the same cannot be brought to tax

Unsubstantiated material found in pen drive cannot be considered as a conclusive evidence to make additions

January 24, 2014 1745 Views 0 comment Print

If banking facilities are not available at the place where land is purchased no disallowance u/s 40A(3) of the Income Tax Act,1961. Unsubstantiated material found in pen drive cannot be considered as a conclusive evidence to make additions

Unsubstantiated loose sheets cannot be considered as a conclusive evidence to make any addition

January 24, 2014 3291 Views 0 comment Print

The unsubstantiated loose sheets cannot be considered as a conclusive evidence to make any addition towards undisclosed income. It was held by the Supreme Court in the case of CBI vs. V.C. Shukla (1998) 3 SCC 410 that ‘file containing loose sheets of papers are not books’ and hence entries therein are not admissible u/s. 34 of the Evidence Act, 1872.

Tax Audit Provision applies to Income From Partnership Firm

January 23, 2014 12141 Views 0 comment Print

The brief facts of the case are that the AO observed from the return of income filed by the assesee that the assessee’ s income included income from salary from Price Water House of which he was a partner. Since income by way of salary or remuneration from a firm was to be assessed

Rejection of stay application merely because it will not cause any genuine hardship to assessee

January 23, 2014 1632 Views 0 comment Print

Financial position of the assessee is very sound as agreed even by its ld. Counsel and any further recovery of the outstanding demand on account of penalty is not going to cause any genuine hardship to the assessee. At the same time, government also needs liquid funds to manage its day to day affairs. Having regard to all these facts & circumstances, we are of the view that the stay of outstanding demand for both the years can justifiably be granted subject to a further payment of Rs.50,00,000/-by the assessee against the penalty imposed for each of the two years under consideration.

Additions without proper opportunity of being heard not justified

January 23, 2014 16994 Views 0 comment Print

Ld. Counsel of the assessee submitted that the assessee has not been given proper opportunity of being heard. He submitted that the assessment order was passed on 28.12.2007. He submitted that the query in this regard came from the Assessing Officer on 20.12.2007.

Tax Audit applicable to Partners on Income from Partnership Firm

January 23, 2014 31520 Views 0 comment Print

The short issue in this appeal is whether or not penalty under section 44AB will also be attracted in the case in which the professional income of the assessee received from partnership firm of Chartered Accountants is taxable under the head “income from business or profession

Consideration for transfer of sales tax incentive taxable as revenue receipt

January 22, 2014 3837 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee has sold its sales tax incentives and what it has received is not sales tax benefit/incentive but sale consideration on transfer of its entitlement and sale consideration is nothing but is a benefit directly arising from business and, is therefore, a revenue receipt.

Provision for foreseeable loss made in accordance with guidelines of AS-7 allowable

January 22, 2014 13417 Views 0 comment Print

The sum and substance of the grievance of the assessee is that the Ld. CIT(A) has erred in upholding the request of the AO to disallow the future losses recognized by the company as per Accounting Standard -7 (AS-7) , as during original assessment proceedings there was no discussion or disallowance on this ground.

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