The assessee’s argument of having established his bona fides in view of the money being deposited in his regular bank account would also be to no avail. Does the assessee mean to imply that he has some other unaccounted bank accounts as well, in which the amount could have been deposited? To pay the tax, legitimately due, and to recover the same, is the bounded duty of the citizen and the State respectively. In view of the foregoing, the application of section 69A is confirmed in the instant case by the revenue and, accordingly, the assessee’s ground is dismissed.
The assessee entered into a composite contract with ONGC to provide complete Mud Engineering Services which have been termed as ‘Mud Services & supply Mud Chemicals’ to ONGC in the contract. Both the services as well as the material required to provide such services is a composite and integral part of the contract. The assessee specialized in providing these services along with specialized chemicals required for the purpose. Thus, both these aspects are composite and cannot be segregated in part. This was a case of composite work contract which cannot be considered in parts for the purpose of taxation. The assessee has opted for working out the taxable income as per the provisions of section 44BB.
Tribunal has held that a payment which has direct link and immediate nexus with the trading liability being connected with the delayed purchase payments will not fall within the category of interest as defined in section 2(28A). The payment made by the assessee in the present appeal being of similar nature also cannot be termed as interest as defined under section 2(28A).
The issue raised vide present grounds of appeal is in relation to the equity shares to be issued to the employees as sweat equity. The assessee vide special resolution passed at the extraordinary general meeting held on 31.3.2006 had allotted 394692 number of equity shares @ Rs. 106.26 amounting to Rs.4.19 crores to its employees as sweat equity. List of the allottees was before the Board during the course of extraordinary general meeting and the finding of the CIT (Appeals) is that the said shares were allotted immediately thereafter.
There is no dispute to the fact that the eligible business of the assessee is manufacturing of biscuits and the assessee has received the conversion charges by carrying out the manufacturing process on behalf of ITC Ltd. The word ‘manufacture’ is of much wider connotation and would include any process as a result of which a different commodity having distinct name, use and character emerges from the raw material.
Statute has either mentioned that the date on which the order sought to be appealed should be the date of communication, or the date when the order is served or the date of service of the notice of demand. However, the Statute has not given any such indication while drafting the language of section 254(2) of the I.T.Act rather it has plainly mentioned, without any ambiguity, that the Appellate Tribunal may at any time within four years from the date of the order shall make such amendment if the mistake is brought to its notice by the assessee.
Boskalis Dredging India P.Ltd, is a company incorporated in India on 5th January,1996. It is engaged in the business of undertaking inter alia capital and maintenance dredging projects and providing technical related services in dredging. However, during the relevant year, the income was earned from hire of personnel, hire of equipment and services rendered to group companies and not from dredging contracts. The assessee had leased dredger Gemini and Multicat Coby to associate enterprise, Boskalis International BV (‘BIBV’) since 1997, under the Standard Bareboat Charter Agreement.
The assessee has made an attempt to suppress the true colour of the payment towards the goodwill by stating that payments were made towards non compete fee, IPR on brand/brand value, etc. In fact the assessee as well as its sister concern M/s. Pentafour Technologies Limited do have a common CEO and the companies are working under a common management. There is interlacing of activities and interlocking of funds.
A.O. In his assessment order has stated that the impounded disc. containing the books of accounts under JR-I & JR-2 from where the cash payments on 31.03.2008 were found, were not manually entered as apparent from the printout. The entries were computerized, not manual. Furthermore, as stated in the submissions dated 24.12.2010, it is not tenable as during the survey, no corroborative evidence and documents were found in support of assessee’s claim from business premises
It is, therefore, reiterated that regional rural banks are not eligible for deduction under section 80P of the Income-tax Act, 1961, from the assessment year 2007-08 onwards. Furthermore, Circular No. 319, dated January 1 I, 1982, deeming any regional rural bank to be co-operative society stands withdrawn for application with effect from the assessment year 2007-08.
