Addl. CIT Vs Rites Limited (ITAT Delhi) AO has disallowed claim of the assessee company qua CSR expenditure by misinterpreting the provisions contained under section 37(1) of the Act by observing that since CSR expenditure is not incurred for the purpose of carrying on the business, such expenditure cannot be allowed under the existing provisions […]
Addl. CIT Vs M/s. Rites Limited (ITAT Delhi) Perusal of the assessment orders goes to prove that AO has mechanically disallowed the claim of expenditure made by the assessee company towards Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development without analyzing the fact that assessee company being a Government undertaking is required to incur such expenses […]
DCIT Vs Barclays Technology Centre India Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Pune) Conclusion: Liability to deduct tax at source on leased line charges could be fastened only under the law prevailing at the time of payment. If no liability existed at the time of payment, any subsequent retrospective amendment could not be enforced against the payer. Once […]
National Internet Exchange of India Vs ACIT (ITAT Pune) National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) is engaged in carrying out running of internet exchange and registration of domain name. For running of internet exchange, the assessee is charging membership fees, connectivity charges, data transferred differential. For registration of domain name, the assessee the charges registration […]
Karnataka Power Corporation Limited Vs ACIT (ITAT Bangalore) Hon’ble jurisdictional High Court in the case of M/s. Kothari Industrial Corporation Limited v. The Agricultural Income Tax Officer reported in 230 ITR 306 had held that the period of limitation for a second rectification should be reckoned from the date of original order, if subject matter […]
Norton Lifelock Inc. Vs DCIT (ITAT Pune) The assessee sold software licenses to end users in India which was claimed as not chargeable to tax. The Revenue treated such amount as Royalty income. We thus primarily need to decide the nature of income earned by the assessee from the sale of software licenses as to […]
Jagdish U. Thackersey Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) It is well settled that mere fresh application of mind to the same set of facts or mere change of opinion does not confer jurisdiction even under the post-1989 section 147. The consistent view is that even after amendment of section 147 (w.e.f. 01.04.1989) mere change of opinion […]
Income earned by assessee from sale of software, either directly to the customers in India or through Distributors or Resellers constituted its business income and not the Royalty income. As admittedly assessee did not have any Permanent Establishment in India, such income will not magnetize Indian taxation.
Bajaj Electricals Ltd. Vs ACIT OSD (ITAT Mumbai) It is a fact on record that reliance was placed by the assessee’s counsel at the time of original hearing on the decision of the Hon’ble Rajasthan High Court in the case of Chambal Fertilizers referred to supra together with various other Tribunal decisions as detailed in […]
SCA Hygiene Products AB (Essity Hygiene And Health AB) Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) In order to decide whether or not the services rendered by the assessee fit the definition of ‘fees for technical services’, as applicable under the Indo Swedish tax treaty, the question that we must ask ourselves is not only whether the technical […]
