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Reopening of assessment merely on Investigation Wing report without independent application of mind was invalid

June 22, 2019 9864 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. Key Components (P) Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) it is clear that there is a total non-application of mind on the part of the A.O. while recording the reasons for reopening of the assessment. He has recorded incorrect amount which escaped assessment. His conclusion was merely based on observations and information received from DIT […]

Payment for ‘bandwith services’ not assessable as ‘royalty’ if assessee has no access to any equipment

June 22, 2019 822 Views 0 comment Print

As a matter of fact, all infrastructure and process required for provision of bandwith services was always used and under the control of RJIPL, and the same was never given either to the assessee or to any other person availing the said services. We are persuaded to subscribe to the observations of the CIT(A) that as the process involved to provide the bandwith services was not a secret i.e IPR in the process was not owned/registered in the name of RJIPL, but was a standard commercial process that was followed by the industry players, therefore, the same could not be classified as a secret process which would have been required for characterizing the aforesaid payment made by the assessee to RJIPL as royalty under the India-Singapore DTAA.

Section 244A(1) Interest on refund of excess self-assessment tax

June 21, 2019 11385 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Savita Oil Technologies Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai) A careful look at sub-section (1) of section 244A would reveal that it has three parts. The first part deals with the entitlement of a person to interest whenever he is due to get a refund from the Department. The second part relates to the method of […]

Section 195- Withholding Tax- Royalty- Levy of Surcharge & cess

June 21, 2019 9444 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. Wipro Limited Vs ACIT (ITAT Bangalore) In this case relief was allowed by learned CIT (A) in respect of levy of surcharge and cess by directing the AO that surcharge and cess should be levied only in the cases where the non resident vendors are residents of countries with which DTAA allows withholding rate […]

Bonus to director cannot be disallowed on mere suspicion of dividend distribution

June 21, 2019 1272 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs M/s. BMR Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd (ITAT Delhi) The AO in the assessment order was of the view that the amount of Rs. 1.78 crores paid by the assessee to its Director Mr. Sanjay Mehta, and claimed as bonus was not allowable in view of section 36(1)(ii) of the Act because the sum […]

Project completion method cannot be rejected merely because ICAI guidelines prefer percentage completion method

June 21, 2019 7485 Views 0 comment Print

We find that the issue in question, before us, is to decide whether there is any merit in rejection of books of account of the assessee by the AO and the applicability of method of accounting in the case of the assessee i.e. project completion method of accounting as adopted by the assessee vis a vis percentage completion method of accounting as held to be applicable by the revenue.

Uniform Allowance to staff not Taxable under Fringe Benefits

June 21, 2019 7341 Views 0 comment Print

Mumtaz Hotels Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Kolkata) CIT(A) opined that the said clothes were not protective ones and they are not uniforms and not compulsory uniform under the statute. We find that the employees’ uniforms have traditionally been used as a functional necessity. It is noted from the record that the assessee assumed the financial […]

Surcharge & Cess Levied alongwith Withholding Tax because No Residency Proof Brought on Record

June 21, 2019 801 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether surcharge and education cess should be levied only in the cases where the non-resident vendors are residents of countries with which the DTAA allows withholding rate of more than 11.33%?

Section 50C(2) shall be invoked if adoption of stamp duty valuation is objected

June 21, 2019 1263 Views 0 comment Print

Where the assessee objects to the adoption of stamp duty valuation as deemed sale consideration during the assessment proceedings, the Assessing Officer is duty bound to make a reference to the DVO.

Employees Stock Option Scheme Compensation expense allowable

June 20, 2019 3399 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs M/s. Info Edge India Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) From the order of ld. CIT(A), it is clear that the ld. CIT(A) has relied on various decisions and has per the decisions relied by the ld. CIT(A), the ESOP has been treated as Revenue expenditure. The Revenue did not bring any contrary decision against the […]

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