TAT Mumbai held that the addition of Rs. 3.05 crore u/s 69A of the Income Tax Act was based on suspicion, ruling it as impermissible without proper inquiry.
ITO Vs Shivsahyadri Sahakari Pathpedhi (ITAT Mumbai) – Credit co-operative society investments in co-operative bank claimed as allowable u/s. 80P(2) because co-operative banks are also registered under co-operative society
ITAT deletes addition of Rs. 48.48 lakh for penny stock investment, ruling that no concrete evidence was presented by the Income Tax authorities.
ITAT Ahmedabad held that services do not qualify as Fee for Technical Services [FTS] under India-Netherlands tax treaty since department failed to demonstrate that technology was ‘make available’ to recipient of services.
ITAT remits the case of Rahul Kumar Singh to the AO after the assessee’s failure to respond to notices, directing the inclusion of new evidence submitted by the appellant.
Assessee was entitled for exemption under section 10(10B) for Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) compensation on whole of the amount received citing that the Central-Government approved schemes that benefited Employees.
AO had raised queries on two issues i.e. (i) assessee claimed only 15% depreciation on the Higher Efficiency Boilers (being energy saving device), when it was eligible for depreciation allowance of 80% on the Written Down Value (WDV).
Every deposit in the bank account cannot always be an income. Therefore, condition of deposit of advance tax could not be imposed blindly without considering contention of assessee that his income was below the taxable limit.
ITAT Surat allows appeal in the case of Kiwans Farsuram Bhamwala Vs ITO. Case remanded to AO for fresh examination, granting assessee another hearing opportunity.
Entities advancing general public utility could engage in trade or business only if such activities were incidental to their primary charitable objectives and adhered to specific quantitative thresholds.
