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No condonation for non-information of order by Ex-Staff

May 13, 2019 1203 Views 0 comment Print

Vama Apparels (India) Pvt Ltd Vs ACIT  (Bombay High Court) Where assessee filed appeal before High Court with a delay of 507 days and sought condonation of delay stating that ex-employee of assessee who received order of Tribunal put it in his drawer and left company without informing anybody about such orders and it was […]

No Penalty for mere rejection of Sec 54F claim against tenancy right Sale

May 13, 2019 1281 Views 0 comment Print

The dispute between the Assessee and the Revenue was with reference to actual payment for purchase of the flat and whether when the Assessee had purchased one more flat, though contagious, could the Assessee claim exemption under Section 54F of the Act.

S. 147 AO cannot proceed mechanically & on erroneous information supplied to him by investigation wing

May 8, 2019 2331 Views 0 comment Print

Akshar Builders and Developers Vs ACIT (Bombay High Court)  Even in a case where the return filed by the assessee is accepted without scrutiny, as per the settled law, the Assessing Officer can issue a notice of reopening of assessment provided he has reason to believe that income chargeable to tax has escaped assessment. The […]

Assessee cannot be blamed for non-disclosure if AO had such info during assessment proceeding

May 6, 2019 2769 Views 0 comment Print

Once the Department i.e. the Assessing Officer had certain information, material, or document before him during the assessment proceeding, irrespective of the source of such information, material, or document, the Assessee cannot be blamed for non-disclosure thereof.

S.147 Basic condition of ‘reason to believe’ applies even to s.143(1) intimations

May 5, 2019 3057 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court case – Ankita Choksey challenges re-opening notice under Income Tax Act, 1961. Assessing Officer’s jurisdictional challenge discussed.

Mere use of word agency in agreement not conclusive of relationship between parties

May 4, 2019 1047 Views 0 comment Print

Pr. CIT Vs M/s RST India Ltd. (Bombay High Court) It is not disputed that upon termination of the contract, the assessee’s entire business of soliciting freight on behalf of the US based company came to be terminated. It may be that assessee had, other business. Insofar as the question of taxing the receipts arising […]

Interest on I-T Refund cannot be denied for Mistake committed by assessee

May 2, 2019 3372 Views 0 comment Print

Pr. CIT Vs State Bank of India (Bombay High Court) The Assessing Officer has been given no discretion in the matter of granting interest. The amount of interest has to be paid to an assessee in terms of Section 244A of the Act. The only limitation provided therein under Section 244A of the Act is […]

No Tax on Amount received by a partner on his retirement from firm

April 30, 2019 2433 Views 1 comment Print

Pr. CIT Vs Smt. Hemlata S Shetty (Bombay High Court) Amount received by a partner on his retirement and the partnership firm is not subjected to tax in the retiring partner’s hands in view of Section 45(4) of the Act. The liability, if any, to pay the tax is on the partnership firm in view […]

Normal Tax paid cannot be adjusted against Tax on Income disclosed under IDS

April 26, 2019 2259 Views 0 comment Print

Advance tax, self assessed tax and TDS paid prior to filing of declaration, should not be adjusted towards discharge of assessees liability to pay tax, surcharge and penalty under the scheme of Income Tax Declaration Scheme, 2016 in absence of any specific provision in the scheme, granting benefit of the self assessed tax or advance tax under the Act.

No TDS on Payment to bank for Credit Card transaction processing

April 23, 2019 1710 Views 0 comment Print

The so-called bank guarantee commission was not in the nature of commission paid to an agent but it was in the nature of bank charges for providing one of the banking services. The requirement of section 194H of the Act, therefore, would not arise.

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