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Share Broking Company can set off loss from speculation trade against gain from delivery trading

May 29, 2014 2301 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee basically is a share broker. The assessee also deals in buying and selling of shares for himself. The assessee is also dealing in derivatives. Dealing in derivatives has been excluded from the ambit of speculative transactions with effect from assessment year 2006-07.

Penalty U/s. 271B by ITO exceeding Rs. 10,000 in absence of prior approval of Joint Commissioner not valid

February 17, 2014 4128 Views 0 comment Print

Learned Counsel for the Assessee submitted that the order imposing penalty does not disclose that prior approval of the Joint Commissioner was obtained in either of the two cases. He drew our attention to a judgment of this Court in the case of AWT No. 4 of 2003 and AWT No. 5 of 2003

No S. 14A Disallowance without recording dissatisfaction over expense claimed by the Assessee

February 4, 2014 1655 Views 0 comment Print

The Assessing Officer also disallowed the expenditure under section 14A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 without first recording that he was not satisfied with the correctness of the claim as regards the claim that “no expenditure” was made by the assessee.

S. (10(13A) ‘Salary’ does not include commission for Calculation of HRA

December 27, 2013 9511 Views 0 comment Print

Contribution to be made to the provident fund must be the proportionate amount of salary paid to the employees. Salary was a fixed monthly payment whereas the commission was not a fixed payment and could not be included within the scope and ambit of the term salary .

Service Tax offence for the period prior to 10.05.2013 are bailable

August 7, 2013 1833 Views 0 comment Print

While Bombay HC has refused to grant bail application pending payment of Service tax for service tax evasion for the period starting before 10.05.2013 in the case of Kandra Rameshbabu Naidu but on the other hand Kolkutta High Court in the case of Sudip Das granted to bail to accused who had been charged for commission of offence punishable under Section 89(1)(d) of the Finance Act, 1994.

HC to decide on true scope and ambit of Section 40(a) (ia)

June 24, 2013 3469 Views 0 comment Print

The learned Tribunal was of the view that Section 40(a)(ia) of the I.T. Act is applicable only to expenditure payable as on 31st March of every year and cannot be invoked to disallow the amount which had already been paid during the previous year, without deducting tax at sources.

No Penalty for addition merely due to application of deeming Provision U/s. 50C

May 28, 2013 3004 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee sold the property at a sum of Rs.2,51,50,000/- For the purpose of stamp duty, however, the value was estimated at a sum of Rs.5, 19,77,000/- and on that basis the stamp duty was realized. During the assessment, it was found that the assessee had disclosed the sale price

No Penalty u/s. 271(1)(c) for not offering capital gains on S. 50C stamp duty value

May 14, 2013 2775 Views 0 comment Print

The fact remains that the actual amount received was offered for taxation. It is only on the basis of the deemed consideration that the proceedings under s. 271(1)((c) started. The Revenue has failed to produce any iota of evidence that the assessee actually received one paise more than the amount shown to have been received by him.

Penalty u/s 271(1)(c ) cannot be imposed on account of deeming fiction u/s. 50C

May 14, 2013 3099 Views 0 comment Print

Thus obviously, it is only on account of deeming provisions of section 50C, the AO has made the addition by adopting the sale consideration of Rs.5, 19,77,000/-, being the value adopted for the purpose of stamp valuation. The revenue has also not shown as to how the assessee could be held to have actually received this amount which is in excess of the amount of Rs.2,51,50,000/-.

Publishing loan defaulter’s photos in newspapers is illegal

May 3, 2013 11642 Views 0 comment Print

Whether or not a secured creditor, which has initiated action for enforcement of its security interest in terms of the provisions of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Asset and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002

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