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Delhi High Court

Addition justified for Voluntarily admitted tax liability retracted after 2 years

May 24, 2017 1434 Views 0 comment Print

The Court is not satisfied that the retraction made by the Assessee two years after the declaration was bonafide. There was no satisfactory explanation for not including the said amount in the return of income filed by the Assessee on 26th September, 2009.

DRI has no locus standi to file writ petition under Article(s) 226/227 of Constitution of India

May 23, 2017 2718 Views 0 comment Print

The division bench of Delhi High Court, in UOI v. Padmini Polymers Ltd & Anr, held that Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has no jurisdiction to file Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India against the order of the Settlement Commission.

Operating profit is Relevant in deciding Interest Waiver Application

May 22, 2017 951 Views 0 comment Print

Fact that the Assessee is a part of DuPont, a global conglomerate which had in 2011 $37.96 billion in net sales and $6.253 billion as operating profit , cannot be said to be an irrelevant factor in considering whether any genuine hardship was undergone by the Petitioner.

Arbitrator cannot Lift Corporate Veil: Delhi HC

May 21, 2017 3378 Views 0 comment Print

Decision of the arbitral tribunal to pierce the corporate veil is fundamentally flawed. It falls foul of the fundamental policy of Indian law that recognises that a company is an independent juristic person.

Bogus share capital: AO must scrutinise documents produced by assessee, addition cannot be done merely on report of investigation wing

May 21, 2017 3183 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal’s (ITAT) order upholding the Appellate Commissioner’s opinion that the additions made in the course of reassessments were unsustainable, were challenged by the Revenue. The reassessment notice was issued to the assessee for AY 2002- 03 on the ground that information received from the Investigation Wing pointed to its being the beneficiary of the accommodation entries that were subjected to addition under Section 68.

Trading in Shares/Mutual Funds is not ‘Business’ if Revenue treating same as Investment in Past Years

May 20, 2017 1182 Views 0 comment Print

The Court finds that the concurrent findings of both the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeal) and the ITAT are that the consistent treatment of the said transactions in the books of accounts of the Assessee and the volume and frequency of such transactions did not justify treating the income as business income.

Deprecation cannot be claimed in respect of Written Off / unusable Assets

May 16, 2017 34101 Views 0 comment Print

Section 32(1)(iii) of the Act provides for deduction, in the case of any building, machinery, plant or furniture, in respect of which depreciation is claimed and allowed under clause (i) and which is sold, discarded, demolished or destroyed in the previous year (other than the previous year in which it is first brought into use), […]

Practice of taking undated cheques by excise department is illegal: HC

May 15, 2017 2349 Views 0 comment Print

Court has been shown the five undated cheques for sum of Rs.1.25 crores which were collected from the Petitioner during the visit to the premises of the Petitioner on 10th March, 2017. The Court specifically asked Mr. Harpreet Singh, learned counsel appearing for the Respondents, to show any provision in Central Excise Act 1944 (CE […]

AO cannot Extend Time Limit to Special Audit Report submission beyond 180 Days

May 15, 2017 2982 Views 0 comment Print

Section 142 (2A) of the Act anticipates timely submission of the report of the Special Auditor. The Auditor who is to conduct special audit in terms of Section 142 (2) of the Act is not an auditor of the choice of the Assessee. The auditor is nominated by the Revenue and his work is not […]

Delhi HC condemns VAT dept for deliberate delay in issue of VAT refund

May 14, 2017 1422 Views 2 comments Print

Recently, in Asian Polymers Vs. Commissioner Of Trade & Taxes & Anr, the Delhi High Court reiterated that re-assessment cannot be used as a tool for causing delay in processing the refund applications. While scrapping the assessment orders passed by the DVAT Department, the division bench criticised the Officials in harsh words.

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