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HC slams Sales Tax Dept. for recovering tax in Extortion Manner

August 7, 2019 2685 Views 0 comment Print

Ms Anusura Vs Mohit A Gupta (Gujarat High Court) Having heard the learned counsel appearing for the parties and having gone through the materials on record, we are of the view that the action on the part of the concerned authorities could be termed as absolutely high-handed and arbitrary. The facts of this case speak for themselves. […]

Section 148 notice in name of deceased assessee is invalid

August 6, 2019 2424 Views 0 comment Print

Notice notice under section 148 being jurisdictional notice, issued to a dead person and legal representative not having waived the requirement of notice under section 148 and not having submitted to the jurisdiction of AO pursuant to impugned notice, provisions of section 292B would not get attracted and hence, notice under section 148 had to be treated as invalid.

Additional depreciation on Plants & machinery installed in Captive Power Plant

August 6, 2019 4875 Views 0 comment Print

It is now a settled position as held by the Hon’ble Supreme Court and the various Co­ordinate Benches of the Tribunal that the process of generation of electricity is akin to manufacture of an article or thing, the assessee in the instant case satisfy the requirement that it is engaged in the business of manufacture or production of an article or thing.

Lapse of unutilised ITC on A/c of inverted duty rate structure unlawful

August 6, 2019 8004 Views 0 comment Print

Lapse of unutilised input tax credit on account of inverted duty rate structure unlawful as held by  Hon’ble Gujarat High Court in the case of Shabnam Petrofils Pvt. Ltd Vs Union of India. Legal Provisions Section 54(3) of CGST Act, 2017 provides for refund of unutilised input tax credit in following 2 circumstances Zero rated […]

In absence of claim of exempt Income disallowance U/s 14A not warranted

August 5, 2019 1431 Views 0 comment Print

Pr. CIT Vs Harsha Engineerings Ltd. (Gujarat High Court) Section 14A of the Act can be invoked only if the assessee seeks to square off the expenditure against the income which does not form the part of the total income under the Act and in such circumstances, section 14A of the Act could not have […]

CGST Act not provides for Lapse of ITC for inverted rate structure: HC

August 1, 2019 23235 Views 0 comment Print

The CGST Act itself provides for the lapsing of the ITC at Sections 17(4) and 18(4) respectively of the CGST Thus, where the legislature wanted the ITC to lapse, it has been expressly provided for in the Act itself. No such express provision has been made in Section 54(3) of the CGST Act.

Order passed on Merit after due opportunities cannot be termed as Ex-parte order

July 30, 2019 4353 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is if Assessee remained absent on more than one occasions and appeal decided on merits then whether it will be called as Ex-parte order?

Depreciation allowable on non-compete fees: HC

July 30, 2019 2541 Views 0 comment Print

Where non-resident agents appointed by assessee for procuring export orders did not have permanent establishment in India and their activities as commission agents are being carried out outside India, merely because a portion of the sale to the overseas purchasers took place in India, would not make assessee liable to deduct tax at source under section 195.

Sec 54F date of agreement to sell can be considered as date of transfer 

July 29, 2019 17763 Views 0 comment Print

Once an agreement to sell is executed in favour of some person, the  said person gets a right to get the property transferred in his  favour and, consequently, some right of the vendor is extinguished. Therefore, the agreement to sell which had been executed on 13th August 2010 was considered as the date on which the property, i.e. the agricultural land, had been transferred instead of 3rd July 2012 on which the sale-deed came to be executed and assessee was entitled to claim the benefit of section 54F as it had invested in purchase of residential house on 22nd April 2010 which was within the prescribed time limit.

Assessment with notice u/s 143(2) prior to filing of return of income is invalid

July 27, 2019 2877 Views 0 comment Print

Notice under section 143(2) was issued prior to the filing of the return of income which was invalid and the assessment order passed would also be invalid.

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