Penalty under Section 271B was justified as assessee had not produced audit report in the prescribed format before AO and no explanation regarding the reasonable cause for not filing the audit report within the prescribed time limit was given. ...

ITO Vs Smt. Asha Vimala Melpuratharisu Puthen Veedu (Ponnamkulam House) (ITAT Cochin) The assessee’s land in question at Vizhinjam Village was notified for compulsory acquisition by Government of Kerala for developing Vizhinjam International Seaport. Though the acquisition proceedings were taken under the Land Acquisition Act, the final...

Payments made by assessee-university to its employees towards death cum retirement gratuity, commutation of pension or leave salary should not be liable for TDS to the extent permitted under the provisions of section 10(10)(i), 10(10A) and 10(10AA) as the employees of assessee were found to be holding civil posts under the State Governmen...

provisions of section 142A of the Act provides that the Assessing Officer may refer the matter to the DVO for the purpose of estimation of the value of the asset, property or investment and get a copy of the report from the DVO. The word ‘may’ makes it discretionary to refer the matter to the DVO. It cannot be said by any stretch of i...

In the instant case, the entire procedure prescribed under the Land Acquisition Act was followed, only price was fixed upon a negotiated settlement. Therefore, in view of the above judgment of the Hon’ble Apex Court (supra), we hold that the acquisition of the urban agricultural land was a compulsory acquisition and the same would be en...

The assessee had not filed the audit report in this case. The assessee was very casual and did not enter appearance for the show cause notice issued for imposition of penalty. The assessee has not made out a reasonable cause as mentioned u/s 273B of the I.T.Act for non-furnishing of audit report u/s 44AB of the I.T.Act. Hence, we are of t...

Merely because the sale price is fixed through a negotiated settlement will not take away the proceedings from the Land Acquisition Act when the relevant provision of the Act are invoked....

ITO Vs Sri. Harimurali Sreedhara Panickar (ITAT Cochin) In the instant case, the entire procedure prescribed under the Land Acquisition Act was followed, the only price was fixed upon a negotiated settlement. Therefore, in view of the above judgment of the Hon’ble Apex Court (supra), we hold that the acquisition of the urban agricultura...

ITO Vs Mundela Service Cooperative Bank Ltd. (ITAT Cochin) Admittedly, the assessee is primary agricultural credit society registered under the Kerala Cooperative Societies Act, 1969. The Hon’ble High Court of Kerala in the case of Chirakkal Service Co-op Bank Ltd. (supra) had held that a primary agricultural credit society, registe...

Payments made to various artists participating in reality show would fall under section 194C  and not under section 194J  and there was no infirmity in the action of AO as assessee had rightly deducted TDS u/s 194C....