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Expenses incurred to earn agricultural income cannot be allowed as expenditure in computing the business income

April 8, 2010 17992 Views 0 comment Print

If there was a surplus of agricultural income in the hands of the assessee for these impugned assessment years, there would have been no question of claiming expenses by way of deduction or question of allowing the same as deduction in computing the business income of the assessee company. The expenses relating to agricultural operations cannot be allowed as expenditure in computing the business income for the simple reason that agricultural income does not form part of the total income under the IT Act.

TDS liability of a builder for sub-contracting of main contract is 1% u/s 194C

January 10, 2010 2280 Views 0 comment Print

We have heard rival submissions and perused the orders of the authorities below. Copies of Registration Certificate under Kerala Value Added Tax and Form ST-2 under Service Tax Act placed at pages 20 and 21 clearly mentions that assessee has been registered as a works contractor doing construction of residential complex

The AO cannot convert the part of liability transferred as loan by the proprietorship concern into consideration or part thereof

January 6, 2010 772 Views 0 comment Print

We have heard the rival submissions and perused the material available on record. In terms of provisions of section 47 (xiv) of the Act I any transfer of a capital asset will not be regarded as transfer liable to capital gains tax, if the conditions under Clauses (a),'(b) & (c) of the said Section are complied with. Sub-clause(a) specifies that all assets and liabilities have to be transferred by the sole proprietory concern to the company.

Income from convention centre run by a hotel company is eligible to expenditure tax

December 24, 2009 1087 Views 0 comment Print

For the purpose of Expenditure Tax Act, 1987 the convention center managed by a hotel is an extension of the hotel itself and therefore, rent collection from the convention center shall be eligible for the levy of expenditure tax.

Profits arising on transfer of rural agricultural land are not liable to MAT

December 6, 2009 4916 Views 0 comment Print

Ss. 2(1A), 115JB; A/y 2005-06; in favor of taxpayer: Profits arising on transfer of rural agricultural land amounts to agricultural income under section 2(1A). Such income cannot be included in the total income under section 10(1). Section 115JB provides that any income, listed under section 10, other than the ones listed in clause (38), shall be reduced from the book profit.

Allowability of exemption to partly charitable and partly religious trust

November 6, 2009 1339 Views 0 comment Print

It is clear from plethora of authorities where after considering provisions of section 1l(l)(a) that so for as aforesaid provision is concerned, no distinction is made between charitable and religious purposes. A charitable institution can have religious purposes; whereas a religious institution may be partly charitable. Most of the decisions were given under 1961 Act.

Levy of penalty under section 158BFA (2) on undisclosed income returned for non-payment of tax thereon

October 18, 2009 3562 Views 0 comment Print

Provided further that the provisions of the preceding proviso shall not apply where the undisclosed income determined by the Assessing Officer is in excess of the income show in the return and in such cases the penalty shall be imposed on that portion of undisclosed income determined which is in excess of the amount of undisclosed income shown in the return.”

Undisclosed income of the partnership firm can not be assessed in the hand of the partners

October 18, 2009 606 Views 0 comment Print

Whether, in the facts and circumstances of the case, the CIT(Appeals) is justified in holding that no addition can be made in the hands of the assessee towards undisclosed income from the liquor business carried on by the firms M/s. Malabar Associates.

If assessee has no enforceable right to receive interest then there can not be accrual of income

October 18, 2009 937 Views 0 comment Print

I entirely agree that unless and until the terms and conditions of advance are known and agreed between the parties or through Government of Kerala, assessee will not acquire any right to receive interest on the advanced loan and no income would accrue by way of interest. This is well settled position.

Term Loan waiver availed by the assessee is not assessable income

July 21, 2009 811 Views 0 comment Print

19. First we will marshal the facts of the present case. The assessee had availed terms loans from three banks, viz. ICICI Bank Ltd., Standard Chartered Bank Ltd. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), Hong Kong. These terms loans were availed by the assessee company for the purpose of acquiring capital assets necessarily to be deployed in the manufacturing system

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