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Fortified Advance paid for Purchase of Property for business allowable as business expenditure

March 6, 2017 3795 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee pointed out that the property in question was intended to be purchased for the purpose of constructing office premises and was directly related to the business of the assessee and therefore the deduction claimed should be allowed. As in the present case the Assessee did not acquire any capital asset and merely paid advance […]

Retention money cannot be treated as Income till performance of contractual obligations

March 6, 2017 5277 Views 0 comment Print

Retention money is not in the nature of income till such time the contractual obligations are fully performed to the satisfaction of the customer by the Assessee. Therefore the retention money cannot be regarded as income even for the purpose of book profits u/s.115JB of the Act though credited in the profit and loss account […]

Expenditure on issue of FCCB/ Debentures is a revenue expenditure

March 6, 2017 4698 Views 0 comment Print

The debentures whether convertible or non convertible are in the nature of loan at the time of their issuance and any expenditure incurred on issue of such debentures or bonds had to be regarded as part of the borrowing cost and have to be allowed as a deduction and as a revenue expenditure. This expenditure cannot be regarded as capital.

Consideration for right to use copyright in “literary work” is Royalty

March 5, 2017 4047 Views 0 comment Print

Whether the term literary work as mentioned in the definition of royalty in the treaty would include software or not? As per the provisions of section 2(o) of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, the term literary work includes computer programs, tables and compilations including computer data base.

Interest subsidy under WBIS 2000 and TUFS is a capital receipt

March 5, 2017 3699 Views 0 comment Print

That on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, Ld. CIT(A) has erred in allowing assessees claim of interest subsidy as capital receipt and thereby deleting the addition of Rs.1,50,03,609/- without appreciating the fact that the amount is in the nature of revenue receipt .

Disallowance U/s. 40(a)(ia) also applies to payment made during the year without TDS deduction

March 1, 2017 1839 Views 0 comment Print

Provision of section 40(a)(ia) of the Act are applicable not only to the amounts which is shown as payable on the date of balance sheet but it is applicable to such expenditure which becomes payable at any time during the relevant previous year and was actually paid within the previous year.

Law on PE, Force of Attraction, tax on software embedded in hardware

February 23, 2017 2991 Views 0 comment Print

Article 7(1) of the DTAA between India and Netherlands provides for taxing profits of the enterprise in the other state only to the extent they are attributable to the PE in the other state, adopting No Force of Attraction principle. With the above broad principles in mind we will now consider the facts of the present case and the rival contentions

Mere thin trade and unusually high gain not sufficient to treat the Long Term Capital Gain on Shares as bogus

February 20, 2017 1542 Views 2 comments Print

ITAT held that when purchase and sale of shares were supported by proper contract notes , deliveries of shares were received through demat accounts maintained with various agencies, the shares were purchased and sold through recognized broker and the sale considerations were received by account payee cheques, the transactions cannot be treated as bogus and the income so disclosed was assessable as LTCG.

Addition in Section 153A Assessment cannot sustain if no ‘Incriminating Material’ found during Search

February 20, 2017 4389 Views 0 comment Print

Assessment under section 153A can be made on the basis of incriminating material which in the context of relevant provisions means books of account and other documents found in the course of search but not produced in the course of original assessment and undisclosed income or property disclosed during the course of search.

Section 147/148 Reassessment is for the benefit of Revenue benefit and not for the benefit of assessee

February 9, 2017 4998 Views 0 comment Print

Provisions of section 147/148 even otherwise are for the benefit of the Revenue and not for the benefit of the assessee. If there was any mistake on the part of the assessee in filing his return of income, which was duly accepted by the Assessing Officer under section 143(1), the filing of appeal before the ld. CIT(Appeals) was not the proper remedy to correct the same.

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