Aassessment order itself reveals that the Revenue has placed reliance on the proceedings initiated against the appellant for imposition of penalty under Section 67 of the KVAT Act based on an inspection held on 17.08.2006. It is seen that the Revenue relied on letter dated 18.09.2007 issued by V. Ahammed to the Assistant Director of […]
HC held that Though there is a provision to revise the returns filed under the KVAT Act, there is absolutely no provision where the auditor could file a revised report.
The petitioner’s contention is that the petitioner had detected the defects noticed by the Assessing Officer when audit was conducted of the accounts of the petitioner. It was in that context that the petitioner sent an e-mail, as per Ext.P4, for revision of return, which is said to be dated 29.08.2013. Admittedly, the petitioner did not pursue the application for revision and waited till three years, when a proposal for re-opening was issued under Section 25(1) of the Act dated 27.10.2016. A reply was filed at Ext.P3, in which a contention was taken with respect to the e-mail sent on 29.08.2013.
Article is case study on constitutional validity of Section 234E of the Income Tax Act 1961 inserted by Finance Act, 2012 and covers all earlier judgments on the subject and is based on the Kerala High Court judgment in the case of Sree Narayana Guru Smaraka Sangam Upper Primary School Vs. Union Of India.
It is apparent that the proceedings conducted by an officer of the Central Excise are vitally different from the investigation by a police officer. It is implicit that a person who is making a statement before a Central Excise Officer can be called upon to sign the statement. On a combined reading of Sections 13 and 14, it is clear that an officer of the Central Excise is not a mere police officer. He is different. He is even more. A substantive power to arrest has been conferred on him under Section 13. The proceedings conducted by him are judicial. The person who is interrogated is bound to state the truth.
Kerala High Court has held that Cross Objection filed before the Tribunal u/s 253(4) is an independent appeal and shall be adjudicated on merits even if the other party’s appeal is dismissed, for whatever reason.
Hon’ble High Court of Kerala has stayed the disciplinary proceedings initiated by ICAI against CA Shaji Poulose for exceeding the limit on number of tax audits. IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM Present: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.B.SURESH KUMAR Wednesday, the 3rd day of August 2016/12th Sravana, 1938 WP(C) .No.25662/2016(G) PETITIONER/ SHAJI POULOSE, CHARTERED […]
The Hon’ble Kerala HC in the above cited case held that exempting cable operators from luxury tax while making DTH operators to pay the same is a case of discriminatory levy of luxury tax merely because of technological differences in the system of deliveryof entertainment in both the services.
It is held that deduction u/s 80P is allowable to a primary agricultural credit society. In the instant case , assessee being a registered society classified in bye-laws as primary agricultural credit society is entitled to claim exemption u/s 80P.
HC held that while disposing off an application for registration u/s 12AA , the CIT is required only to verify the geniuses of the trust’s activity so as to ensure that the same matches with the objects stated in the trust deed.
