Hiring of vehicles does not fall within the ambit of Section 194C of the Act. From 01.06.2007 definitely deduction would have to be made at source even for hiring of vehicles as Section 194-I of the Act stands amended to bring in such transactions also.
Norka Roots Vs. CIT (Kerala High Court) As per Section 12AA of the Income Tax Act, the Commissioner is empowered to call for documents or information from the assessee, which are necessary to satisfy the authority about the genuineness of the activities of the institution. The Division Bench of this Court had also directed that […]
Nishant Export Vs. ACIT (Kerala High Court) The assessee was engaged in the procurement and export of pepper. The assessee procured un-garbled pepper, which by a process got garbled; making it fit for human consumption and was exported. The assessee had been claiming allowance under Section 80HHC for its export turnover as computed under sub-section […]
The power of detention contemplated under Section 129 of the SGST Act can be exercised only in respect of goods which are liable to be confiscated under Section 130 of the SGST Act; that there is no taxable supply when goods are transported on delivery chalans
M/s. Parisons Foods Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Joint Commissioner Of Commercial Taxes (Kerala High Court) The appeal arises from a Clarification Order issued under Section 94 of the Kerala Value Added Tax Act, 2003 (‘KVAT Act’ for short). The appellant/dealer, inter alia, is engaged in the manufacture of ‘bakery shortening’. The clarification sought for was the […]
The Kerala High Court, in M/S Indus Towers Limited Vs. The Assistant State Tax Officer, held that the power of detention contemplated under Section 129 of the SGST Act can be exercised only in respect of goods which are liable to be confiscated under Section 130 of the SGST Act.
Revenue, has contended that the assessee’s business is not a new industrial undertaking. According to him, the assessee has also miserably failed to establish that it has spent more than 50% of the plant’s book value on any renovation or modernisation.
Central Government had, till date, not notified the documents that have to be carried by a transporter of the goods in the course of interstate movement. Under the said circumstances and finding that neither the State Legislature nor the State Government would have the power to make laws/rules to govern interstate movements of goods in the course of trade, and for the purposes of levy of tax, detention for the sole reason that the transportation was not accompanied by the prescribed documents under the IGST Act/CGST Act/CGST Rules, cannot be legally sustained.
High Court of Kerala recently declared that interest from loan given to sister concern cannot be set off against the interest paid by the assessee to his benkers for the purpose of eligible deduction under section 57(iii) of the Income Tax Act 1961.
The solitary common issue that arose in these appeals was with regard to the legality of dis-allowance of deduction made towards belated deposit of employees contribution of Provident Fund/Employees State Insurance. A reading of the order passed by the Tribunal shows that the first appellate authority confirmed the order of dis-allowance following the order passed by the Tribunal in ITA No.454/2014.
