ITAT Mumbai held that deduction u/s 36(1)(viia) of the Income Tax Act towards Provision for bad and doubtful debts allowable irrespective of rural advance and non-rural advances.
The assessee is a company engaged in the business of Air Transport of Passengers and is a holder of Non-Scheduled Air Transport (Passenger) Services (NSOP) permit granted by the Director General of Civil Aviation / Ministry of Civil Aviation.
ITAT Mumbai held that invocation of section 263 alleging difference in the receipt as per service tax return and ITR filed unsustainable as AO after making an enquiry on this issue has taken one of the plausible view and has not made addition on the difference amount.
Read about the ITAT Mumbai ruling in DCIT Vs Knight Riders Sports Pvt Ltd, where penalty is cancelled due to deleted additions in quantum appeal.
ITAT Mumbai held that as per Section 56(2)(ix) of the Act money received as advance would be treated as income liable to tax in the hands of recipients under the head ‘Income from Other Sources’ provided such advance is forfeited and the negotiations do not resulted in transfer of the capital assets.
ITAT Mumbai held that deduction u/s 80IA of the Income Tax Act duly available towards FDR interest, scrap sales and EDI charges and on account profit earned from the operation of Inland container Depot (ICD).
ITAT Mumbai held that penalty under section 271B of the Income Tax Act for delay in furnishing of audit report not leviable on account of reasonable cause shown that delay was due to the death of director who was also an accountant of the company.
There is no relevance of date of payment of wages for reckoning limit of 15 days for payment of employees contribution to provident fund : ITAT Mumbai
ITAT Mumbai held that cancellation of registration of trust retrospectively from AY 2016-17 under section 12AB(4) of the Income Tax Act is invalid.
Learn about ITAT Mumbai’s decision on TDS benefit allowance for Ignitive Digitech Private Ltd Vs DCIT – aligning TDS benefits with income assessment year.
