Amounts shown as liabilities / Outstanding in the Balance Sheet cannot be deemed to be “cessation of liability” under Section 41(1) of Income Tax Act, 1961 merely because the liabilities are outstanding for several years. Assessing Officer has to bring on record any material evidence to establish that there was cessation of liability in respect of the outstanding creditors balances represented in the assessee’s Balance Sheet.
Whole issue in the present appeal by Revenue, is about the source, nature and genuineness of the transaction to determine whether the addition made by the AO under section 68 of the Act is sustainable.
Challenging the order,dated 02/01/2013,of the CIT(A)-20,Mumbai the Assessing Officer (AO)has filed the present appeal.The assessee has filed cross objections. Assessee-company is an international airline engaged in the business of passenger and cargo transportation.
It is an admitted fact that provision for leave encashment has been made on the basis of actuarial valuation report. Relevant notes in this regard have also been given by the assessee in its annual financial statements.
AO held that it had entered into derivative transaction by swapping the loan, that the liability was paid in the subsequent year, that the notional loss of Rs.4.74 crores could not be allowed.
In Aishwarya Rai Bachchan vs. ACIT, the assessee had not deducted tax at source, AO treated the assessee as an assessee in default under section 201(1) and passed an order demanding tax of Rs. 4,27,910 and interest under section 201(1A) of Rs. 34,233.
The conclusion of the ld. CIT(A) that the assessee has purchased material from some other dealers but quantitative reconciliation of the stock was duly done by the assessee of the sale and purchase and hence the profit element in this accommodation entries are to be added to the income cannot be faulted .
Under provisions of section 43(5), the transactions in derivatives at certain stock exchanges are deemed to be non-speculative, however, as per the explanation to section 73 for the purpose of computation of business loss the derivative transactions squarely fall within the scope of explanation to section 73.
Since we have held that the penalty proceedings are liable to be quashed on the reasoning that there was non-application of mind on the part of the AO while issuing notice to the assessee, we do not find it necessary to address the arguments urged on merits.
Section 14A applies also to strategic investments in subsidiaries.Section 40A(2) is not applicable to co-operative societies. No disallowance under section 40A(2) should be made if the tax effect is neutral i.e. the recipient is paying tax at the same rate as the payer
