Section 194H talks about the payment to a recipient which is the income by way of commission or brokerage. It does not require that the relationship between the payer and the payee should be of a principal and agent. The Explanation to section 194 elaborates on the terms ‘commission or brokerage’ by including any payment received or receivable directly or indirectly by a person acting on behalf of another person. Thus, it is clear that the provisions of section 194H do not require any formal contract of agency.
In this case, the matter was not referred by the A.O. to the DVO. We, therefore, set aside the order of the Ld. CIT (A) and restore the issue of valuation to the file of the A.O. with the direction to refer the same to the DVO in the light of our above observations.
In the instant case, what transferred by the assessee are the shares in the company and not the land or building or both. Assessee does not have full ownership on the flats which are owned by the company. The transfer of shares was never a part of the assessment of the Stamp duty Authorities of the State Government.
If a certain receipt cannot be taxed under any other head, only then the sections dealing with ‘Income from Other Sources’, come into play in domestic taxation matters. Likewise, under the DTAAs, if a sum can be taxed under any other Article, provisions of Article 22 will not be applicable. We are of the opinion, in light of the earlier decisions of the Mumbai Tribunal income received by the assessee-company form McKinsey India is not to be treated as Royalty-rather it has to assessed as business income as per Article 7 of the DTAA.
Certain intangible assets on which depreciation could be claimed are – knowhow, patents, copy rights, trade marks, licenses, franchise or any other business or commercial rights of similar nature. This expression “any other business or commercial rights of similar nature” by itself would mean to include all kinds of commercial rights.
Requirement of section 143 (2) cannot be dispensed with as it is mandatory and therefore, the notice under section 143 (2) issued after the expiry of prescribed period is an uncurable defect and consequently, the block assessment is erroneous and not sustainable.
After considering the rival submissions and examining the record, there is no bona fide reason for excluding the above amount from the computation of income by assessee. As seen from the computation statement, assessee has not even claimed the tax credit for the amount deducted in Korea as the same has to be given credit in the hands of the principal company in Japan.
Section 44AD deems the net profit rate at 8% in cases where accounts are not maintained and turnover is up to Rs. 40.00 lacs. This however, does not mean that profit will lower when the turnover is more than Rs. 40.00 lacs.
On the other hand, the ld. D.R. while agreeing that the interest on fixed deposits pledged with the bank on account of margin money is eligible for deduction u/s 10A of the Act submits that in view of the finding recorded by the A.O. the assessee is not entitled to deduction u/s 10A of the Act in respect of interest on NSC and interest on loan given to its employees. He, therefore, submits that to this extent the order passed by the A.O. be upheld.
Rigours of the conditions enumerated in clauses (a) and (b) of section 80-IB, has been relaxed by the legislature to achieve certain socio-economic object and, therefore, proviso to section 80-IB should be given a liberal interpretation so as to not to defeat a genuine claim for deduction by a developer who undertakes to develop a housing project in a slum area under the scheme approved by the Central or State Govt.
