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Where penalty under section 271(1)(c) of IT Act read with Explanation 1 thereto cannot be invoked

February 10, 2009 2756 Views 0 comment Print

5.6 There cannot be a straight jacket formula for detection of these defaults of concealment or of furnishing inaccurate particulars of income and indeed concealment of particulars of income and in accurate particulars of income may at times overlap. It depends upon the facts of the each case. In the assessment proceedings the ITO while ascertaining the total income chargeable to tax would be in a position

The assessee is entitled to take advantage of reassessment proceedings to re-raise issues that have not attained finality

January 31, 2009 6214 Views 1 comment Print

Where the AO reopened the assessment to rework the book profits u/s 115JA and in an appeal against such order the assessee raised other issues unconnected with the reassessment and the preliminary point arose as to whether in the light of the judgement of the Supreme Court in CIT vs. Sun Engineering 198 ITR 297, […]

Nature Of Payment Made By An Assessee-Company To VSNL/MTNL

January 12, 2009 723 Views 0 comment Print

8. The term technical service has come for the consideration before the Hon’ble Delhi High Court in the case of Estel Communications Pvt. Ltd. (supra). In the said case, the assessee was providing internet bandwidth for providing access to its subscribers. The main server, based on which the internet services were provided were located in USA. In that case, the Assessing Officer was of the opinion

Deemed Dividend – Section 2(22)(e) of Income Tax Act can be applied only in the hands of shareholder

January 11, 2009 15596 Views 1 comment Print

35. The intention behind enacting provisions of section 2(22)(e) are that closely held companies (i.e. companies in which public are not substantially interested), which are controlled by a group of members, even though the company has accumulated profits would not distribute such profit as dividend because if so distributed the dividend income would became taxable in the hands of the shareholders.

Taxability of compensation amount received by an assessee for termination of its agreement

January 10, 2009 15650 Views 0 comment Print

However, the mere fact that the agreement was not an agency agreement is not a decisive factor as to the taxability of the amount received on termination of the agreement. Even if the agreement was not an agency agreement and it was a simple contract, the amount received on termination of the Contract can still be taxed as a revenue receipt. Merely because it does not come

Scheme of taxation of royalties or fees for technical services received by a tax resident of Germany having its PE in India

January 9, 2009 2419 Views 0 comment Print

This contention, in our opinion, has to be rejected outright. It is pertinent to note that Section 44DA was inserted in the Statute book by the Finance Act, 2003 w.e.f. lsl April, 2004. Simultaneously, the provisions of Section 44D were also amended by the same Finance Act. According to the amended provisions, Section 44D is applicable for computing the income by way of royalty or fees for technical services

Computation of deduction under section 10A(4) of IT Act by a manufacturer/ exporter of jewellery

January 9, 2009 957 Views 0 comment Print

7.1 As per the provision of section 10A of the Act, assessee is entitled to claim the deduction in respect of the profits and gains as derived by the assessee’s undertaking from the export of the articles of the things for the period of the 10 consecutive A.Y’s. Sub-section (2) to sec. 10A has laid down certain conditions for the eligibility of the undertaking to claim the deduction

Allowability Of Keyman Insurance Premium Paid By A Firm On Life Of Its Partners

January 1, 2009 14139 Views 0 comment Print

6.15 As noted earlier, there was a judicial opinion that on distribution or division or allotment of assets to partners by the firm on dissolution or otherwise there resulted no gain exigible to tax, however, by incorporating Section 45(3) and 45(4), the legislature has declared its intention in clear terms that partners and the firm are two independent entities not only for the purposes of assessment but also for the purpose of determining the charge of income tax

Even promise to render services at a future date would entitle Assessee to deduction u/s 80O of the Income Tax Act, 1961

December 28, 2008 1140 Views 0 comment Print

As rightly pointed out by Shri Pardiwalla, even a promise to render services at a future date would entitle the assessee for deduction u/s 80-O in view of the specific wordings in the section.

Exchange Rate Difference Of Exports Made In Earlier Year – Whether Part Of Export Turnover?

November 6, 2008 979 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT v. Prakash L. Shah – The exchange rate difference pertaining to the exports made in the earlier year shall be part of the export turnover of the year in which such export is made provided such sale proceeds of the eligible goods are realized in India within the period of six months from the end of the previous year or within such further period as allowed by the Competent Authority.

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