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Penalty U/S. 271(1)(c) is neither criminal nor quasi criminal but a civil liability

October 25, 2009 9775 Views 0 comment Print

Atul Mohan Bindal – assessee filed return of his income for Assessment Year 2002-03 on August 8, 2002 declaring his total income Rs.1,98,50,021/ -. In the assessment proceedings u/s 143, a notice alongwith questionnaire was issued to him by the Assessing Officer on November 29, 2002. Pursuant thereto, assessee attended the assessment proceedings and furnished the requisite details. During the assessment proceedings, it transpired that assessee worked with M/s DHL International( S) PTE Ltd.,Sing

Supreme Court on Applicability of ESI Act, if not reviewed, can create havoc

October 13, 2009 8215 Views 0 comment Print

It appears that the appellant had issued a notice under Section 45A of the Employees State Insurance Act, 1948 (hereinafter for short ‘the Act’) for making employer’s contribution towards the employee’s state insurance. The respondent No. 1 Board challenged that notice before the Employees State Insurance Court, Delhi. It appears that neither the workers concerned of the respondent No. 1 Board nor any one of them in representative capacity were made parties in the petition under Section 75 of the Act before the Employees State Insurance Court or before the High Court.

Taxability of Sale Proceed of Assets Purchased before introduction of block concept and sale thereafter

October 8, 2009 9256 Views 0 comment Print

Each of the sub-sections to section 41 deal with different and distinct topics and one cannot read recoupment under one sub-section into another; the depreciation recovered on sale of the capital asset was includible in the total income as balancing charge only under section 41(2); that concept was foreign to the scheme of section 41(1).

Judgement holding S.43B(f) (leave encashment) as unconstitutional stayed

September 26, 2009 1807 Views 0 comment Print

S. 43B (f) was inserted by the Finance Act, 2001 w.e.f. 1.4.2002 to provide that any sum payable by the assessee as an employer in lieu of any leave at the credit of his employee shall be allowed as a deduction only in the year of actual payment. The said amendment was enacted to supersede the judgement

Assessee entitled to Cenvat credit on inputs utilized in the generation of electricity to the extent to which they are using the produced electricity within their factory

September 15, 2009 3669 Views 0 comment Print

The definition of input brings within its fold, inputs used for generation of electricity or steam, provided such electricity or steam is used within the factory of production for manufacture of final products or for any other purpose.

Status of private limited company if shareholders exceed 50 and importance of records of ROC

September 14, 2009 1327 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court inter alia on prerequisites for conversion of a private company into a public company – It is not the records of the Registrar of Companies which determines the status of a company but the definition of a “private company” or “public company” as defined in section 3(1)(iii) and 3(1)(iv) of the Companies Act, 1956; having regard to the definition

Eligibility of deduction under section 80P on Profit to society from storing of trading goods

September 9, 2009 2700 Views 0 comment Print

Where the assessee-society was storing the controlled commodities in its godowns as part of its own trading stock, it was not entitled to claim deduction for the margin of profit between issue price and sale price of the controlled commodities under section 80P(2)(e).

Provision of Electricity – Whether sale of goods or supply of service ?

September 3, 2009 15978 Views 0 comment Print

As the principal arguments have been advanced in Civil Appeal No. 1879/2003, we take up the facts of that appeal which are thus, briefly put. M/s. Ashok Iron Works Private Limited (for short, ‘the company’) is a Private Limited Company and engaged in the activity of manufacture of iron products. The company applied for the supply of electrical energy (2500 KVA)

DEPB and Duty Drawback are not eligible for deduction u/s 80-IB

September 3, 2009 1571 Views 0 comment Print

(1) The Act broadly provides for two types of tax incentives, namely, investment linked incentives and profit linked incentives. Ch VI-A essentially belongs to the category of “profit linked incentives” (2) When ss. 80-IA/80-IB refer to profits derived from eligible business, it is not the ownership of that business which attracts the incentives but the generation of profits (operational profits)

Replacement expenditure is neither current repairs nor revenue

September 2, 2009 2146 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee incurred expenditure on replacement of machinery in a textile mill and claimed the same as revenue expenditure on the ground that it was merely for replacement of spare parts in the spinning mill system and did not give rise to a new asset. In the books, the expenditure was capitalized. The CIT (A), ITAT and High Court decided in favour of the assessee

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