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Akhilesh Kumar Sah

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Avoid Heavy Penalty: Ensure Timely Filing of Tax Return

Income Tax : Where a person required to furnish a return of income under Section 139, fails to do so within the time prescribed in sub-section ...

August 29, 2020 15744 Views 4 comments Print

Difference between terms Business & Profession for income tax purposes

Income Tax : The Section 2(13) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, contains an inclusive definition of the term business. There are differences betwe...

June 30, 2020 110975 Views 13 comments Print

Whether writing of bad debts in accounts sufficient to claim deduction U/s. 36(1)(Vii)?

Income Tax : The Delhi High Court, has held in CIT vs. Samara India(P) Ltd. (2013) 216 Taxman 93 , following the decision of Supreme Court in T...

June 28, 2020 59615 Views 1 comment Print

Question of Deductibility of an Expenditure U/s. 57(iii) of Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : The provisions of the Income-tax Act relating to allowances disclose that the expenditure or outgoing sought to be deducted should...

June 10, 2020 132410 Views 7 comments Print

Distinction between Capital & Revenue Receipt

Income Tax : In CIT vs. Bharti Hexacom Ltd. [2014] 221 TAXMAN 323, the Delhi High Court has observed (at page 341), that if the money paid rela...

June 10, 2020 61311 Views 3 comments Print


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A New Light on Reassessment Under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : In our view this is not a fair or proper procedure. If not in the first notice, at least at the time of furnishing the reasons the...

April 16, 2020 2130 Views 0 comment Print

L&T Case: Classic example of change of opinion

Income Tax : The assessee had challenged reopening of assessment on two grounds. The CIT(A) had accepted the arguments of the assessee, in ligh...

September 9, 2019 4539 Views 0 comment Print

Allowance of depreciation on the basis of consistency: BSE Ltd. case

Income Tax : We noted that in the very first year i.e. AY 2011-12, the depreciation has already allowed the claim of depreciation. We noted tha...

September 3, 2019 876 Views 0 comment Print

Liability for provisions can be measured only by using a substantial degree of estimation

Income Tax : The estimate of warranty made by the assessee on the basis of past history cannot be treated as a provision for any ascertained li...

July 1, 2019 3285 Views 0 comment Print

Initiation of penalty not valid if AO fails to record satisfaction for the same

Income Tax : Where no satisfaction had been recorded by the AO for initiation of penalty in the assessment order the same cannot invite the ass...

June 13, 2019 5241 Views 0 comment Print


Expenditure on improvements on leasehold premises is capital expenditure

May 27, 2019 28854 Views 0 comment Print

In other words, the amount so incurred would be capitalized entitling the assessee to depreciation as per the eligible rate. The learned Members of the ITAT held that the facts of the instant case precisely fall within the ambit of Explanation 1 to section 32 and upheld the impugned order treating such amount as capital expenditure, eligible for depreciation.

ITAT condones delay in filing appeal as sufficient cause for delay was exist

May 17, 2019 10566 Views 0 comment Print

The main plea of assessee was that because of multiplity of proceedings going on before different authorities filing of captioned appeal was delayed. The AR for the assessee had filed before ITAT an events chart of various assessment proceedings / appellate proceedings between the period 28.12.2007 to 21.05.2015, on which date the appeal was filed before the Tribunal.

Litmus Test For Issue of A Valid Notice Under Section 148

May 13, 2019 2079 Views 0 comment Print

Advocate Akhilesh Kumar Sah PCIT Vs Nokia India Pvt. Ltd (Supreme Court of India) In PCIT vs. Nokia India Pvt. Ltd. [Civil Appeal No. 3450 Of 2019 (Arising out of S.L.P.(C) No.32222 of 2017), decided on 08.04.2019], appeal was filed against the final judgment and   order   dated   21.04.2017 passed   by   […]

Review of Tribunal order on a possible hidden transaction not permissible

April 24, 2019 879 Views 0 comment Print

Power of review is not an inherent power but must be conferred by law either specifically or by necessary implication. Courts have consistently held that review proceedings imply those proceedings where a party, as of right, can apply for reconsideration of the matter already decided upon after a fresh hearing on the merits of the controversy between the parties and that such a remedy is available only if provided by the statute.

If two Views are Possible, Revision U/s. 263 is not permissible

April 22, 2019 1566 Views 0 comment Print

As the issue of allowability of deduction u/s 37(1) of foreign tax credit on which tax credit is not available u/s 90 has been admitted by the Hon’ble Bombay High Court in the case of Tata Sons (supra), the same being a debatable issue, no revisionary proceedings u/s 263 is tenable.

No Penalty U/s. 271(1)(c ) for human error with no willful concealment

April 19, 2019 2895 Views 0 comment Print

Jefferris India Pvt. Ltd. Vs. ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) When there was no willful concealment and mistake involved human error, penalty under section 271(1)(c ) deleted

Provision for warranty made on scientific basis is allowable

April 7, 2019 2838 Views 0 comment Print

Grundfos Pumpas India case: Where the provision was made on a scientific basis and not on an adhoc estimate, deduction in respect of provision for warranty was allowed

Completed Assessment cannot be opened if Incriminating Material not found during search

March 25, 2019 798 Views 0 comment Print

Where Any Incriminating Material Was Not Found During The Course Of Search, The Completed Assessments Could Not Be Opened: Varun Beverages Appeal

Expenditure on payment of software – Revenue or Capital?

March 8, 2019 12951 Views 0 comment Print

Lovelock & Lewes  case: Expenditure incurred by the assessee on payment of software licence fees for applications software for the right to use the software for limited/particular period of time held to be revenue expenditure

Future Development Expenses provision for unascertained liability by Builder Allowable

March 6, 2019 3690 Views 0 comment Print

He held that the amount in question thus represented provision for meeting unascertained liabilities which was not allowable as deduction in the case of the assessee. He accordingly made a disallowance of Rs. 2,25,01,129/- on account of future development expenses and made addition to that extent to the total income of the assessee in the assessment completed under section 143(3) vide an order dated 31.03.2016.

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