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Reversal of ITC attributable exempt supplies under Rule 42/43 of CGST Rules, 2017

Goods and Services Tax : Sec 17(2) of the CGST Act, 2017 provides that where the goods or services are used partly for effecting taxable supplies (includin...

April 30, 2020 432648 Views 12 comments Print

ITC eligibility on works contract and construction activities

Goods and Services Tax : It is important to determine whether property is movable or immovable as it is first and foremost thing which include or exclude t...

December 15, 2018 119034 Views 11 comments Print

Use of SUMIF function in excel

Goods and Services Tax : Writing an article to appraise readers, how they can use SUMIF in analyzing the financial data. Use of SUMIF in excel: ♠ SUMIF i...

September 16, 2018 19335 Views 0 comment Print

Amendments made in GST laws- a conversation between CFO & Indirect Tax Manager

Goods and Services Tax : Let’s understand the amendments made in the CGST and IGST Act by way of CGST & IGST Amendment Act 2018 assented to by the Pr...

September 2, 2018 6111 Views 1 comment Print

Understanding Determination of place of supply and connected issues in GST

Goods and Services Tax : Hello friends, Greetings of the day! In this article, the provisions of the place of supply has been discussed with examples. ♠ ...

August 25, 2018 28554 Views 4 comments Print


Latest Judiciary


Mark to Market Losses cannot be disallowed unless incurred in respect of speculative contracts

Income Tax : HC held that mark to market loss in respect of forward contracts claimed as loss from business income cannot be disallowed as the ...

January 28, 2017 2511 Views 0 comment Print

Non-supply of reasons to reopen assessment makes such notice bad in law

Income Tax : Bombay HC held that supplying of reasons for reopening assessment is a jurisdictional requirement and non-supplying of same when a...

January 23, 2017 3856 Views 1 comment Print

Subvention amount received from parent company is not a revenue receipt

Income Tax : SC held that amount received as subvention/grant from parent company by a loss making subsidiary cannot be considered as revenue r...

January 3, 2017 8047 Views 1 comment Print

Reference made to TPO without passing a speaking order is invalid

Income Tax : HC held that a reference to TPO can be made only after passing a speaking odder disposing off objections raised by assessee. In th...

January 1, 2017 3013 Views 0 comment Print

Unintentional errors in filling appeal should be overlooked and be disposed -off on merits

Income Tax : Bombay HC held that an unintentional error on the part of assessee while filling an appeal, more so when the department also acte...

December 28, 2016 4396 Views 0 comment Print


Disclosure of different due date in filed return from that claimed in reassessment proceedings amount to non-disclosure of full facts

November 8, 2015 1369 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Delhi in the case of ITO vs. Shree Rajeev Goenka that assessee cannot be said to make full and correct disclosure of all the facts if the return of income due date which he mentioned in return filed is different from the due date he claimed during reassessment proceedings.

Higher warranty provision cannot be disallowed without examining basis/working of claim

November 8, 2015 1758 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Bangalore in the case of Hewlett Packard India Sales P. Ltd held that creation of warranty Provision which is much higher than previous years provision cannot be disallowed without examining the scientific basis used by the assessee in working out the same.

Welfare of a particular community can also be a charitable purpose for registration u/s 12AA

November 5, 2015 2316 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Ahmedabad in the case of Ranpariya Solanki Sukhadiya Parivar Trust vs. CIT(Exemption) held that the application made u/s 12AA cannot be rejected even a trust’s object is to function in the interest of a particular community

Adjudicating Authority can reject transaction value if assessee fails to prove that relationship had not influenced price

October 16, 2015 1165 Views 0 comment Print

The CESTAT Chennai in the case of Ansaldo STS Transportation Systems India Pvt. Ltd vs. Commissioner of Customs, Chennai held that if the importer had entered into transaction with related persons and failed to prove that the price had not been influenced by the relationship

Service tax not applicable on distributors of lottery tickets issued by state govt & charge created by Finance Act, 2015 is unconstitutional

October 14, 2015 2608 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Sikkim High Court in the case of Future Gaming & Hotel Services Private Limited and others held that activities of distributors & agents selling lottery tickets cannot be considered as activities for facilitating promotion of lottery tickets issued by state government

Losses cannot be set-off against Bogus /unexplained cash credit Income

October 10, 2015 5097 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala High Court in the case of M/s Kerala Sponge Iron Ltd. vs. CIT held that once the income has been assessed u/s 68 as unexplained cash credit it cannot be treated as business income because it is not an income classifiable under any heads of income as per Sec 14.

Interest paid on money advanced by PSU from funds sanctioned by govt. not exempt from TDS u/s 196(i)

October 9, 2015 2551 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Punjab & Haryana High Court in the case of M/s Council for Citrus and Agri Juicing in Punjab Vs. CIT(TDS) held that the money lent by the public sector undertaking from the corpus fund created out of govt. sanctioned funds could not be deemed as loans advanced by the govt.

Delayed refund of SAD would entitle assessee to claim interest u/s 27A of Customs Act,1962

October 7, 2015 3352 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Delhi High Court in the case of Riso India Private Limited held that the Special Additional Duty of Customs is also a duty leviable under Customs Act,1962 and all the procedures regarding demand, refund , drawback as applicable to all other custom duties would also be applicable to SAD.

Change in original statement cannot be relied unless supported by evidences

October 6, 2015 1216 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Kerala High Court in the case of Parayil Balan Nair vs. CIT held that the change in statement made by a party on whose original statement the notice was issued to assessee cannot be relied without proper reasoning produced in support of such change.

Passing assessment order without examining non-allowable expenses makes assessment order erroneous

October 6, 2015 1370 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala High Court in the case of M/s Asianet Satellite Communications Ltd. held that passing assessment order without examining expenses by Assessing Officer which ought not to allowed is a clear case of an assessment order erroneous in so far as prejudicial to the interests of revenue.

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