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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 409191 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 103137 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 15738 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 5757 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 26964 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 2274 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 3586 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 6835 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 2614 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 3988 Views 0 comment Print


AO cannot make adjustment to book profits certified by auditors to be computed as per prescribed accounting norms

September 1, 2015 3575 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT vs. M/s Garware Polyester Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai) The Assessing Officer does not have the power to tinker with such accounts prepared as per Schedule VI and certified by the Auditors except for the adjustments permissible by Explanation to Sec 115JB to arrive at book profits

In absence of mutuality of interest two persons cannot be treated as related

September 1, 2015 1763 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of M/s Goodyear South Asia Tyres held that in order to brand two persons as relatives on the basis of mutuality of interest it is necessary to show that such interest is from both sides in the business of one another.

Loss due to short landing of goods allowable as business expenditure

September 1, 2015 1288 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Bangalore in the case of M/ s Sigma Aldrich Chemicals P. Ltd. held that when short landing of goods is common having regard to the nature of goods and such loss is negligible , then it has to be allowed deduction as business expenditure.

Endorsement on bill of entry amount to raising demand under customs law and not mere a provisional assessment

August 29, 2015 2124 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of M/s Swastika Enterprise held that the endorsement on the bill of entry to pay additional customs duty is a demand and not mere a provisional assessment. Thus, the duty payable due to such endorsement can be settled as settlement of demand under indirect taxes demand settlement scheme.

Proceedings under Central Excise Act get abated on the death of assessee

August 29, 2015 10091 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Shabina Abraham & others held that the estate of a dead person cannot be attached for recovery of excise duty payable because there is no enabling provision in the Act to do so.

Exemption Notification cannot discriminate between persons paying duty under different methods permissible under law

August 29, 2015 978 Views 0 comment Print

Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of M/s N.S. Rathnam& Sons held that when two methods are permissible under the statutory scheme itself to discharge duty liability then merely because with the adoption of one particular method the duty that becomes payable is lesser

Assessment completed by AO relying on estimations cannot be remanded back by CIT to reverify some aspects of estimation relied on

August 28, 2015 1191 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Hyderabad in the case of Sri Surakshitha Homes vs. ITO held that where the AO has assessed income on estimation basis then CIT cannot order to revise the assessment by picking and choosing some aspects of estimation to be re-verified.

Service of Assessment order by hand delivery to kitchen boy of assessee company is bad service – SC

August 26, 2015 1207 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Saral Wire Craft P. Ltd. held that where the law provided a manner of doing certain thing then the same to be done in that manner only. The execution deviating the prescribed manner is of no cure.

Services of non-resident agent facilitating fulfillment of export obligations are not in nature of technical services

August 26, 2015 453 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Madras High Court in the case of CIT vs. M/s Orient Express held that services of non-resident agent facilitating the completion of export obligations cannot be termed as technical services provided in India because such services are not provided for the purposes of running of the business of the assessee in India.

Agents not working exclusively for assessee and having no power to conclude contracts are not dependent agents

August 26, 2015 600 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Bombay High Court in the case of B4U International Holdings held that the agents of the foreign company if not exclusively working for assessee and they are not decision makers with no power of concluding contracts and as such their activities being incidental in nature.

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