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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 409188 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 6832 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


Sales commission paid to foreign company is not taxable in India in absence of PE in India

March 16, 2015 1477 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Panaji in the case of ACIT Vs. Karishma Global Mineral Pvt. Ltd. held that the sales commission paid by assessee to Singapore based entity is not taxable in India as the same is business profits which cannot be taxed in the hands of foreign company under India

Payment towards data storage charges to a non-resident is not royalty or fee for technical services

January 30, 2015 12055 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Chennai in the case of Vishwak Solutions Pvt. Ltd. held that the payments made to US based entity towards securing server space in US is not in the nature of fee for technical services or royalty within the meaning of Article 12 of India – US DTAA.

TDS non-deduction notification has an automatic effect and deductor is not under an obligation to specifically apply for claiming it

December 31, 2014 2085 Views 0 comment Print

Himachal Pradesh High Court in the case of CIT vs. State Bank of Patiala held that the exemption notification issued by Central Govt. allowing non-deduction of TDS in case of certain deductees has an automatic effect as soon as the same is issued and there is no such requirement in the act to obliging deductor to specifically apply for availing the benefit under that notification.

Business information instrumental in carrying on newly acquired business and expense on such info eligible for depreciation

December 31, 2014 1403 Views 0 comment Print

Himachal Pradesh High Court in the case of RFCL Limited vs. CIT held that the important business information acquired by assessee in the course of business purchase are intangible assets as the same are in the nature of business or commercial rights of similar nature on which the assessee is eligible to claim depreciation.

Non-disclosure of precise material relied on transferring the case from one jurisdiction to other is against principles of natural justice

December 18, 2014 402 Views 0 comment Print

Himachal Pradesh High Court in the case of Anand Chauhan & others held that not providing assessee with the precise reason for transfer of his case from one jurisdiction to other amounts to violating the principles of natural justice as non-disclosure take away his right of putting forward his objections effectively.

Sec 80IB- Workers need to be employed for substantial period of time to satisfy minimum workers criteria

November 18, 2014 538 Views 0 comment Print

Himachal Pradesh High Court in the case of CIT vs. M/s Indus Cosmeceuticals held that the condition of employing atleast 10 workers as required to be complied with for claiming deduction u/s 80IB cannot be deemed to have complied by employing workers for a small part of year.

Merely having same partners or employees doesn’t mean that a new entity is formed by splitting of existing business

October 28, 2014 831 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Himachal Pradesh High Court in the case of CIT vs. M/s Yash International Inc. held that the fact that the new firm has almost the same partners and some workers of existing firm shifted to new firm’s unit cannot make the new entity arising as result of splitting up of the existing one.

Sec 2(29BA) Process of drawing wire of thinner gauge from thicker gauge would amount to manufacture

September 10, 2014 2644 Views 0 comment Print

Himachal Pradesh High Court in the case of CIT vs. Pawan Agarwal and others that the activity of drawing wires of thinner gauges from wires and rods of thicker gauges amount to manufacture as the paper insulated wires

Rejection of books of accounts merely for inconsistent GP ratio is bad in law: HC

July 25, 2014 1023 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Himachal Pradesh High Court in the case of CIT vs. Swastik Foods held that the rejection of basis by merely expressing a doubt about the correctness of profit declared taking inconsistent GP ratio as basis cannot be a said to be rejection of books for incompleteness or incorrectness.

Execution of outsourced transportation work by third parties without assistance of outsourcer is sub-contract liable to TDS

June 25, 2014 1511 Views 0 comment Print

Himachal Pradesh High Court in the case of M/s Palam Gas Service Vs. CIT held that execution of outsourced transportation work without any assistance from the outsourcer is a clear case of sub-contracting making the person outsourcing his contract liable to deduct tax on the payments made to sub-contractors u/s 194C.

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