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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 119028 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 8038 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


Section 94-A(1) is Constitutional Valid : Madras High Court

May 14, 2016 2311 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Madras High court in the above cited case held that central govt can notify a country as notified jurisdictional area u/s 94A inspite of the fact that there exist a Double Tax Avoidance Agreement provided the DTAA is not serving the intended purpose for which it was entered into.

Primary Agricultural Credit Society can claim deduction u/s 80P

May 11, 2016 3940 Views 0 comment Print

It is held that deduction u/s 80P is allowable to a primary agricultural credit society. In the instant case , assessee being a registered society classified in bye-laws as primary agricultural credit society is entitled to claim exemption u/s 80P.

Registration u/s 12AA cannot be denied questioning profit motive

May 8, 2016 2974 Views 2 comments Print

HC held that while disposing off an application for registration u/s 12AA , the CIT is required only to verify the geniuses of the trust’s activity so as to ensure that the same matches with the objects stated in the trust deed.

Transactions having contingent impact on profit/ losses are not international transactions

May 1, 2016 1993 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT bench of Mumbai in the above cited case law held that any contingent impact on profit/loss would not take the transaction to fall within the purview of international transaction. In the present case

Income from letting out assessable as business income if such letting out is assessee’s primary business object

April 29, 2016 2524 Views 0 comment Print

When the object of assessee’s business is to develop and let out the properties then even when it is also providing other facilities to tenants still the assessee’s income will be assessable as business income.

Mobilization expenses to move assets to client’s premises allowable as revenue expenditure

April 28, 2016 1705 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT bench of Mumbai in the above cited case held that when the assessee company in its continuing and existing business of chartered hiring of rigs imported new rigs to be moved to and installed at the site of the clients desirous of taking the same on hire for oil drilling, all the mobilization expenses which is in connection with these new rigs till these new rigs mobilization is completed and these rigs are installed at clients site and start commencing drilling of oil for the client is a revenue expenditure and not a capital expenditure.

Understanding GST from scratch

April 27, 2016 31420 Views 8 comments Print

What is GST? Why GST is a need for India? ♠ GST stands for Goods & Service Tax. GST is a destination based consumption tax levied at multiple stage of production & distribution of goods & services in which taxes paid on inputs are allowed as set-off against taxes payable on output. Thus, GST will be a single comprehensive integrated indirect tax on pure value addition at each stage.

Delay in filing return due to sufficient cause should be condoned

April 22, 2016 6028 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Madras High court in the above cited case held that in deciding the application for condonation of delay in filling return of income the approach of the CBDT should be justice oriented so as to advance the cause of justice.

Small tobacco pouches weighing less than 10 grams not subject to RSP based assessment

April 20, 2016 2266 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT held that tobacco manufactured and packed in small pouches of 6-7 grams and again packed in a bigger packet are not subject to valuation based on retail price as the small pouches weighing less than 10 gms are exempt from requirement of fixation of retail sale price under Rule 34 of the Standards of Weight & Measurement Act.

Export of duty free goods procured alongwith export goods not mandatory under N/N. 43/2001-CE

April 17, 2016 1408 Views 0 comment Print

The CESTAT New Delhi in the above cited case held that procurement of duty free goods under notification no 43/2001 is subject to condition of the use of such goods in the manufacture or processing of goods to be exported.

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