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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 103128 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 26961 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


VCES 2013: Even 6 days delay cannot be condoned

February 22, 2016 3256 Views 2 comments Print

HC held that Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme (VCES) was in the nature of an Amnesty Scheme and, therefore, its provisions have to be strictly interpreted. Infact, the scheme was a settlement between the assessee and the department and from the terms of the settlement neither party can be permitted to retract.

International transaction not resulting into income to assessee not subject to TP regulations

February 19, 2016 2044 Views 1 comment Print

The ITAT bench of Mumbai in the above cited case held that investment in share capital of a subsidiary being an international transaction on capital account does not result in income as defined under section 2(24) of the Act, the Transfer Pricing provisions a would not be applicable to such transaction. Further, in the absence of thin capitalization rules, re-characterization of debt capital into equity or vice versa not allowed.

Unilateral claim based on internally generated documents without any independent evidence cannot be allowed as business expenditure

February 11, 2016 1112 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Delhi in the case of DCIT vs. M/s Leroy Somer & Controls held that the internally generated documents by company without confirmation of the same by the other party are not sufficient to make a claim of discount.

Payments made as reimbursement towards shared technology services not subject to TDS u/s 195

January 29, 2016 1886 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Kolkata in the case of M/s AT & S India P. Ltd. held that the reimbursement made to holding co. by its subsidiary towards the share technology services is not taxable in the hands of receiving co. (holding co.) because the reimbursement is not an income for the holding co.

Proceedings under rule declared unconstitutional by HC in invalid

January 27, 2016 827 Views 0 comment Print

The CESTAT Mumbai in the case of Vipul-S Plasticrafts P. Ltd. vs. Commissioner of Central Excise held that when the rule under which duty is sought to be demanded itself has been struck down as unconstitutional by various High Courts, the show-cause notice which are based upon rule 8(3A) cannot survive and are liable to be set aside.

Notice issued or assessment made post receiving direction u/s 124 from CIT to transfer the case is invalid

January 26, 2016 1037 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Delhi in the case of Raj Kumar Mangla vs. ACIT(Inv Circle), Gurgaon held that when a clear order transferring the jurisdiction is passed by a competent authority in law the AO from whose jurisdiction transfer was ordered can no longer assume his jurisdiction over the assessee.

Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) cannot be levied in absence of intention to evade taxes & if treatment made by assessee was revenue neutral

January 26, 2016 2660 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Mumbai in the case of M/s Goldfilled Mercantile Company vs. DCIT held that when the assessee shown lesser capital gain in its return of income under a bonafide belief of a deduction from it but paid due taxes then the assessee cannot be penalized u/s 271(1)(c) as there was no intention

Addition u/s 68 cannot be made solely on the ground of non-production of payer’s bank statement

January 19, 2016 1361 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Delhi in the case of Shri Ashutosh Garg vs. ACIT held that when the assessee had produced his copy of bank accounts showing the advancing of loan to non-resident and its repayment collection along with affidavit filed both by non-resident and assessee

Extended limitation period on issues interpreted differently by different courts

January 18, 2016 1873 Views 0 comment Print

The CESTAT Mumbai in the case of M/s Aarti Industries Ltd. vs. CCEx, Thane held that wrong availment of Cenvat credit cannot be said to a willful attempt of suppression with the intent to evade the payment of duty when the matter has been interpreted in different manner by different tribunals and courts.

Disallowance u/s 14A gets attracted even if a mix of interest bearing & non-bearing funds used to make investments earning exempt income

January 16, 2016 2042 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT bench of Pune in the case of M/s Thermotech Engineering held that where the assessee has earned exempt income and incurred expenditure by way of interest which is not directly attributable to any particular income

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