Income Tax : ‘Income’ & ‘Expenditure’ Pertaining to Pre-Commencement Business Period: Whether Capital or Revenue? – An Insight fo...
Income Tax : The government would introduce a scheme to provide a subsidy for advancing the development of industries mainly in backwards areas...
Fema / RBI : In CBS environment , most of the times , Management response is usually as All charges calculation and charging is done by system ...
Income Tax : When a lease is transferred it involves payment of some transfer charges to the lessor for the transfer of lease as well as paymen...
Income Tax : The alarming rate of ever increasing pollution is a matter of concern for each of us especially those living in the territory of D...
Finance : “There is no specific provision in Indian tax laws governing the deductibility of the payments made for acquiring spectrum,” a...
Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad ruled on Unimed Technologies' software license and renewal expenses, classifying them as revenue. The tribunal also...
Income Tax : The ITAT Ahmedabad has remitted the case of Gujarat State Road Development Corporation Ltd. for a fresh assessment due to insuffic...
Income Tax : ITAT held that entries in the books of accounts do not dictate tax treatment. As long as expenses were allowable under relevant se...
Income Tax : The issue under consideration is whether the expenditure incurred by the assessee on the lease premises towards civil furniture, ...
Income Tax : ACIT Vs Bajaj Holdings & Investment Ltd (ITAT Mumbai) The issue under consideration is whether the replacement of jigs and fix...
Whether payments made by the assessee to its holding company Nitrex Chemicals India Ltd for the use of its trademark and for the purpose of obtaining expertise in commerce, finance,manufacturing etc. amounted to revenue expenditure instead of capital expenditure?
When a lease is transferred it involves payment of some transfer charges to the lessor for the transfer of lease as well as payment of stamp duty on registration of lease in the name of the new lessee. The question here arises is that whether transfer charges and stamp duty paid for transfer of lease would be allowable as revenue deduction under the provisions of the Act.
The alarming rate of ever increasing pollution is a matter of concern for each of us especially those living in the territory of Delhi NCR. Recently, the Hon’ble Supreme Court termed that living in Delhi is like living in a gas chamber. In past, several measures have been taken to curb the pollution and make life of dilliwallahs comfortable.
Allowability of provision made by banks for Investment Depreciation Reserve due to MTM for AFS & HFT and amortization of premium on HTM. Many banks are disallowed for the certain deductions which are to be made as per RBI statutory regulations to run business smoothly. There are differences of opinion regarding allowability of these items. […]
Change in method of accounting was bona fide and with the compliance of the Accounting Standard – AS 9 – Revenue Recognition issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and provisions of S.5 of the Act.
Recently, the Delhi High Court (High Court) in the case of CIT v. Whirlpool of India Ltd. (ITA No. 1154 of 2009) (Judgement date: 24 January 2011 Assessment Year 1996-97) held that additional provision for warranty made was not contingent liability
What is the Budget? Why is it so important? Why does it affect all of us? And, above all, how does one interpret the budgetary lingo flying around? Union Budget is the annual report of India as a country. It contains the government of India’s revenue and expenditure for the end of a particular fiscal year, which runs from April 1 to March 31.
We have heard the rival submission and perused the relevant material on record in the light of precedents relied upon. The factual position has been elaborately noted in the foregoing paragraphs. To sum-up the facts, it is noted that Shri Kulwant Singh Kohli was the original owner of the three shops which
The Taxpayer incurred interest expenditure on the funds borrowed for investing in shares of a company, with a view to acquire controlling interest. The ITAT held that the interest expenditure incurred is not allowable under Section 57(iii)(Section) of the Indian Tax Law (ITL), since it is not incurred ‘wholly and exclusively’ for the purpose of earning dividend income.
This article summarizes a recent ruling of the Delhi Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) in the case of M/s ONGC Videsh Ltd. (Taxpayer) [2009-TIOL-758-ITAT-DEL] on the issue of allowability of depreciation on participatory right to carry out the hydrocarbon operations, acquired by the Taxpayer, pursuant to a Production Sharing Arrangement (PSA). The ITAT held that the participatory right acquired by the Taxpayer was in the nature of asset, in the form of ‘license’ i.e. license to have an access and to carry out exploration, development and production of hydrocarbon operations. Considering this, it was held that the participatory right is eligible for depreciation under the provisions of the Indian Tax Law (ITL).
