Disallowance under Section 14A of Income TAx Act, 1961
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AO held that it had entered into derivative transaction by swapping the loan, that the liability was paid in the subsequent year, that the notional loss of Rs.4.74 crores could not be allowed.
Section 14A applies also to strategic investments in subsidiaries.Section 40A(2) is not applicable to co-operative societies. No disallowance under section 40A(2) should be made if the tax effect is neutral i.e. the recipient is paying tax at the same rate as the payer
Assessing Officer had treated the claim of long term capital gain as business income. The assessee did not object to that. In such situation there could be no application of Section 14A for disallowance of expenditure incurred to earn exempt income.
AO failed to appreciate that company is an independent entity and distinct person. The action of the company will not have any bearing on the shareholders. AO has no jurisdiction to charge anything in the case of assessee over the dealings of any other person.
ITAT Held that Section 14A of Income Tax Act,1961 cannot be invoked, where no regular activities were undertaken by the Assessee in respect of the investments to earn exempt income and no change in the investments during the year?
CIT Vs M/s Max India Limited (Punjab and Haryana HC) Where assessee’s borrowings of interest bearing funds got increased during the year, it could not be presumed that such borrowed funds were utilized for the purpose of investing in assets yielding exempt income and disallowance under section 14A made on the basis of such unfounded […]
Finance Act 2016 amended the existing Rule 8D of the Income Tax Rules. Before coming to the intricacies of the amended Rule, which have been put in effect from 2nd June, 2016, it would be important to cover a few basics of the section per se and the erstwhile methodology.
It has categorically been explained by the assessee that it is not practically possible to give detailed party wise breakup of fees receipts since the assessee received his fees either directly from the clients or from the instructing advocates or CAs, if they have collected the amounts from the clients.
2) The expenditure in relation to income which does not form part of the total income shall be the aggregate of following amounts, namely:- (i) the amount of expenditure directly relating to income which does not form part of total income; and (ii) an amount equal to one per cent of the annual average of the monthly averages of the opening and closing balances of the value of investment, income from which does not or shall not form part of total income:
The learned Counsel for the appellant relied upon various decisions of the High Court and of the Apex Court, but in none of the decisions, the question arisen before the respective Court as to whether the finding of fact recorded by the Tribunal can be disturbed or upset at the stage of appeal before this Court, which is limited to the question of law. All decisions proceed on the basis that the nexus is established, which as per the finding of fact recorded by the Tribunal is not established in the present case. Hence, the said decisions are of no help to the appellant.
