Income Tax : Courts have held that reopening an assessment on identical facts under a different deeming provision is invalid. The key takeaway ...
Income Tax : Learn about deemed dividends under Section 2(22) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, its implications, and key judicial precedents relate...
Income Tax : Gain insights on Deemed Dividends under the Income Tax Act: Understand taxability, TDS applicability, and key exemptions for optim...
CA, CS, CMA : Explore intricacies of deemed dividends in India. Understand definitions, applicable transactions, and tax implications. Uncover i...
Income Tax : The dividend income received by non-resident individuals, including Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) and Non-Resident Indian cit...
Income Tax : The issue was addition of deemed dividend under search assessment. The tribunal held that without incriminating material, addition...
Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that CIT(A) cannot enhance income by introducing a new issue not examined by the Assessing Officer. The ruling cl...
Income Tax : The issue was whether incorrect tax treatment amounts to concealment. The Tribunal held that mere wrong classification in books do...
Income Tax : The ITAT reaffirmed that Section 2(22)(e) cannot extend the definition of shareholder to a concern receiving the loan. The deemed ...
Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that Section 2(22)(e) cannot apply where the assessee held less than 10% shareholding in the lending company. As s...
Income Tax : Section 2(22) clause (e) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (the Act) provides that dividend includes any payment by a company, not being...
M/s Mirik Commercial Pvt. Ltd. Vs Pr. CIT (ITAT Kolkata) The purpose of Section 2(22)(e) of the Act is to tax the benefit extended by private limited company to its shareholders holding shares not less than 10% as beneficial owner of shares (not being shares entitled to a fixed rate of dividend income). There is […]
A division bench of the ITAT Kolkata comprising N.V.Vasudevan, Judicial Member and Waseem Ahmed, Accountant Member were ruled that the provisions of deemed dividend under section 2(22)(e) of the Income Tax Act would not applicable to Current Account Transactions.
Author explains the intricacies and nuances of Section 2(22)(e) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and the unsettled position on the controversy regarding the applicability of the provisions of deemed dividend.
While hearing the case of Commissioner of Income Tax vs M/s Prasidh Leasing Limited, the Delhi High Court ruled that Provisions of Deemed Dividend applicable when Assessee diverted Advance amount received for procuring import licenses for purchase of shares under Section 2(22)(e) of the Income Tax Act 1961.
Mr. Tushar Kothari Vs. DCIT (ITAT Delhi) The intention behind enacting provisions of Section 2(22)(e) is that closely held companies (i.e. companies in which public are not substantially interested), which are controlled by a group of members, even though the company has accumulated profits would not distribute such profit as dividend because if so distributed […]
CIT Vs. M/s Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd. (Kerala High Court) Amounts under the disputed heads were being received by the Assessee from its Subsidiary Company only as part of regular business transactions, which was being accounted properly. The change in circumstance, as to the distribution of dailies/publications in the Gulf, causing the same to be […]
Computation of book profit is as per section 40(b) and remuneration to partner is based on current year’s “Book Profits”, while set-off of brought forward losses is to be granted in terms of section 72. Therefore, while arriving at business income, deduction of section 40(b) is to be given first and then if at all there remains positive income, brought forward losses are to be set off.
The issue in hand pertains to addition made on account of deemed dividend as per provisions of section 2(22)(e) of the Act. Being a deeming provision, bringing to tax sums which are not actually in the nature of income but are only deemed to be so, it is to be strictly interpreted. Section 2(22)(e) of […]
National Travel Service Vs. CIT (Supreme Court of India) The question that arises in these appeals is as to whether Section 2(22)(e) of the Act gets attracted inasmuch as a loan has been made to a shareholder, who after the amendment, is a person who is the beneficial owner of shares holding not less than […]
झrovision of S. 2(22)(e) along with its Explanations – 2 as stood at the relevant point of time, shall only mean that the expression accumulated profits shall only include all the profits of the company up to the date of distribution which are normal revenue profits
