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Income Tax Provisions applicable to business entities

Income Tax : PGBP governs the computation of business and professional income. It defines chargeable income (Sec. 28, 41) including statutory a...

October 17, 2025 2856 Views 0 comment Print

GST on Commission: A Guide for Agents and Brokers

Goods and Services Tax : Learn about the scope of GST on commission income. Understand the invoice test, registration thresholds, and key rulings that clar...

September 8, 2025 5697 Views 1 comment Print

Consequences of Non-Compliance to TDS (Section 201)

Income Tax : Understand the penalties, interest, and disallowance of expenditure under Section 201 for failure to comply with TDS provisions in...

July 5, 2025 8028 Views 0 comment Print

Taxability of director remuneration: Salary or Business income

Income Tax : Understand whether director remuneration is taxed as salary or business income. Learn about tax implications, employer-employee re...

March 3, 2025 28434 Views 1 comment Print

Healthy Discussion on Sections 68 & 44AD by CA Micky and CA Mini

Income Tax : Explore the discussion between CA Micky and CA Mini on Sections 68 & 44AD of the Income Tax Act. Learn about unexplained cash cred...

August 1, 2024 2973 Views 0 comment Print


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Consistency Over Technicalities – ITAT Allows Actuarial Pension Provision & Rejects Mechanical Disallowances

Income Tax : Consistency over technicalities: ITAT Mumbai allowed actuarial pension provision as an ascertained liability, rejected mechanical ...

April 24, 2026 195 Views 0 comment Print

Extended Limitation u/s 73(1) proviso of Finance Act was not invokable without wilful suppression

Service Tax : Extended period of limitation could not be invoked in the absence of fraud, suppression or wilful misstatement with intent to evad...

April 23, 2026 147 Views 0 comment Print

Custodian Not Liable Under Customs Law for Absence of Seal Tampering Evidence

Custom Duty : The case addressed whether a custodian could be held liable for duty when container contents differed from declared goods. The Tri...

April 18, 2026 171 Views 0 comment Print

80P Deduction Allowed on Bank Interest – Bang ITAT Follows Karnataka HC, Distinguishes Totgars

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held that interest on bank deposits from operational funds of a co-operative credit society is eligible for deducti...

April 18, 2026 279 Views 0 comment Print

Section 271(1)(c) Penalty Upheld Due to Non-Bona Fide Claims & Failure to Disclose Income

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that omission of taxable foreign exchange gain in the return attracts penalty. It noted that disclosure during a...

April 10, 2026 153 Views 0 comment Print


Speculative Transactions A Brief Note

January 4, 2020 53577 Views 0 comment Print

Speculative transaction means a transaction in which a contract for the purchase or sales of any commodity including stocks and shares, is periodically or ultimately settled otherwise than by the actual delivery or transfer of the commodity or scrips [section 43(5)]. Here important term is periodically or ultimately settled otherwise than by the actual delivery

Conversion of Stock in trade to Capital Asset

December 26, 2019 155073 Views 4 comments Print

As per the section 45(2) of Income Tax Act, conversion of the capital asset by the owner of a capital asset into stock-in-trade of a business carried on by him shall be chargeable to income-tax as his income of the previous year in which such stock-in-trade is sold or otherwise transferred by him.

Business Loss U/S 28 Vs. Specific Deductions under Business Head

November 30, 2019 8457 Views 0 comment Print

Many times we fall into a confusion regarding the difference between business losses and business expenditure. A business loss can come from the normal operation of the business or an irregular activity arising out of the business whereas expenditure is something which is deliberately incurred for the moving of the business. Let us figure out […]

ITAT allows set-off of Derivative losses against Business Income

September 11, 2019 3429 Views 0 comment Print

Magic Share Traders Ltd Vs ITO (ITAT Ahmedabad) The issue under consideration is whether a company dealing in ‘derivatives’ could be considered as engaged in speculative business as per Section 73 or not? In the present case, the assessee seeks set off of losses arising from derivative losses as non-speculative business losses. The Revenue had […]

Tax cannot be levied on Loan Waived under one time settlement

May 16, 2019 21444 Views 0 comment Print

Sh. Jai Pal Gaba Vs ITO (ITAT Chandigarh) The very language of the section 28(iv) speaks about the value of any benefit or perquisite arising from business or exercise of a profession. Now considering the facts and circumstances of the case, though, the loan was taken for the purpose of business but the same was […]

Waiver of loan is taxable u/s 28(iv) : Madras HC

May 31, 2016 15430 Views 1 comment Print

Under one time settlement the bank waived loan amount (used by the assessee for acquiring capital assets) which includes both principal amount of loan and interest on loan. Held that Waiver of loan is taxable under section (‘u/s’) 28(iv) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (‘the Act’).

Income accrued must be considered from a realistic & practical angle – SC

October 17, 2013 7765 Views 0 comment Print

Applying the three tests laid down by various decisions of this Court, namely, whether the income accrued to the assessee is real or hypothetical; whether there is a corresponding liability of the other party to pass on the benefits of duty free import to the assessee even without any imports having been made

Assessee is entitled to depreciation on Wind Electric Generators from the date on which it was installed and commissioned

October 14, 2011 1102 Views 0 comment Print

Hindustan Platinum Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai)- Statement given u/s 131 cannot be the only basis for disallowing the claim of depreciation when it is shown with documentary evidence that the admission made in the statement recorded was under a mistake or misapprehension. Assessee is not entitled to claim loss u/s 28 on account bad debt of the advance given as inter corporate deposit without establishing the fact that it was a trade advance

NBFCs not entitled to deduction of any provision created for bad and doubtful debts

January 10, 2010 2053 Views 0 comment Print

Unfortunately, for the appellant NBFCs. are not covered by Section 36(l)(viia) of the I.T Act and so much so, explanation to section 36(l)(vii) squarely applies or in other words, the appellant-N. B.F.Cs. are not entitled to deduction of any Provision created for bad and doubtful debts, no matter such provision

Interest income from Fixed deposits not eligible for deduction u/s 10A/10B

December 21, 2009 2834 Views 0 comment Print

The learned counsel for the assessee has vehemently argued that in this case interest from deposit was offered as business income and was also assessed as business income and therefore, automatically once it is assessed as business income then the same becomes eligible for deduction u/s.10B.

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