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Section 16(4): Will Delayed filing of return cost availability of ITC to Defaulters?

Goods and Services Tax : Explore the critical implications of Section 16(4) of the CGST Act, 2017 on taxpayers' Input Tax Credit (ITC) eligibility and the ...

March 2, 2024 8964 Views 0 comment Print

Strategic Insights into Section 41: with easy to understand examples

Income Tax : Explore the intricacies of Income Tax Section 41, covering allowances, deductions, and financial transactions. Real-world examples...

December 16, 2023 6885 Views 0 comment Print

Tax on Remission of Trading Liability for Assessee under Presumptive Taxation

Income Tax : Whether Remission Of Trading Liability Separately Taxable Where Income From Business Has Been Declared On Presumptive Basis U/S 44...

January 7, 2023 6993 Views 0 comment Print

Liability to deduct section 194R TDS on Benefit or Perquisite in Business or Profession

Income Tax : Any person being Individual/HUF/Company/Firm/LLP etc. providing any benefit or perquisite whether convertible into money or not, i...

July 19, 2022 18945 Views 0 comment Print

Impact of Waiver of Loan or Liability on Depreciation Claim

Income Tax : ISSUE FOR CONSIDERATION When a loan taken for acquiring a depreciable capital asset or a part of the purchase price of such capita...

April 13, 2022 4248 Views 0 comment Print


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Bad Debts Written Off Cannot Be Disallowed as Prior Period Expenses: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : Tribunal held that deduction for bad debts is allowable in the year in which the debts are actually written off in the books of ac...

May 22, 2026 231 Views 0 comment Print

No Section 41(1) Addition Permissible Without Proof of Cessation of Liability

Income Tax : The ITAT Raipur held that additions for cessation of liability cannot be made merely because creditor confirmations were not filed...

May 15, 2026 195 Views 0 comment Print

Self-Generated Trademark Before 2002 Not Taxable as Capital Gain Reason Cost of Acquisition Cannot Be Computed

Income Tax : High Court held that consideration received on transfer of self-generated trademarks before 1 April 2002 was not taxable as capita...

May 4, 2026 201 Views 0 comment Print

No Addition for Cessation of Liability if no Evidence of Remission: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that addition under Section 41(1) cannot be made without proof of actual cessation of liability. It found that m...

April 18, 2026 342 Views 0 comment Print

No Liability Cessation Without Remission: ITAT Deletes Section 41(1) Addition  

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that mere non-payment or expiry of limitation does not amount to cessation of liability. In absence of actual be...

April 10, 2026 501 Views 0 comment Print


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Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment (First Amendment) Regulations, 2024

Custom Duty : Stay updated with the latest amendment to the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018 by the Central Board of Indire...

March 28, 2024 1125 Views 0 comment Print


Section 41(1) not applicable to Advance for bookings not claimed as allowance or deduction

March 25, 2021 4026 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Sunderdeep Construction Pvt. Ltd (ITAT Indore) On perusal of the finding of Ld. CIT(A) as well as the facts narrated before us along with the documentary evidences it is predominantly clear that the alleged amount of bogus creditors are not in the form of sundry creditors. These amounts are advances against booking of […]

Non refundable amount received in the course of Business can be treated as Income

March 25, 2021 5583 Views 0 comment Print

Hothur Traders Vs ACIT (ITAT Bangalore) In the present case, the assessee had received the amount in the course of its business, which are originally treated as an advance. These deposits neither claimed nor returned to the party concerned. There is no dispute that this impugned amount was received in the course of carrying on […]

Section 41(1) No Addition without evidence of cessation of trading liability

November 21, 2020 5841 Views 0 comment Print

Nama Properties Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Hyderabad) In the decisions relied upon by the learned Counsel for the assessee it was held that the genuineness of the trade payables or creditors has to be examined in the year in which they originate and that unless the liability becomes unenforceable or is written off by the […]

Section 41(1) Not Applicable to Loan Waiver related to Capital Asset Purchase

August 15, 2020 3231 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether Section 41(1) is applicable in case of waiver of liability incurred in respect of purchase of capital asset?

Section 41(1) addition cannot be made merely for non-confirmation by creditors

July 24, 2020 4056 Views 0 comment Print

Non-appearance or non-response of creditors could not be sole ground to draw an adverse inference against assessee, when assessee had filed necessary evidence to prove that liability was genuine in nature, which was subsequently paid back by converting said liability into share application money.

Know-how under development is self-generated asset & hence no Capital Gain Tax

June 13, 2020 5319 Views 0 comment Print

Whether the CIT(A) is correct in holding that consideration received on assignment of know-how is chargeable to tax as Capital Gains?

Waiver of Working Capital Loan Taxable u/s 28(iv) and not u/s 41(1)

June 5, 2020 6363 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether CIT(A) is correct in deleting the addition made by AO u/s 41(1) for waiver of working capital loan and charge it u/s 28 of the Act?

Long outstanding liability cannot be treated as ceased liability & added back u/s 41(1)

May 21, 2020 2469 Views 0 comment Print

HPL Additive Ltd Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) The issue under consideration is whether the addition made by A.O. u/s 41(1) treating the outstanding as cessation of liability is justified in law? During the course of scrutiny assessment proceedings, assessee was asked to furnish complete details of sundry creditors. After perusing the details, AO noticed that […]

No addition under section 41 on waiver of loan by Government

May 13, 2020 2172 Views 0 comment Print

As per section 41(1), there should be an allowance or deduction claimed by the assessee in any assessment for any year in respect of loss, expenditure or trading liability incurred by the assessee. Then, subsequently, during any previous year, if the creditor remits or waives any such liability, then the assessee is liable to pay tax under Section 41 of the IT Act.

Analysis of Section 41(1) of Income Tax Act, 1961

May 10, 2020 532144 Views 21 comments Print

In business there are circumstances where a person might have incurred a liability but later on he need not have to pay it for one or other reason. The Income Tax Act brings to tax such liabilities which are no more payable.

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