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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 ...

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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...

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Mere outstanding for long time not amounts to cessation of liability

June 16, 2022 3642 Views 0 comment Print

It is settled position of law that merely because credit was outstanding for long time not lead to conclusion that sundry creditors are not payable

Remission/cessation of liability by BIFR cannot be taxed under Income Tax Act

June 15, 2022 1590 Views 0 comment Print

AO erred in assessing cessation of liability towards unsecured loans availed from financial institutions in terms of order of BIFR u/s. 41(1) of Income Tax Act, 1961.

AO cannot treat trading liabilities as unproved on presumptions 

May 14, 2022 558 Views 0 comment Print

It is well settled proposition of law that the apprehension, howsoever strong, cannot substitute material evidences. A.O. was not justified in treating part of liabilities as unproved on presumptions, surmises and conjectures

Impact of Waiver of Loan or Liability on Depreciation Claim

April 13, 2022 4248 Views 0 comment Print

ISSUE FOR CONSIDERATION When a loan taken for acquiring a depreciable capital asset or a part of the purchase price of such capital asset is waived in a year subsequent to the year of acquisition, an issue that arises with respect to waiver of loan or part of the purchase price is whether the depreciation […]

Section 41(1) addition merely based upon conjectures & surmises was not sustainable

March 5, 2022 2925 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs N.G. Group (ITAT Mumbai) ITAT observed that that AO has invoked the provision of section 41(1) without bringing on record any cogent material. For how long the account is outstanding and on what basis of his enquiry, AO has come to the conclusion that these accounts are not payable. Devoid of these details, […]

If AO made addition on estimated GP basis than other item-wise disallowance should not be made

October 29, 2021 3867 Views 0 comment Print

Devyani Tex Chem Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Surat) From the above facts it is abundantly clear that books of accounts of the assessee were rejected by the assessing officer and on appeal, ld CIT(A) upheld the rejection of books of accounts and reduced the profit estimation. We also upheld the order of ld CIT(A), […]

Cessation’ of liability cannot be claimed by AO if proceedings for recovery pending against Assessee

October 2, 2021 1002 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Surbhit Impex Pvt. Ltd (ITAT Mumbai) It is undisputed position that as on the relevant point of time, the proceedings against the assessee for recovery of these amounts were pending before the Hon’ble judicial forums. It was only on 29.01.2018, i.e., which much after the end of the relevant previous year, that Their […]

Waiver of Loan And Its Consequent Tax Implications

September 16, 2021 65493 Views 0 comment Print

Waived off loan means a situation wherein the lender voluntarily relieves a borrower of the obligation or liability to repay loan. This means that there is a surplus of cash/money in the hands of borrower and thus, a receipt in the hands of the borrower/assessee. Now the question is whether such waived off loan shall […]

No Section 41(1) addition for unexplained purchases if amount shown as payable in balance sheet

June 16, 2021 3000 Views 0 comment Print

Yagnesh Dayabhai Vyas Vs ITO (ITAT Ahmedabad) Ld. A.R. cited a judgment of ITAT Delhi Bench in the matter of Smt. Sudha Loyalka vs. ITO where A.O. made addition to assessee’s income under section 69C in respect of amount payable to creditors towards purchases, in view of fact that said purchases were duly recorded in […]

Section 41(1) cannot be applied to bogus & non-existent liability

April 9, 2021 3900 Views 0 comment Print

No addition can be made to the income of the assessee in this asst. years, as in the view of the AO the outstanding liability in question is bogus and non-existent. The question of cessation of such non-existent as bogus liability does not arise. Hence, Sec. 41(1) cannot be applied. Only when there is a genuine liability and there is cessation of such liability or it is written off in the books of account, then Sec. 41(1) of the Act can be applied.

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