Goods and Services Tax : Section 74A replaces the earlier Sections 73 and 74, creating a unified framework for tax recovery in cases of short payment, erro...
Goods and Services Tax : This case explains situations where ITC is availed and utilised without receipt of goods or services. The ruling clarifies that su...
Goods and Services Tax : Highlights how authorities routinely invoke Section 74 without evidence of fraud and explains courts’ stance that such notices a...
Goods and Services Tax : Understand the process of GST intimation in Form DRC-01A, issued for tax discrepancies. Learn about the parts of DRC-01A, applicab...
Goods and Services Tax : Calcutta High Court stays a GST order, citing no force majeure for time limit extension under Section 73(9) of the CGST Act for FY...
Goods and Services Tax : KSCAA represents to the Finance Minister on the misapplication of GST Section 74 notices for small demands, urging restriction to ...
Goods and Services Tax : KSCAA highlights practical GST challenges in Sec 128A & Sec 16(4), urging clarifications on appeals, ITC, interest waivers, and mu...
Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court held that clubbing five assessment years in a single GST show cause notice is contrary to Section 73 of the ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court held that an order under Section 74 cannot be passed when the notice was issued under Section 73. The matter...
Service Tax : CESTAT Kolkata held that the respondent had paid the Service Tax before availing CENVAT credit on the disputed invoices. Finding n...
Corporate Law : The Madras High Court held that courts are empowered under Section 73 of the Evidence Act to compare disputed and admitted signatu...
Service Tax : The Gauhati High Court held that the extended limitation under Section 73 cannot be invoked without specific findings of fraud, su...
Goods and Services Tax : New GST circular clarifies payment via GSTR-3B for Section 128A benefits, and appeal withdrawals for mixed period demands....
Goods and Services Tax : Learn about the Kerala SGST Act's interest and penalty waiver under Section 128A, eligibility, application process, and compliance...
Goods and Services Tax : Kerala SGST issues guidelines on issuing separate notices for Sections 73 and 74. Ensures clarity and uniformity in handling GST d...
♦ INTRODUCTION Assessment means determination of tax liability. There are several types of assessments in the GST regime i.e., self-assessment, provisional assessment, summary assessment and best judgment assessment. Under GST, an assessee is first required to self- assess his tax liability and furnish returns for declaring the taxable turnover, tax payable or refundable, input tax […]
Today I will discuss how to handle show cause notice u/s 73, 74 & 76 of CGST Act, 2017 in simplified manner- Show cause notice (SCN) – is a document served by department as an opportunity to person to explain with reasons as to why particular course of action should not be taken against him. […]
The Income-Tax Act, 1961, allows set-off and carry-forward of the loss incurred by any assessee subject to some restrictions Apart from other information, the new income-tax forms, ITR-1 to ITR-8, notified by the Central government seeks details on set-off of losses. Now almost every assessee has to give this information. Therefore, one has to be aware of the exact provisions relating to set-off. Otherwise there is every possibility of claiming incorrect set-off.
Introduction: ♦ As per Section 2 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 definition of Income includes losses also. ♦ Losses in the Income Tax Act, 1961 are dealt in accordance with Chapter VI of the Act which consist of Section 70 to Section 80. ♦ Assessee paid tax on Total Income. It might be possible […]
What is Speculative Income? Income Tax Act has not defined the meaning of ‘speculative income’ but has defined ‘speculative transaction’. Thus, it can be said that the income derived from the speculative transaction is a speculative income. Meaning of speculative transaction As per provisions contained under section 43(5) of the Income Tax Act, any transaction […]
Article explains how Speculative Business is Distinct Business, What is speculative transaction, What shall not deemed to be speculative transactions, What is Eligible Transaction for security derivative, Recognised stock exchange for Section 43(5), Recognised association for Section 43(5), What are the Eligible Transaction for Commodity derivative, Do Single transaction constitute speculative business, Treatment of Losses […]
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
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 […]
Under provisions of section 43(5), the transactions in derivatives at certain stock exchanges are deemed to be non-speculative, however, as per the explanation to section 73 for the purpose of computation of business loss the derivative transactions squarely fall within the scope of explanation to section 73.
Assessing Officer committed an error in resorting to explanation to section 73 of the Act. The issue before him was whether the income earned by the assessee through sale of shares should be taxed as business income or should be treated as capital gain. Such issue had to be decided on the basis of the question whether the assessee is involved in any business of buying and selling shares or had purchased and sold the shares by way of investment.
