The supreme court has upheld the principle of exclusion of excise duty component from valuation of closing stock in the case of Dynavision Limited (SC). The important principle laid down in the case of Chainrup Sampatram (24 ITR 481 (SC)) & Hindustan Zinc Ltd (291 ITR 391 SC)) has been reiterated in its decision :
Sub-section (1) of Section 35AB of the Act clearly states that where the assessee has paid in any previous year any lump sum consideration for acquiring any know-how for use for the purposes of his business, then one-sixth of the amount so paid shall be deducted in computing the profits and gains of the business for that previous year and the balance amount shall be deducted in equal instalments for each of the five immediately succeeding previous years.
The only condition which was required to be fulfilled for getting the immunity, after the search proceedings got over, was that the assessee had to pay the tax together with interest in respect of such undisclosed income upto the date of payment.
The mandate of Sec. 194C is that the relationship of the person paying any sum to the person carrying out any work including the supply of labour should be in he nature of the principal to contractor. After anxiously examining the provisions of Maharashtra Mathadi Act and Scheme framed under it, we are of the opinion that there is no contractual relationship as a principal and contractor between these assessees and Mathadi Board,
From the facts on records, it is apparent that the impugned notice under section 148 has been issued after the expiry of a period of four years from the end of the relevant assessment year in a case where earlier an assessment had been framed under section 143(3) of the Act. Under the circumstances, the proviso to section 147 would be attracted.
There are concurrent findings of fact by the Commissioner (Appeals) as well as the Tribunal that no services are being provided by the assessee to the occupants of its property and that the service charges have to be included as a part of its rental income. The test to determine whether the service agreement is different from the rent agreement would be whether the service agreement could stand independently of the rent agreement.
The ITSC could not have been satisfied as to the acceptability of the assessee’s explanation with regard to the various issues raised before it in the report of the Commissioner merely on the basis of the reports of the JDIT. Without applying its mind directly to the report of the Commissioner and the materials referred to therein, it could not have reached the conclusion that nothing more was required to be added over and above the undisclosed income of Rs. 15 lakhs disclosed by the assessee. The ITSC thus ignored relevant evidence and material which it ought to have taken into account while processing the assessee’s application. [
Once the assessment was reopened to investigate the purchase of various lands then the Assessing Officer was duty bound to make enquiries to examine the purchase of these land as well as the sources for the same. The Assessing Officer has simply issued notice under sections 142(1) and 143(2) which is standard for format of the notice.
in the instant case, the assessee denied incurring any expenditure for earning income, which did not form part of total income during the course of assessment proceedings even when huge investments were made by the assessee in securities .
Assessing Officer made the addition merely on the ground of low gross profit rate. In our opinion, the low gross profit rate can be a reason for making an enquiry but, it cannot be the sole basis for making the addition. The trading result can be rejected only if the condition prescribed under Section 145 for the rejection of books of account or the method of accounting is fulfilled.