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Disallowance of interest paid to head office & other overseas branches

October 16, 2012 1404 Views 0 comment Print

(i) Principle of mutuality applies under the Act. As such, there can be no deduction of interest paid by Indian branch to head office/other overseas branches. (ii) However, the assessee is entitled to deduction of interest paid to head office/other overseas branches as per the terms of the DTAA.(iii) Mutuality applies in relation to income earned by the Indian branch from head office/other overseas branches. As such the interest income so earned cannot be charged to tax. (iv) Consequently, the provisions of section 40(a)(i) cannot apply.

Reverse Charge – Mechanism- Ready Reckoner

October 15, 2012 11742 Views 0 comment Print

The scheme of partial reverse charge has been introduced for three services where the service provider is either an individual or HUF or partnership Firm or LLP or association of person and a recipient is corporate.

Benefit u/s. 11 cannot be denied if trust files accumulation request of income till framing of assessment order

October 15, 2012 4247 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee filed Form No. 10 under rule 17 of the Rules at the time of filing revised returns in respect of each of the assessment years under consideration. Thus, evidently, the requirements of section 11(2) of the Act had been complied with before the completion of the assessments. Therefore, while completing the assessments for the assessment years under consideration, the Assessing Officer had the necessary information in respect of the claim for exemption under section 11 of the Act made by the assessee before him.

Department cannot make new case on reconsideration of matter afresh

October 15, 2012 5239 Views 0 comment Print

In short the department’s argument that the Commissioner (Appeals) has not properly adjudicated the matter and hence the issue should be set aside cannot be accepted as Assessing Officer at the time of the assessment was of the view that the facts are same and when the issue travelled to the Commissioner (Appeals) without explaining the basis of coming to certain conclusions, made general observations.

GAR-7 Service Tax Payment Challan – Download Excel Utility

October 15, 2012 103347 Views 6 comments Print

This excel base GAR-7 Challan for payment of service tax is Based on latest circular no 162/2012 dated on Negative List Approach. Has facility of building and saving assessee database to avoid repetitive work. It has built in check for Wrong Assessee Code Structure. Menu Driven and Help Section.

Works contract service after negative list-Part 1

October 15, 2012 11222 Views 0 comment Print

Service portion in the execution of a works contract has been declared as service u/s 66E after the introduction of negative list. That means works contract service per se is not a service but it is a service because it has been declared to be a service u/s 66E. Here an attempt has been made to elaborate on the works contract service after the introduction of negative list.

Commissioner (Appeals) do not have no power to remand under Service Tax laws

October 15, 2012 2367 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court’s judgment in MIL India Ltd. v. CCE 2007 (210) ELT 188 wherein it was held that Parliament had taken away the power of remand from Commissioner of Central Excise (Appeals) by amending Section 35A of the Central Excise Act w.e.f. 11/05/2001.

Excess tax charged on excess price is refundable if burden not passed on customer

October 15, 2012 1441 Views 0 comment Print

It is quite clear that the claimant has to show that the burden of excise duty has not been passed on to any other person and not only to the buyers. In this case, the purchaser being the defence organisation of Government of India, the question of passing on the excise duty to any other person does not arise and ordnance depot not being a manufacturer of any goods,

Non-resident not liable to pay advance tax on account of default of payer

October 15, 2012 3126 Views 0 comment Print

The undisputed fact in the present case remained that the tax on the entire income received by the assessee was required to be deducted at appropriate rates by the respective payers u/s 195(2) of the Act. Had the payer made the deduction of tax at the appropriate rate, the net tax payable by the assessee would have been Nil. Thus there was no liability to pay advance tax by the assessee.

Despite deferment of Consideration capital gain taxable in the year of transfer

October 14, 2012 9146 Views 0 comment Print

It is clear from the provisions of Sec. 45(1) , being a deeming provision any gain which has arisen during the year has to be taken for consideration irrespective of the fact that the transferor may receive the sale consideration in subsequent years. Further, the observation of the Ld. CIT(A) that in family members cases, for the capital gains arising out of the transfer of shares, the return of income have been accepted by the department under scrutiny assessment, cannot be accepted under the principles of consistency as we are not bound to follow the decisions of the authorities which are inconsistent with the provisions of section 45(1) of the Act.

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