Uttarakhand High Court held that Section 40(a)(ia) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 cannot be made applicable to short deduction of tax at source and the disallowance made was rightly directed to be deleted. Accordingly, writ of revenue dismissed.
This provision cannot be used as right for any person to claim that he is entitled to give its opinion to the Court on any question of law involved in a case. We, thus, are of the view that Rule 8A needs to be applied keeping the objects and reasons of rule as above.
Delhi High Court granted regular bail in view of absence of evidence/ material alleging connection of petitioner in GST bogus firm registration case and also petitioner being in judicial custody for almost 8 months.
ITAT Panaji held that ad-hoc determination of taxable income without invoking special audit u/s. 142(2A) of the Income Tax Act not only jostled ad-hoc & irrational estimations but led to farfetched determination due to complexity of business. Accordingly, matter remanded back to AO.
The Delhi High Court ruled that Common Area Maintenance (CAM) charges are subject to TDS under Section 194C, not Section 194I, as they are for services and not rent.
The ITAT Delhi remanded a case to the CIT(A) to determine if the Assessing Officer had an independent belief to reopen an assessment, or if it was based solely on an audit objection. A dissenting opinion quashed the reopening as a change of opinion.
The ITAT Mumbai deleted an addition made under sections 69A and 69C, ruling that an addition based solely on loose papers and a third-party statement without corroboration is not valid.
The ITAT Bangalore ruled that late filing of Form 67 is not fatal to a Foreign Tax Credit claim, as the requirement is procedural, not mandatory.
The Karnataka High Court quashed a GST demand on the trading margin from voucher sales, clarifying that this activity is not a supply of goods or services.
Cash deposits made by assessee during the demonetization period were properly explained and recorded, therefore, addition made under section 69A of ₹17,16,000 and taxed under section 115BBE was not sustainable.
