CESTAT Mumbai set aside a service tax demand on Mumbai Port Trust, holding the appeal filed within the prescribed time. Case remanded for merits evaluation.
ITAT Chennai rules that debatable tax claims made in good faith do not warrant penalties under Section 270A of the Income Tax Act. Read the case details.
ITAT Jaipur rules that when search finds incriminating material, proceedings must be under Section 153C, not 147/148. Read case details of DCIT vs. Kailash Chand Hirawat.
Where payment made to foreign entities by way of retainership fee did not result in commensurate business in USA in the year relevant to assessment year 2008-09, it did not imply that the expenditure incurred was not for the purpose of the assessee’s business. AO was directed to delete the addition of Rs.64,88,451/- by observing that the expenditure was disallowed u/s 14A.
Assessee had given cash to her employee who was the supervisor or the agent who in turn made payment to the sellers of the gold and therefore the same would not fall within the scope of section 40A(3) in view of the decision of Hon’ble Calcutta High Court in the case of S.K. Joynal Abedin v. CIT.
CESTAT Mumbai remands Ratnagiri Gas & Power’s LNG import duty case for fresh adjudication, citing failure to examine unjust enrichment.
ITAT Pune dismisses Ravi Shivangekar’s appeal as withdrawn under the Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme 2024, allowing tax dispute resolution.
Bombay High Court sets aside IT reassessment against Oxford University Press, ruling no failure to disclose material facts for reopening beyond 4 years.
ITAT Chennai rules bad debt recovery as business income, deleting Rs. 1 crore addition under Section 69A. Read full details on the tribunal’s decision.
ITAT Chennai sets aside tax assessment over delayed Form 10BB filing, remanding the case for fresh consideration after pending condonation request is resolved.
