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Imposition of penalty on basis of findings given in assessment proceedings

March 6, 2009 717 Views 0 comment Print

7. We have carefully considered the rival submissions and have also perused the materials available on record. The decisions cited at the time of hearing of appeal were duly considered. It is apparent from the record that the assessee company had debited a sum of Rs.2,37,370/ – under the head `travelling expenses’ and claimed the above expenditure as a business expenditure.

Amount excluded from export turnover should also be excluded from total turnover for purposes of sections 10A or 10B of IT Act, 1961

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25. We now proceed to examine the contention of the revenue that the principle of parity between export turnover and total turnover was rejected by the Supreme Court in Nair’s case (supra). In this case the narrow dispute which arose for determination was whether the department was right in including the processing charges received by the assessee in the total turnover while arriving at the export profits u/s.80HHC(3)

No Penalty for cash loan to Sister Concerns due to business exigency

March 3, 2009 2420 Views 0 comment Print

There is no dispute about the fact, that the instant cash transactions of the respondent-assessee were with the sister concern, and that, these transactions were between the family, and due to business exigency. A family transaction, between two independent assessees, based on an act of casualness, specially in a case where the disclosure thereof is contained in the compilation of accounts, and which has no tax effect

In cases of a group, coordinated investigation is a relevant ground for transfer of its case under section 127 of IT Act

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Section 127 does not spell out under what facts and circumstances a transfer of a case can be made. However, in a case of inter-city transfer statute requires compliance of two requirements –first, to vie the assessee a reasonable opportunity of hearing, wherever it is possible to do so and secondly, reasons with regard to transfer should be recorded. In the instant case there is no dispute that the principles of natural justice

Treatment to be given to unclaimed debenture amount when same is used by assessee-company for its business: HC Mumbai

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9. In the instant case, since it is not in dispute that the amount, in question, has already been utilized by the Assessee for the purpose of its business from time to time and by Board Resolution the Assessee has transferred the amount to the Reserve Fund Account, and considering the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of Commissioner of Income-tax vs. T. V. Sundaram Iyengar

AAR application to be rejected if not complies Section 245R

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Once the conclusion is reached that the application for advance ruling filed under section 245Q is hit by one or all of the embargoes laid down in the proviso to section 245R(2), the Authority has no option but to reject the application in limine; it is not open to the Authority to ignore the legal bar created by the proviso notwithstanding the discretion conferred on the Authority in apparently wide terms under the main provision i.e., sub-section (2).

Monetary limit prescribed by CBDT for filing of appeal by revenue

February 28, 2009 613 Views 0 comment Print

9. Having considered the contentions, in our opinion, the instructions cannot be interpreted as a Statute though it is pursuant to the power conferred under Section 268-A of the Income Tax Act. What the Court has to consider is the plain language of the paragraph and the object behind the said provisions. The object appears to be not to burden courts and Tribunals in respect of matters

Land used for internal roads of the factory and play ground for workers of the factory is taxable as wealth of the company,

February 28, 2009 1255 Views 0 comment Print

Motwane Manufacturing Co. Pvt. Ltd., Vs. The Commissioner of Wealth-tax (Mumbai HC) – The Tribunal was right in law in holding that land used for internal roads of the factory and play ground for workers of the factory is taxable as wealth of the company, when the factory building has not been charged for wealth-tax .

Enquiry to be made by AO under section 40A (2) (a) of IT Act in case payment of remuneration to director is excessive or unreasonable

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7. After going through the orders of the learned Members as well as the orders of the lower authorities, I am of the view that no disallowance was required to be made for the reasons given hereafter. The question for consideration is whether on facts of the case, the disallowance was justified in view of the specific provisions of section 40A(2)(a) of the Act. It would be appropriate to reproduce the relevant portion of the said provision below:

Rights of owners versus right of company in liquidation over title deeds mortgaged by owners’ POA for raising loans

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The company in liquidation is entitled to invoke the provisions of section 171 of the Contract Act relating to general lien over the properties offered as security to cover all the loans availed by the owners’ POA and the claim of the owners seeking redemption of the title deeds in terms of section 91 of the Transfer of Property Act must yield to such right and consequently the right to claim redemption cannot be accepted.

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