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No Section 194H TDS on discount to distributors of prepaid SIM cards

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CIT (TDS) Vs Vodafone Cellular Ltd. (Bombay High Court) Whether provisions of Section 194H of the Income Tax Act, 1961 will be applicable in case of discounts given by the assessee to the distributors on account of prepaid SIM cards. Section 194H of the Act deals with commission or brokerage. It says that any person, […]

No disallowance for payment to related parties without demonstrating that payment made was excessive and unreasonable

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Even though assessee had made payments to related parties, yet in view of fact that there was no material on record to demonstrate that payment made was excessive and unreasonable having regard to market rate, disallowance made under section 40A(2) by AO was to be deleted.

Principles of natural justice must be complied with before demanding GST interest

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Before penalizing the assessee by making him pay interest, the principles of natural justice ought to be complied with before making a demand for interest under sub section (1) of Section 50 of the GST Act. Consequence of demanding interest and non-payment thereof is very drastic.

Entire purchases cannot be disallowed as Bogus If AO accepted sales

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It was held that whether the purchases were bogus or whether the parties from whom such purchases were allegedly made were bogus was essentially a question of fact. When the Tribunal had concluded that the assessee did make the purchase, as a natural corollary not the entire amount covered by such purchase but the profit element embedded therein would be subject to tax.

No Service Tax if no monetary consideration charged for Services

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Whether department is correct in charging service tax on various services provided to film distributors by assessee  without charging any consideration.

NI Act | Section 138 Proceedings Not Maintainable against Independent Non-Executive Directors

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Sunita Palta & Ors. Vs. Kit Marketing Pvt. Ltd. (Madras High Court) Non-Executive Directors are, therefore, persons who are not involved in the day-to-day affairs of the running of the company and are not in charge of and not responsible for the conduct of the business of the company.’ Admittedly, the petitioners are neither the […]

Income from security deposit was taxable in the year of termination of dealership agreement

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Amount paid as security deposit was taxable only on the year of termination of an agreement between the assessee and the dealer/distributor. Hence AO was not justified in treating the deposit as income each year irrespective of whether the dealership was terminated or not.

HC allows Filing of GSTR 9 & GSTR 9C without late fees & penalty until further order

March 3, 2020 8355 Views 0 comment Print

All India Federation of Tax Practitioners Vs Union of India (Andhra Pradesh High Court) Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction particularly in the nature of Writ of […]

Brief Order a must for ‘Advertisement before Acceptance’ of Trademark

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The Petitioner relied upon Section 9 and Section 11 of the Trademarks Act, 1999 and submitted that the Respondent should examine the trademark applications in an efficient and proper manner in order to ensure that none of the marks which are brought before the Respondent are similar to that which are already registered and not clear for advertisement.

GST AAR cannot condone delay after expiry of 30 days for filing appeal: AAAR

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In re The Deputy Conservator of Forests (GST AAAR Karnataka) The GST appellate authority for advance ruling dismissed the appeal filed by the appellant on grounds of time limitation. It is evident that this Appellate Authority being a creature of the statue is empowered to condone a delay of only a period of 30 days […]

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