CIT Vs Smt. Shashikala Ramkumar (ITAT Hyderabad) First of all it is not understandable how an AO can make addition on the bounced cheques. It is a general banking practice that once cheques are presented for clearance, bank credits out of its own funds, subject to clearance and when cheques are not cleared, the amounts […]
Seyadu Beedi Company Vs Asstt. Tax Officer (Intelligence), State Tax Officer (Intelligence) & Ors. (High Court Kerala) An identical matter has been disposed in W.A.No.1802 of 2017, directing expeditious completion of the adjudication of the matter and permitting release of the goods detained pending adjudication, in terms of Rule 140(1) of the Kerala Goods and […]
ACIT Vs Shri. Sunil Bandacharya Joshi (ITAT Bengaluru) In the present case, the capital asset was sold on 26.02.2011. The capital asset was purchased on 31.03.2011 and before the purchase of the capital asset the amount was deposited in mutual funds. Therefore in the considered opinion of the bench, before the date of filing of […]
The present appeal challenges the Order-in-Original No. 63/2013- 14 dated 02/09/2013 and covers the period of dispute April, 2007 to March, 2012. The appellant is engaged as a contractor on behalf of the Government Departments to collect sales tax, royalty and toll tax. The appellant participated in the bids floated by National Highways Authorities of India (NHAI)
To make matters worse, in this appeal, the Union of India has engaged 10 lawyers, including an Additional Solicitor General and a Senior Advocate! This is as per the appearance slip submitted to the Registry of this Court. In other words, the Union of India has created a huge financial liability by engaging so many lawyers for an appeal whose fate can be easily imagined on the basis of existing orders of dismissal in similar cases. Yet the Union of India is increasing its liability and asking the taxpayers to bear an avoidable financial burden for the misadventure.
In re Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (GST AAR Uttar Pradesh) Whether GST is applicable on upfront amount (called as premium / salami) payable in respect of services by way of granting of long term lease of the thirty years or more for plots catering to public health care such as hospital, nursing home, diagnostic […]
VNR Seeds Pvt. Ltd., Raipur (GST AAR Chhattisgarh) The applicant is not entitled to ITC on the packing material used for packaging seeds, while making such exempted supply of seeds to their own branches and to other purchasers. They are however, entitled for ITC (of the tax involved in the purchase of such packing material) […]
Sasan Power Limited (GST AAR Madhya Pradesh) A plain reading of Section 97(2) clearly implies that the any question relating to CENVAT credit, which falls under transitional provision, shall be out of purview of Advance Ruling. Admissibility of input tax credit, as given in section 97(2), relates to ‘input tax credit’ as defined in Section […]
AAR has held that digital and other connected equipments can, depending on the business model, determine the formation of a permanent establishment of a non-resident enterprise in India. There are also other related issues which will have ramifications on the methodology of conducting business in India.
To create a PE, one has to pass the three tests of: permanency, a fixed place and disposal. All the three tests are satisfied and hence MIPs act as PE of the applicant. We hold that significant activities relating to clearance and settlement take place in India. Detailed analysis of Galileo judgement and application of the rationale held in Galileo case to the present case. Automatic equipment like server can also create PE and there is no requirement of human intervention. MasterCard network also creates a PE of the applicant in India.
