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Validity of Addition based on statement retracted later on by assessee

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Once the assessee retracts from the statement given during survey under section 133A then it is the duty of AO to establish beyond any doubt the issues on which the addition in income needs to be made and no addition can be sustained only on the basis of such statement recorded during the survey.

GST payable on Long Term Lease Premium of Land

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Any lease or letting out of a building, including commercial, industrial or residential complex for business, either wholly or partly is a supply of service. It is settled law that such provisions in a taxing statute would have to be read together and harmoniously in order to understand the nature of the levy, the object and purpose of its imposition.

For invoking section 14A r.w. rule 8D, AO had to mandatorily record his satisfaction

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At the outset, the learned Authorised Representative submitted that the issue raised by the revenue in second ground of appeal stands covered by the decision of the co-ordinate Bench in assessee’s own case in ITA No. 615/Mum/2014 (AY-2010-11) order dated 4-11-2015

Seizure of goods for not carrying E-way bill before the applicability of the same is illegal

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Proactive Plast (P.) Ltd. v. State of U.P. (Allahabad High Court) Rule 138 of the Rules framed under the Central G.S.T. provides that till such time E-Way bill system is developed and approved by the Council, the Government by notification may specify the documents which are to be carried with the consignment of goods. In […]

5% GST payable on Royalty to Govt for right to use minerals

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In re Pioneer Partners (GST AAR Haryana) The services for the right to use minerals including its exploration and evaluation, as per Sr. No. 257 of the annexure appended to notification no. 11/2017-CT (Rate), dated 28.06.2017 is included in group 99733 under heading 9973. The royalty/dead rent paid/payable to the Government by the applicant is […]

Disallowance u/s 14A is to be made despite no tax-free income on investment

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Disallowance u/s 14A & Rule 8D has to be made even if the assessee has not earned any tax-free income on the investment. . It was immaterial if dividend income was actually earned or not, which, rather, may be a consideration where the shares, as in the present case, are held to retain control over the investee company, i.e., for strategic reasons, as was the case with regard to the investment by Maxopp Investment Ltd. – one of the assessees in that case.

Naive to say that screen-based trades are anonymous and not synchronised: SC

April 11, 2018 2643 Views 0 comment Print

The Supreme Court has set aside an order of the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) which held that only if there is market impact on account of sham transactions, could there be violation of the Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices Regulations.

Disposable Bed Pads / Bed Sheets not classifiable as Baby & Clinical Diapers

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Diapers are commonly understood as thick soft paper or cloth that is fastened around a baby’s bottom/ between legs to absorb urine/ solid waste. Since, the goods in question were not made for fastening into the body, the same in our considered opinion should not be termed as baby and clinical diapers and should more appropriately fall under Chapter Sub-Heading of 48184090 which provides for other sanitary articles.

SC issues interim directions issued regarding method for selection of ITAT Members

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Appointment of Tribunal Members under new rules: interim directions issued regarding the method for selection of Tribunal Members and their terms and period of appointment

Re-compute Depreciation as loss on sale of motor car Wrongly debited to P&L account: ITAT

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Where assessee claimed loss on sale of motor car, which was wrongly debited to P&L account, but there were other motor cars also existing in block of assets and the said block of asset of motor car had not ceased to exist, therefore, the assessee was entitled to depreciation under section 32 on the block of assets consisting of motor car remaining after crediting sale proceeds of the motor car sold during the year, thus, matter was to be restored to the file of the AO for re-computation of depreciation.

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