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No penalty for non offering LTCG to Tax due to ignorance of law

December 26, 2017 5670 Views 1 comment Print

Sri Sachindra Nath Kayal Vs. ITO (ITAT Kolkata) It undisputed fact that assessee has earned LTCG which was not offered to tax. It is also undisputed that the disclosure of the same made in balance-sheet of the assessee. Thus, we note that non- offering of LTCG to the tax was not deliberate. It was out […]

Interest income on NPA cannot be recognized unless received

December 26, 2017 3135 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal in its recent order ruled that no additions can be made since interest has accrued to the assessee but has not been realized.

Subsidy by Govt to accelerate industrial development and generation of employment is capital in nature: SC

December 25, 2017 1473 Views 0 comment Print

The present appeals arise from a batch of judgments dealing with cases which come from Maharashtra and West Bengal. Insofar as the civil appeals relating to Maharashtra are concerned, the subsidy scheme of the State Government took the form of an exemption of entertainment duty in Multiplex Theatre Complexes newly set up

AO cannot treat advances as gift merely on assumptions and presumptions

December 25, 2017 2226 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Nilesh Janardan Thakur Vs. ITO (ITAT Mumbai) The AOs case is that the assessee has received money without any consideration which is taxable under the provisions of section 56(2)(vi) of the Act. The AO has brought out number of reasons to come to the conclusion that money is taxable u/s 56(2)(vi) of the Act. […]

Reopening based on Change of opinion is invalid; HC dismisses Appeal in Airtel case

December 25, 2017 1086 Views 0 comment Print

This Court is of the opinion that the ITAT’s impugned order is unexceptionable because it is premised upon the circumstance that in the absence of any fresh tangible material, it was not open, on mere re-appreciation of the existing circumstances, to reopen the concluded scrutiny assessment. The ITAT’s reasoning cannot, therefore, be faulted.

Purchase of property from defaulting Sales Tax Dealer not liable for his Sales Tax Arrears in absence of charge over property by Sales Tax Dept.

December 25, 2017 2244 Views 0 comment Print

Noor M. Saied Vs. The Commercial Tax Officer (Madras High Court) Petitioner has purchased the property for valuable consideration and in the absence of charge over the property by the Sales Tax Department, the petitioner cannot be made liable to pay alleged arrears of Sales Tax for the defaulting dealer and for such reason, the […]

S. 147 / 148 Non disposal of objection raised makes reassessment invalid

December 25, 2017 3876 Views 0 comment Print

M/S Veer Vardhman Finance Investment Pvt. Ltd. Vs. DCIT (ITAT Delhi) As AO has not passed the speaking order in disposing of the assessee ‘s objections against the notice u/s. 148 of the I. T. Act, before proceeding with the assessment, hence subsequent assessment order is bad in law and deserving of being quashed. Full […]

Amount payable on fulfilment of conditions has to be excluded while computing capital gains

December 25, 2017 2448 Views 0 comment Print

Unless, a debt due by somebody has been created in favour of assessee, it cannot be said that he has acquired a right to receive the income or that income has accrued to him. An amount can accrue to assessee if he acquires a legally enforceable right to receive it from the debtor.

Taxability of subsidies: SC stays judgement of Delhi HC in Bhushan Steels

December 25, 2017 2349 Views 0 comment Print

Tax ability of subsidies: Supreme Court stays judgement of the Delhi High Court in CIT vs. Bhushan Steels And Strips which held that if the recipient has the flexibility of using it for any purpose and is not confined to using it for capital purposes, the subsidy is revenue in nature and is taxable as profits

Deemed dividend not accrues on mere issue and cancellation of Cheque

December 24, 2017 1554 Views 0 comment Print

A division bench of the Allahabad High Court recently ruled that the provisions of deemed dividend would not attract in case of mere issuance of a cheque that was subsequently cancelled and returned. While quashing a departmental appeal against the order of ITAT, the bench clarified that payment of any sum is necessary to constitute deemed dividend for the purpose of Section 2(22)(e) of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

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