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Settlement Commission has no jurisdiction to direct special audit as no nexus with settlement proceedings

January 24, 2016 1036 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held In the case of Agson Global Pvt. Ltd. & Ors vs. Income Tax Settlement Commission & Ors that the powers and functions of an income tax authority which are to be exclusively exercised by the settlement commission must be in the context of and have a nexus with the settlement proceedings.

Interest on idle funds mainly brought for capital expansion can be set off against pre-operative expenses

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Delhi High Court held In the case of Principal CIT vs. Facor Power Ltd. that no substantial question of law arises for our consideration. This is so because, the Tribunal has correctly placed reliance on the decision of this Court in Indian Oil Panipat Power Consortium Limited [2009 315 ITR 255 (DEL).

Unascertained liability can be claimed as expense if estimated reasonably in mercantile system of accounting

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Delhi High Court held In the case of M/s. Aggarwal And Modi Enterprises (Cinema Project) Co. Pvt. Ltd Vs. CIT that whether a liability is ascertained or contingent is dependent on the facts of each case. Merely because a liability may be contractual or non-statutory would not make it incapable of being ascertained.

Purchase of software as a product being a transaction of sale, payment cannot be considered as royalty

January 24, 2016 5629 Views 6 comments Print

Delhi High Court held In the case of Principal CIT vs. M. Tech India Pvt. Ltd that in cases where the payments are made for purchase of software as a product, the consideration paid cannot be considered to be for use or the right to use the software.

Penalty u/s 271C not maintainable in absence of contumacious conduct by assessee – SC

January 24, 2016 2245 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court held In the case of CIT vs. Bank of Nova Scotia that there is no substantial question of law, the facts and law having properly and correctly been assessed and approached by the CIT (A) as well as by the ITAT that for levy of penalty u/s 271C

HC restricts remedial action on audit objection – tones down rigour of Instruction No. 9/2006

January 22, 2016 2665 Views 0 comment Print

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Vs. DCIT (Delhi High Court) Vide this judgment, the Hon’ble Delhi High Court was pleased to read down the effect of para 4 of Instruction No. 9 of 2006, which provided that the AO was compelled to initiate reassessment in case of an audit objection, even if the AO is not in agreement with the objections of the Audit party.

Machinery rent cannot be taxed as Income from House Property for TDS deduction under wrong head

January 22, 2016 12894 Views 0 comment Print

AO’s opinion that since TDS made u/s. 194-I, incomes are to be assessed under head ‘income from house property’ can not be accepted. Moreover, even if assessee has let out property but, when the Memorandum of Association permits the business of letting out of properties as such, the income cannot be brought to tax as ‘income from house property’

Claim of export turnover if foreign exchange not realised in specified period u/s 80HHC tantamount to deemed concealment of income

January 22, 2016 985 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held In the case of Emblem Fashion Wear Exports Pvt. Ltd. vs. ITO that the assessee did not obtain approval, either pre or post facto, from the competent authority, as required by law. Also the assessee did not apply for any extension of time.

Adjustment entries being not in nature of loan or advances are outside the purview of deemed dividend u/s 2(22)(e)

January 22, 2016 1769 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat High Court held In the case of CIT (TDS) vs. Schutz Dishman Bio-Tech Pvt. Ltd. that there are large number of adjustment entries between the corporates. Unlike transactions of loans and advances, in this kind of adjustment entries, the movement of funds is both ways and the same is more in the nature of current account rather than a loan account.

Being an investment company, interest on loan used for investment in jointly controlled entity allowed as revenue expenditure

January 22, 2016 1573 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held In the case of ITO vs. M/s. First American Securities Pvt. Ltd. that the interest expenditure is to be treated as revenue in nature because the assessee is an investment company. It is very specifically mentioned in the objects of the MOU that assessee company is to make strategic investment in the business entities

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