In all fairness, while hearing an appeal from the original authority, the CIT, the CBDT who is the appellate authority cannot deny the reasonable opportunity of hearing to the petitioning assessee at whose instance the impugned order came to be passed and which has become the subject-matter of appeal before the CBDT.
It is no doubt true that as per section 92CA of the Income-tax Act, when the assessee goes before the authority concerned on transfer pricing, an opportunity of personal hearing should be granted to the assessee. As far as the present case is concerned, the notice dated 25-8-2009 was sent by the Transfer Pricing Officer intimating the date of personal hearing on 4-9-2009, on which date the petitioner was to file its reply. Admittedly
Once the non-productive asset like urban land is converted into a productive asset like a building which qualifies for exemption, then the assessee can start availing exemption even during the period of conversion of such non-productive asset to productive asset.
If the business is going to be paralyzed, then, the court in appropriate cases can, for the benefit and interest of the company, save the transaction involving sale of assets of a company in liquidation; it is for enabling the company to continue as a going concern and to protect the interest of shareholders and creditors that such a power is conferred and must be exercised under section 536(2) of the Companies Act.
Section 50C creates a legal fiction for taxing capital gains in the hands of the seller and it cannot be extended for taxing the difference between apparent consideration and valuation done by Stamp Valuation Authorities as undisclosed investment u/s 69 in the hands of the purchaser.
When the scheme of financing adopted by the assessee company is explained in a convincing manner, it is not fair on the part of the lower authorities to treat a part of the deposits as unexplained only for the reason that inch-by-inch documentary particulars were not furnished before them in respect of that remainder deposits.
Even in a case where proceedings for detection of concealment is going on during the assessment proceedings, the assessee surrenders some income and AO drops the proceedings of detection of concealment by accepting assessee’s surrender without making further examination or investigation regarding detection of concealment, it can be held that it is not a case of concealment of particulars of income or furnishing of inaccurate particulars of income; because in that situation, the AO does not record satisfaction as required u/s 271(l).
There is no direct decision in favour of the Revenue for levy of service tax on the service component of a works contract prior to 01/06/2007. On the other hand, the judgment of the Hon’ble High Court in Indian National Shipowners ‘Association case is directly against the Revenue and the same is binding on this Bench of the Tribunal.
A person who is contributing to the charitable cause may keep in his mind that the control of charitable activity may be with him or his family members, but that fact alone cannot dis-entitle the institution from registration unless any material is brought on record to suggest that either the objects of the charitable trust are not charitable in nature or there is a clause in the trust deed according to which certain benefits can be given either to the settler or to the trustees or to the persons related to them.
The condition precedent in the proviso to Section 147 is that the income must have escaped assessment by the failure of the assessee to fully and truly disclose all material facts necessary for assessment for that Assessment Year.
