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Profit on transfer of Indira Vikas Patras before maturity is capital gain and tax is chargeable

July 24, 2009 972 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee purchased the Indira Vikas Patra during the financial year 1997-98. The Indira Vikas Patras are shown as investment in the books of assessee since 1997-98. The Indira Vikas Patras are issued for certain denominations at half of the face value. The period of maturity varies on the basis of rate of interest and accumulation thereof. As per the provisions of Indira Vikas Patras

Non confirmation of minutes does not have any effect on the decision taken at the earlier meeting: SC

July 24, 2009 1354 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court of India has decided in the Matter Kerala State Electricity Board V/s Hindustan Construction Co. Limited [2009] 91 SCL 183 (SC) inter alia decide that “Confirmation of minutes of Board meeting or any committee meeting does not require confirmation in subsequent meeting. Non confirmation of minutes does not have any effect on the decision taken at the earlier meeting.

Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) provisions not applicable to foreign companies if no physical presence in India

July 23, 2009 1723 Views 0 comment Print

The applicant is a company incorporated in the United States and is a leading manufacturer of engineered bearings, alloys etc. The applicant has a significant shareholding in an Indian listed company, which was initially set up as joint venture with Tata Iron and Steel Company.

Reopening of Completed assessment, onus lies mainly on department to confront assessee with evidence

July 22, 2009 519 Views 0 comment Print

21. We have heard the parties and have perused the material on record. The learned Commissioner (Appeals) has held that the case of the Assessing Officer was based on the statement of Shri Ramesh Kumar, which was not confronted to the assessee, which was incumbent upon the department to do, since it was a case of reopening of a completed assessment.

Reassessment on ground of allowance of excess deduction on incentives of DEPB U/s. 80HHC

July 22, 2009 666 Views 0 comment Print

7. We have considered the issue. The learned CIT (A) has considered that there was a change of opinion by the A.O. and he deemed to have formed an opinion at the time of original assessment on allowing 80HHC deduction on DEPB. There is nothing on record to support the opinion formed by the learned CIT(A) on this issue. The learned counsel during the present proceedings

Reassessment U/s. 148 cannot be declared invalid, if any reasons taken by AO sustainable

July 21, 2009 3217 Views 0 comment Print

If the notice under section 148 of the Income-tax Act is sustainable on any of the reasons taken by the Assessing Officer, the initiation of reassessment cannot be declared as invalid; there cannot be any initiation of reassessment proceedings on the basis of an item of income or disallowance which has been made in another proceedings of the same assessee for the same year.

Assessing Officer cannot change nature and character of income under section 143(1) of IT Act, 1961

July 21, 2009 2900 Views 0 comment Print

16. On the perusal of the return of income, the statement of total income alongwith notes thereto and form no. 30 claiming refund, filed alongwith the return of income, it is clear that though the assessee had shown total income at Rs. 5,11,68,95,840, the assessee claimed its total tax liability to be Rs. Nil for the reasons given in the notes, and claimed the refund of tax that was deducted at source

Term Loan waiver availed by the assessee is not assessable income

July 21, 2009 1015 Views 0 comment Print

19. First we will marshal the facts of the present case. The assessee had availed terms loans from three banks, viz. ICICI Bank Ltd., Standard Chartered Bank Ltd. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), Hong Kong. These terms loans were availed by the assessee company for the purpose of acquiring capital assets necessarily to be deployed in the manufacturing system

View contrary to the earlier view taken by the Assessing Officer while completing the original assessment amounts to change of opinion

July 19, 2009 616 Views 0 comment Print

12. Under the provisions of Section 147 of the I.T. Act, the Assessing Officer has the power to reassess the income for any Assessment Year where he has a reason lo believe that any income chargeable to tax had escaped assessment for any Assessment Year. The power is also given to Assessing Officer to recompute the loss or the depreciation allowance or any other allowance for the Assessment Year

S.195 applicable even when deductee is foreign company & assessed in India due to its business presence

July 19, 2009 2356 Views 0 comment Print

12. We have heard both the parties. The first contention of the learned AR is that section 195 is not applicable because the deductee is a tax resident of India and is being assessed in India. This ground of appeal has been decided by the learned CIT (A) against the deductor and the deductor has not filed any cross objection. Therefore, it cannot be held that section 195 will not be applicable

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