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Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited Versus The UOI and Commissioner of Central Excise (Bombay High Court)

February 9, 2010 1362 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal, first and foremost, is duty bound by Article 141 of the Constitution of India to ensure that it follows binding precedent of the Supreme Court. The Tribunal as a judicial body must follow principles of consistency when it decides cases. The lack of consistency is clear on the face of record. Judicial orders must be passed by the Tribunal

Close business association between two or more persons does not by itself make them person acting in concert

February 9, 2010 1329 Views 0 comment Print

We have carefully perused the show cause notice which was common to all the six entities including the appellant who were alleged to have acted in concert with each other in the acquisition of the shares of the target company. Apart from making a bald assertion in para S of that notice that all the notices were acting in concert, there is nothing else in the show cause notice to suggest that the appellant was acting in concert with the other notices.

Section 36(1)(vii) of Income tax Act,1961 with changes wef 1.4.1989

February 9, 2010 1644 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on bad debt write-offs post-April 1, 1989. Assessing officers must consider the write-off in company accounts.

Deduction U/s. 10A of the Income Tax Act is allowable without set off of losses of non-eligible units

February 9, 2010 2060 Views 0 comment Print

In respect of AY 2003-04, the assessee had an unit in Chennai which was engaged in software development and whose profits were eligible for deduction u/s 10A. The assessee had another unit in Delhi which was engaged in trading and had suffered a loss. The assessee claimed that it was eligible for a deduction u/s 10A

RBI’s approval does not put a seal of approval on true character of a transaction from perspective of transfer pricing regulation

February 7, 2010 531 Views 0 comment Print

These appeals by the assessee are directed against the separate orders of the CIT(A) for the respective assessment years. Since the issues involved in these appeals are common and connected, and these appeals were heard together, these are being consolidated and disposed of together by this common order.

Recourse to the power under Section 147 cannot be sustained on a mere change of opinion

February 7, 2010 972 Views 0 comment Print

The admitted position before the Court, on the basis of the material on the record, is that by the notice under Section 148 issued on 30th November 2009, the assessment pertaining to the year 2002 ­03 was sought to be reopened after the lapse of four years. Section 147 postulates inter alia that if the Assessing Officer has reason to believe

Co-operative Bank entitled to deduction U/s 80P(2)(a)(i) on amount of interest received U/s 244A on Income tax Refund

February 7, 2010 3260 Views 0 comment Print

We have heard the arguments put forth by both the sides along with the case law relied upon. Having held above that the interest on income-tax refund does not fall under the head `Profits and gains of business or profession’, it remains to be examined as to whether deduction u/s.80P is restricted only to the income falling under this head

EPCG Scheme- Section 15(1)(b) would be applicable only when the goods are cleared from the warehouse u/s. 68 of the Cust

February 7, 2010 2630 Views 0 comment Print

Section 15(1)(b) would be applicable only when the goods are cleared from the warehouse under Section 68 of the Act, i.e., within the initially permitted period or during the permitted extended period. It is trite to say that when the goods are cleared from the warehouse after the expiry of the permitted period or its permitted extension, the goods are deemed to have been improperly removed under Section 72(1)(b) of the Act, with the consequence that the rate of duty has to be computed according to the rate applicable on the date of expiry of the permitted period under Section 61.

Even employees’ contribution to PF paid before due date of filing ROI is allowable u/s 43B

February 6, 2010 1507 Views 0 comment Print

S. 2 (24) (x) provides that amounts received by an assessee from employees towards PF contributions etc shall be “income”. S. 36 (1) (va) provides that if such sums are contributed to the employees account in the relevant fund on or before the due date specified in the PF etc legislation, the assessee shall be entitled to a deduction

In absence of stay from SC, department can’t collect service tax on renting of immovable properties by resorting to other means

February 6, 2010 619 Views 0 comment Print

In absence of Supreme Court’s order staying operations of High Court’s judgment relating to levy of service on renting of immovable property, Revenue Department could not instruct its officers to pursue the matter with tax payers calling upon them to pay service tax on same or to resort to other means under the law to protect the Revenue.

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