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Charter ship hire payments not royalty within the meaning of section 9 of IT Act

July 17, 2009 828 Views 0 comment Print

12. Section 9(l)(vi)(c) provides that any income by way of royalty payable by a person who is a resident except where the royalty is payable in respect of any right, property or information used or services utilized for the purpose of a business or profession carried on by such person outside India or for the purposes of business or profession carried on by such person outside India or for the purpose

Furnishing bank guarantee cannot be equated with actual payment under Section 43B of IT Act

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8. We shall first deal with the question whether furnishing of bank guarantee amounts to actual payment and fulfils the conditions stipulated in section 43B of the Act. The requirement of Section 43B of the Act is the actual payment and not deemed payment as condition precedent for making the claim for deduction in respect of any of the expenditure incurred by the assessee during the relevant previous year specified in Section 43B.

Validity of notice issued by AO u/s 148 pursuant to directions of CIT u/s. 263

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20. An Income Tax Officer while passing an order of assessment performs judicial function. An appeal lies against his order before the Appellate Authority. A Revision Application would also lie before the Commissioner of Income Tax. It is trite that the jurisdiction exercised by the Revisional Authority pertains to his Appellate jurisdiction. See Shankar Ramchandra Abhyankar vs. Krishnaji Dattatraya Bapat

A supporting manufacturer entitled to claim deduction u/s. 80HHC (1A) on the basis of disclaimer certificate of export house

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7. A plain reading of the section would show that Sub. Sec (1) of 80HHC deals with deduction to be allowed to an assessee who is engaged in the business of export of goods or merchandise. The manner of determining the profits derived from export for the purpose of computation of deduction is provided in sub-sec (3), which has three clauses (a), (b), and (c ) covering three different aspects

Statutory date for FMV of a property cannot be substituted with a subsequent conversion date by issuing notification

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19. We heard both sides in detail and considered the issue in the light of the facts of the present case and in the light of various judicial pronouncements relied on by the assessee as well was the Revenue. The assessee purchased the property in 1975. The Notification declaring the said property in the category of capital asset was made in 1994. The property was sold in 2006. Now the case of the assessee is that for the purpose of computing

Mere citing of Law laid down by SC before tribunal and non application of same cannot be said mistake apparent from the record

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7. Ld. Sr. Counsel appearing for the assessee has contended that the Tribunal in its appellate order has cited two Supreme Court decisions in Royal Hatcheries V. State of Andhra Pradesh. AIR 1994 SC 666 and in M/s.Sil Import USA Vs. M/s.Exim Aides Silk Exporters, AIR 1999 SC 1609, 1612-13, without confronting the assessee at the time of hearing of the appeal before the Tribunal, and therefore

Notice u/s. 148(1) of IT Act when a valid return was pending assessment

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16. The term ‘pending’ means ‘undecided1 i.e something which is not concluded. An action is considered as pending from the time of commencement of the proceedings. Thus, a legal proceeding is pending as soon as commenced and until it is concluded. As per Advanced Law Lexicon, third Edition of 2005, page 3521/3522, following are the definitions of the word ‘pending’:

Deduction u/s 80-IB of IT Act in respect of housing project and its allowability

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10. The first issue is to be decided before us is the interpretation of the phrase “Housing Project” which is contemplated in Section 80IB (10) of the Act. There is no definition of the term `Housing Project’ given either in the Section 80IB or in the Act itself. But so far as Section 80HHBA which provides for a deduction in respect of profits and gains derived from the execution of the Housing Project

Valuation of residential accommodation provided by PSU to its employees

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48. Section 17(2)(ii) as it stood prior to amendment in 2007 did not contain any ‘deeming clause’ to deem rent paid less than 10% or 7.5% as a concession or that the employees is deemed to have received that concession. An employer may provide residential accommodation to his employees for several reasons. It is also possible that for making available staff quarters/colonies/ accommodations, State Governments

Taxability of receipts from transfer of marketing rights and non-compete fee

July 13, 2009 1261 Views 0 comment Print

9. The first item of receipt is that of Rs.5.010 crores towards assignment of marketing rights for local as well as export business. The Assessing Officer held it to be a revenue receipt liable to tax. At this juncture, it will be relevant to consider the distinction between the revenue and capital receipt in the context of the nature of transaction we are concerned with. Albeit there is no conclusive test for drawing

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