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Addition can’t be made based on search & seizure action taken against a third party without categorical finding that the search material pertains to the assessee

July 5, 2009 745 Views 0 comment Print

9. I have gone through the records carefully and I am unable to find any reason for making addition in the hands of the assessee. The addition is based upon the search proceedings and seizure that took place in the case of Narendra Kumar Paraswani not in the hands of the firm. Even the statement that were recorded have not implicated the assessee in any manner

Initial burden lies on assessee to prove genuineness of purchases

July 5, 2009 2315 Views 0 comment Print

The Allahabad High Court also denied the credit of alleged purchases in Shri Ganesha Rice Mills by stating `So far as the question of deduction of purchases from the corresponding sales are concerned, we may mention that the applicant being a manufacturer of Chuni-Bhusi and purchases having been found to be bogus and there is no other purchases of Chuni-Bhusi, the benefit of deduction of such purchases has rightly been disallowed

Applicability of section 44BB of the IT Act on mobilization/ demolization charges received by a non-resident foreign company

July 3, 2009 2914 Views 0 comment Print

Brief facts of the case giving rise to this appeal are that assessee, a non-resident foreign company, engaged in the business of providing services in connection with extraction and production of mineral oils, submitted its return of income declaring income at Rs. 2,11,79,270/ – for the Assessment Year 1999-2000. The case was processed under Section 143(1) of the Income Tax Act

Section 271(1)(c) can be invoked only if there is a "concealment of particulars of income"

July 1, 2009 907 Views 0 comment Print

20. It seems to us that the revenue functions in the same manner as other departments of administration, wherein the accepted norm is, to shift the responsibility of decision making to the judiciary. In sum and substance, the judiciary not only adjudicates upon legitimate controversies between quarreling parties, but also discharges the executive function of decision making

Section 80-IA relief has to be deducted before computing section 80-HHC relief

June 29, 2009 862 Views 0 comment Print

In ACIT Vs Rogini Garments108 ITD 49 the Special Bench at Chennai held that relief allowed u/s 80-IA had to be deducted from profits and gains of assessee’s business on which relief u/s 80HHC of the Act is to be computed. Subsequently, the Madras High Court in SCM Creations 304 ITR 319 took a contrary view. The question whether Rogini Garments was impliedly overruled was referred

Remuneration to partners should be Authorised by Partnership deed but quantification not necessary

June 29, 2009 2753 Views 0 comment Print

In Asstt. CIT v. Suman Construction (2009) 27 (II) ITCL 329 (Pune ‘A’-Trib) the assessing officer had noticed that the assessee had claimed salary to partners of Rs. 2,20,000. However, in his opinion as per the partnership deed filed along with the return in the past assessment year, there was no specification of this salary payable to the partners.

Mere reference of assessee’s name in the statement under section 132(4) is not sufficient to invoke the proceedings under section 158BD

June 22, 2009 654 Views 0 comment Print

5. The assessee was subjected to search assessment, whereupon additions were made, which included disallowance of interest expenditure Rs.54,1800/- ; addition for unexplained cash credit Rs.10,500/-, and another disallowance of claim of set off of business loss Rs.18,698/-; totalling Rs.83,378/-. The assessee contended before the AO that the disallowance of interest expenditure on bank loan was only a technical addition

Dharamendra Textile’s case cannot be said to hold that section 11AC would apply to every case of non-payment or short payment of duty

June 22, 2009 451 Views 0 comment Print

18. One cannot fail to notice that both the proviso to sub section 1 of section 11A and section 11AC use the same expressions: “….by reasons of fraud, collusion or any wilful mis-statement or suppression of facts, or contravention of any of the provisions of this Act or of the rules made thereunder with intent to evade payment of duty,…”. In other words the conditions that would extend the normal period of one year to five years

Provision for warranty is allowable if in past defects were there in products: SC

June 21, 2009 9243 Views 0 comment Print

10. What is a provision? This is the question which needs to be answered. A provision is a liability which can be measured only by using a substantial degree of estimation. A provision is recognized when: (a) an enterprise has a present obligation as a result of a past event; (b) it is probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation; and (c) a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation

Revised return which is a defective return filed under any of the provisions of the IT Act can be rectified

June 19, 2009 16884 Views 3 comments Print

The first issue is taken up first for consideration. Section 139(5) permits the assessee to file a revised return on discovery of an omission or any wrong statement in the original return. Of course, only such return can be revised which has been filed under section 139 (1) or which has been filed pursuant to notice under section 142 (1).

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