Month: August 2011

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DATE: August 4, 2011 (Date of publication)
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In our view, the re-opening of assessment is fully justified on the facts and circumstances of the case. However, on the merits of the case, it would be open to the assessee to raise all contentions with regard to the amount of Rs.98.46 lakhs being offered for tax as well as it’s contention on Section 14A of the Income Tax Act, 1961

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DATE: August 2, 2011 (Date of publication)
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As the amounts received by Minicon from the third parties have been taxed in the hands of Minicon and that has attained finality, taxing the very same amount once again in the hands of the assessee would amount to taxing an income twice which is not permissible in law. In Akshay Textile Trading 304 ITR 401 (Bom) it was held that in the absence of any cogent evidence to show that the transaction was not genuine, the amounts received by an intermediary cannot be assessed in the hands of the assessee. In the present case, save and except the fact that one of the directors of the assessee company was also a director in Minicon, there is nothing on record to show that the transaction between the assessee and Minicon is a sham transaction. Accordingly, the decision of the Tribunal that the amounts received by Minicon on account of letting out the premises is liable to be assessed in the hands of the assessee on the ground that the transaction between the assessee and Minicon is a sham and bogus transaction cannot be accepted

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DATE: August 2, 2011 (Date of publication)
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The expression “before giving effect to the 2nd proviso to s. 48‟ in the Proviso to s. 112(1) pre-supposes the existence of a case where computation of long-term capital gains could be made in accordance with the formula contained in the 2nd proviso in s. 48. It means that the asset must be one qualified for indexation under the second proviso to s. 48. There is no justification in not giving effect to the words used in the proviso. As the 2nd proviso to s. 48 is not applicable to non-residents, occasion to apply the proviso to s. 112(1) does not arise. A non-resident foreign company cannot claim the double benefit of protection against rupee value fluctuation as well as indexation. Timken 294 ITR 513 (AAR) not followed; BASF AG 293 ITR (AT) 1 followed