Year: 2011

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DATE: August 17, 2011 (Date of publication)
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As the AO had accepted that the assessee was eligible for s. 10A deduction and had only proposed a variation on the quantum, the DRP had no jurisdiction to hold that the assessee was not at all eligible for s. 10A deduction

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DATE: August 16, 2011 (Date of publication)
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Counsel for the Revenue could not point as to how interest on borrowed funds to the extent of Rs.2.79 crores was attributable to earning dividend income which are exempt u/s 10(33) of the Act. Therefore, in the absence of any material or basis to hold that the interest expenditure directly or indirectly was attributable for earning the dividend income, the decision of the Tribunal in deleting the disallowance of interest made u/s 14A cannot be faulted

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DATE: August 12, 2011 (Date of publication)
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The objection to the Special Bench hearing the issue only on the ground that the High Court has admitted the appeal is not acceptable for two reasons. Firstly, the mere fact that a superior authority is seized of an issue identical to the one before the lower authority does not create any impediment on the powers of the lower authority in disposing off the matters involving such issue as per prevailing law. If the suggestion is accepted, there would be chaos and the entire working of the Tribunal will come to standstill. Secondly, the Special Bench was constituted at the assessee’s request because it then wanted an “escape route” from a potential adverse view. The assessee cannot now argue that the Special Bench be deconstituted. Such “vacillating stand” cannot be approved

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DATE: August 6, 2011 (Date of publication)
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The clauses in the offshore supply contract agreement regarding the transfer of ownership, the payment mechanism in the form of letter of credit which ensures the credit of the amount in foreign currency to the applicant’s foreign bank account on receipt of shipment advice and insurance clause establish that the transaction of sale and the title took place outside Indian Territory. The ownership and property in goods passed outside India. The transit risk borne by the applicant till the goods reach the site in India is not necessarily inconsistent with the sale of goods taking place outside India. The parties may decide between them as to when the title of the goods should pass. As the consideration for the sale portion is separately specified, it can well be separated from the whole. (Ishikwajima Harima 288 ITR 410 (SC) & Hyosung Corporation 314 ITR 343 (AAR) followed; Ansaldo Energia SPA 310 ITR 237 (Mad) distinguished)

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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

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DATE: July 30, 2011 (Date of publication)
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A company with 20 times turnover (Wipro BPO) more than the assessee is not at all comparable because the assessee is a pygmy compared to a giant. Accordingly Wipro BPO has to be excluded from the list of comparable companies

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DATE: July 28, 2011 (Date of publication)
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The scope of deeming fiction u/s 9 (1)(i) which prima facie appears to be an extension of the classical source rule of taxation is in fact confined to the simpliciter taxability of an income earned in a tax jurisdiction because ‘while the main provision of the deeming fiction seems to be taking a rather aggressive view of the source rule, the Explanations to the deeming fiction considerably narrow down the scope of the same’ and to that extent there is overlapping of s. 9(1)(i) and s.5(2)(b). Further, while s. 9(1)(i) provides that an income with ‘business connection’ in India is chargeable to tax no matter in which part of the world it accrues or arises, the income which can be subjected to tax in India can never exceed the income attributable to operations carried out in India – by the non-resident or by the agent. This is made clear by clause (a) of Explanation 1 to s. 9(1)(i) and Explanation 3. The result is that if the agent (“the business connection”) has been compensated with fair remuneration, there cannot be further income of the non- resident which can be brought to tax u/s 9(1)(i) r.w.s. 5(2)(b)

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DATE: July 28, 2011 (Date of publication)
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The department’s objection that the assessee has received bonus shares without investing any convertible foreign exchange is not correct because as the original shares were acquired by investing convertible foreign exchange, it cannot be said that the bonus shares were acquired without taking into consideration the original shares. In accordance with Dalmia Investment 52 ITR 567 (SC) the cost of acquisition of the original shares is closely interlinked with the bonus shares. Once bonus shares are issued, the averaging out formula has to be followed with regard to all shares. Accordingly, bonus shares are covered by s. 115C(b) and eligible for benefit u/s 115F