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DATE: September 5, 2014 (Date of pronouncement)
DATE: October 17, 2014 (Date of publication)
AY: 2007-08 and 2008-09
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S. 14A & Rule 8D disallowance cannot be made if there is no exempt income or if there is a possibility of the gains on transfer of the shares being taxable.

(i) On the issue whether the assessee could have earned dividend income and even if no dividend income was earned, yet Section 14A can be invoked and disallowance of expenditure can be made, there are three decisions of the different …

CIT vs. Holcim India P. Ltd (Delhi High Court) Read More »

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DATE: July 30, 2014 (Date of pronouncement)
DATE: October 15, 2014 (Date of publication)
AY: 2009-2010
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S. 147: If AO contests the audit objection but still reopens to comply with the audit objection, it means he has not applied his mind independently and the reopening is void

To satisfy ourselves, whether the reassessment proceedings have been initiated at the instance of the audit party and solely on the ground of audit objections ….. On a perusal of the files, the noting made therein and the relevant documents, …

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DATE: October 13, 2014 (Date of pronouncement)
DATE: October 14, 2014 (Date of publication)
AY: 2005-06
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Advertisement expenditure incurred by agent to popularize the business of the channel run by the foreign principal is allowable as there is a direct business between the expenditure and the assessee's business as agent. The fact that the foreign principals also benefited does not entail right to deny deduction under section 37(1)

The main grounds on which the revenue has questioned the order of the tribunal are (a) non disclosure in form 3CEB of the fact that the principal is also a beneficiary of the advertising expenses; (b) that the advertising and …

CIT vs. N.G.C. Network (India) P. Ltd (Bombay High Court) Read More »

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DATE: August 13, 2014 (Date of pronouncement)
DATE: October 12, 2014 (Date of publication)
AY: 2003-04
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S. 80HHC: Deemed credit under the CENVAT Incentive Scheme is part of the business profits eligible for deduction u/s 80HHC

We agree with the submission of Ms Vissanjee that the said CENVAT incentive being the refund of tax and duty paid on inputs consumed for goods manufactured and exported would automatically reduce the cost of manufacture of the exported goods, …

CIT vs. Valiant Glass Works Pvt.Ltd (Bombay High Court) Read More »

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DATE: October 10, 2014 (Date of pronouncement)
DATE: October 10, 2014 (Date of publication)
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Neither the capital receipts received by the Petitioner on issue of equity shares to its holding company, a non-resident entity, nor the alleged short-fall between the so called fair market price of its equity shares and the issue price of the equity shares can be considered as income within the meaning of the expression as defined under the Act.

The assessee, an Indian company, issued equity shares at the premium of Rs.8591 per share aggregating Rs.246.38 crores to its holding company. Though the transaction was reported as an “international transaction” in Form 3 CEB, the assessee claimed that the …

Vodafone India Services Pvt. Ltd vs. UOI (Bombay High Court) Read More »

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DATE: October 10, 2014 (Date of pronouncement)
DATE: October 10, 2014 (Date of publication)
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Senior officers of the department summoned and strictures passed for ‘Irresponsible conduct’ of filing an appeal on a point which is admittedly covered against the department by a judgement of the Supreme Court

The department conceded before the Tribunal that the issue in the appeal was covered in favour of the assessee by the judgement of the Supreme Court in CIT v/s Tulsyan NEC Ltd 330 ITR 226 (SC). However, despite this, the …

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DATE: August 8, 2014 (Date of pronouncement)
DATE: October 10, 2014 (Date of publication)
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Income by way of fees for technical services payable by a person who is a resident, would be income deemed to accrue or arise in India

Section 9(1) of the Act provides which incomes shall be deemed to accrue or arise in India. Sub-clause (vii)(b) of section 9(1) of the Act, as applicable to the facts of the present case, inter alia provides that income by …

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DATE: July 31, 2014 (Date of pronouncement)
DATE: October 10, 2014 (Date of publication)
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The key word in Explanation is “work”. There could be a scenario where in the given set of facts and circumstances it could be validly contended that a hotel was a place of the work of the employees of the Assessee Company

Whether expenses incurred in a hotel would fall within “or other place of their work” appearing in Explanation 2 to Section 37(2A) of the Act, would entirely depend on the facts of each case. There cannot be any generalization in …

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DATE: August 1, 2014 (Date of pronouncement)
DATE: October 10, 2014 (Date of publication)
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Benefit of section 80V would be available to the Assessee if the borrowings were taken for the purpose of payment of tax

In Hindustan Cocoa Products Ltd. v/s Commissioner of Income Tax, reported in [1999] 236 ITR 140, this Court observed that the benefit of section 80V would be available to the Assessee if the borrowings were taken for the purpose of …

CIT vs. Mafatlal Dyes and Chemicals Ltd (Bombay High Court) Read More »

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DATE: September 2, 2014 (Date of pronouncement)
DATE: October 9, 2014 (Date of publication)
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Premature payment of sales-tax deferral loan by paying an amount equal to the net present value of the deferred tax by which the entire liability to pay tax/loan stood discharged is not a "benefit" taxable u/s 41 (1)

As per an incentive scheme announced by the Government of Maharashtra, the assessee entered into an agreement to avail the benefits under deferral/1993 scheme which provides for deferment of payment of taxes. This agreement not only determined the eligibility of …

CIT vs. McDowell & Co Ltd (Karnataka High Court) Read More »