Month: July 2018

Archive for July, 2018


ACIT v. WTI Advance Technology Ltd. (2018) 171 ITD 11 (Mum) (Trib.)

S. 194C : Deduction at source – Contractors – Outsourced non-technical work such as collection of data to various contractors, said work being in nature of ‘works contract’ and cannot be considered as technical services – Justified in deducting tax at source under S.194C.[ S.194J ]

Abad Trust. v. ADIT (E) (2018) 171 ITD 50 (Cochin) (Trib.)

S. 161 : Liability of representative assessee -Income from house property- Shares of beneficiaries are definite – Trust cannot be assessed separately at maximum rate- Tax on the share of each beneficiary will have to be separately calculated as if it formed a part of the beneficiary’ s income. Tax payable by the Trust will be the sum total of the tax calculated on the share of each beneficiary . [ S.22, 26 , 164 ]

Ardent Steel Ltd. v. ACIT ( 2018) 405 ITR 422/ 302 CTR 362/166 DTR 33 (Chhattisgarh) (HC)

S.148: Reassessment-Notice -Issue of notice at old address after expiry of period of limitation ,in spite of change in the official record by updating PAN data base- Reassessment is held to be bad in law [ S.147 ,292BB ]

Indus Finance Corpn. Ltd. v. DCIT (2018) 171 ITD 26 (Chennai) (Trib.)

S.115JB: Book profit- Depreciation charged at 80% – Restricting the claim of depreciation on windmills to 5.28 per cent as per Schedule XIV of Companies Act, 1956 is held to be justified [ S.32 ]

Shailendra Kamalkishore Jaiswal. v. ACIT (2018) 171 ITD 6 (Nag.) (Trib.)

S.56: Income from other sources -Gift- Provisions of section 56(2)(vii)(b) are applicable to only those transactions which are entered into after 1-10-2009 [ S.56(2)(vii)(b) ]

Huawei Telecommunication (India) Company (P.) Ltd. v. ACIT (2018) 171 ITD 19 (Delhi) (Trib.)

S. 37(1) : Business expenditure -Warranty provision- Services by way of repair and replacement for a pre-defined period, said provision was eligible for deduction [ S.145 ]

Hitachi Home & Life Solutions (I) Ltd. v. ACIT (2018) 171 ITD 65 (Ahd) (Trib.)

S. 37(1) : Business expenditure -Warranty provision- Following consistent method in creating similar warranty provision year after year, no ad hoc addition could be made. stores and spares expenses pertained to normal repairs and maintenance of manufacturing facility and salary, wages and staff welfare were related to normal business expenditure, no ad hoc disallowance could be made. [ S.145 ]

Sukhmani Society for Citizen Services. v. ACIT (2018) 171 ITD 32/ 194 TTJ 937 / 169 DTR 89 (Asr) (Trib).

S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes – Providing technical and managerial services to common people through IT for efficient functioning in government departments and it was charging service fee in addition to statutory fee levied by government and assessee could enhance its fees, since assessee’s activities were not charitable. [ S.2(15) , 12AA ]

Alankar Slimming & Cosmetic Clinic (P.) Ltd. v. ITO (2018) 171 ITD 1 (Kol) (Trib.)

S. 5 : Scope of total income – Accounting Standard 9 -Accrual- Since agreement was valid for a period of five years and assessee had to carry on certain activities throughout period of five years by taking participation into management of business affairs of Vibes clinic among other responsibilities, assessee was justified in deferring income over a period of five years. [ S.145 ]

Ghanshyam v. ITO (SMC) ( 2018) 194 TTJ 25 (UO) (Agra)(Trib), www.itatonline.org

S. 151 : Reassessment – Sanction for issue of notice – If the CIT merely states “Yes, I am satisfied” while granting sanction to the reopening, it means that the sanction is merely mechanical and he has not applied independent mind. There is not an iota of material on record as to what documents he had perused and what were the reasons for his being satisfied to accord the sanction to initiate the reopening of assessment- Order was quashed and held to be void ab-initio .[ S.147, 148 ]