Year: 2018

Archive for 2018


DIT (IT) v. Nomura India Investment Fund Mother Fund. (2018) 404 ITR 636 (Bom) (HC) Editorial: SLP of revenue is dismissed DIT (IT) v. Nomura India Investment Fund Mother Fund( 2018) 401 ITR 172 (St)(SC)

S. 271(1)(c) : Penalty – Concealment – Capital gains —Claiming exemption under S.10(38) with a note that reserved its right to carry forward the loss – Deletion of penalty is held to be justified [ S.10(38), 45 ]

S. P. Mani and Mohan Dairy. v. ACIT (2018) 404 ITR 633/ 255 Taxman 172 (Mad) (HC)

S. 226 : Collection and recovery – Modes of recovery -Attachment of bank account – Interim in junction was granted subject to payment of 20 percent of disputed tax on account of claim of additional depreciation .[ S 32(1)(iia), 226(3) ]

Vithalbhai G. Prajapati v. ITO ( 2018) 404 ITR 732 / 172 DTR 331/85 taxmann.com 249( Guj) (HC)

S.147: Reassessment- Recording of reasons is mandatory -Capital gains- Inflated cost of indexation of land- The Assessing Officer cannot supply reasons from any material or grounds outside the reasons recorded by him -Notice issued without application of mind is held to be in valid [ S.148 ]

Munir Ismail Voraji v. ITO (2018) 404 ITR 696 (Guj) (HC)

S. 147 : Reassessment -Capital gains- Sale of land on the basis of valuation by Government approved valuer -Reassessment notice based on the valuation by Valuation officer is held to be bad in law [ S.148 ]

Home Finders Housing Ltd. v. ITO (2018) 404 ITR 611/ 166 DTR 393 /93 Taxmnn.com 371/ 303 CTR 269 (Mad) (HC).Editorial: SLP of assessee is dismissed Home Finders Housing Ltd. v. ITO (2018) 256 Taxman 59 (SC)

S. 147 : Reassessment -Order passed without following the procedure -Order passed before disposal of objections raised by assessee on reasons recorded for reopening is curable irregularity does not vitiate the proceedings .Matter can be remitted for compliance with procedure [ S. 148 ]

CIT v. Vikas A. Shah. (2018) 404 ITR 627 (Guj) (HC)

S.143(3): Assessment – Construction business-Estimate of gross profit rate of 8% and peak credit of undisclosed cash receipts is finding of fact-No substantial question of law [ S.260A ]

Shubharam Complex v. ITO ( 2018) 255 Taxman 364 ( Karn) (HC)

S.139: Return- Refund – AO wrongly treated the return filed as in valid- Fresh return filed along with condonation of delay which was rejected – AO is directed to pay the refund to the assessee after scrutinizing return [ S. 119(2)(b), 139 (9) ]

Synthite Industries Ltd. v. CIT (2018) 404 ITR 605 (Ker) (HC)

S.45: Capital gains —Sale of agricultural Land — Land should be agricultural at the time of sale — Purchase of agricultural land for building factory and subsequent sale as residential plots — Profits is not exempt from capital gains tax [ S. 2(14)(iii) ]

L. Jairam Parwani v. Dy. CIT ( 2018) 225 Taxman 362 ( Mad) (HC)

S. 37(1) : Business expenditure -Club expenses – Payment made for acquiring membership in a social club is not allowable as business expenditure, in the absence of any evidence to effect that membership was acquired for entertaining customer .

CIT v. Industrial Finance Corporation Of India Ltd. (2018) 404 ITR 629 (Delhi) (HC) Editorial: SLP of revenue is dismissed , CIT v. Industrial Finance Corporation Of India Ltd. (2018) 401 ITR 171 (St.)(SC)

S. 36(1)(vii) :Bad debt -Business loss- Finance company -Advances in form of equity participation to derive income Investment written off is allowable as bad debts . [ S.28(i)]