Year: 2018

Archive for 2018


DCIT v. Dominos Pizza International Franchising Inc. (2018) 171 ITD 321 / 193 TTJ 963/169 DTR 201 (Mum)(Trib.)

S. 9(1)(i): Income deemed to accrue or arise in India – Business connection – Franchise of Dominos Pizza -Profit and loss from business belonged to Jubilant and no activities were carried out by jubilant on behalf of assessee, Jubilant did not constitute a Permanent Establishment of assessee in India hence not liable to tax in India -DTAA-India-UK [ Art.5 ]

Bentley Nevada LLC v. Jt. DIT (IT) (2018) 164 DTR 1 / 192 TTJ 651(Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 9(1)(vi) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India – Royalty or business profits – Income from supply of software embedded in hardware – Income relatable to supply of software cannot be treated as royalty income.[S.9(1)(i)]

Dy. CIT v. Everest Industries Ltd. (2018) 192 TTJ 904 /168 DTR 178/90 taxmann.com 330 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 4 : Charge of income-tax – Capital or revenue – Sales tax incentive-Remanded to the file of AO .

ACIT v. Pasadensa Foods Ltd. (2018) 163 DTR 243 (Delhi)( Trib.)

S. 4:Charge of income- tax – Subsidy received from Government for setting up of an industry in the backward area was to be treated as a capital receipt.

ACIT v. Deepak Jagdish Thakkar (2018) 161 DTR 49 / 191 TTJ 104 (Pune)(Trib.)

S. 4 : Charge of income-tax – Receipt arising on extra sale value of sugar did not arise to Assessee since the receipt was cast with the obligation to pay the same to sugar factories and hence, it had to be diverted by overriding title—Difference in profit was not to be included as income in hands of assessee.

PCIT v. Associated Cable Pvt. Ltd. (Bom)(HC), www.itatonline.org

Interpretation-Precedent- Merely filing of an SLP would not make the order of this Court bad in law or give a license to the Revenue to proceed on the basis that the order is stayed and/or in abeyance.

Pioneer Town Planners Pvt. Ltd. v. DCIT ( 2018) 195 TTJ 388/170 DTR 237/ 66 ITR 47 (SN) ( Delhi)(Trib), www.itatonline.org

S. 151 : Reassessment – Sanction- Sanction granted by writing “Yes, I am satisfied” is not sufficient to comply with the requirement of s. 151 because it means that the approving authority has recorded satisfaction in a mechanical manner and without application of mind-Reassessment is bad in law . [ S.147, 148, 292B ]

Pioneer Town Planners Pvt. Ltd. v. DCIT ( 2018) 195 TTJ 388/ 170 DTR 237 /66 ITR 47 (SN) ( Delhi)(Trib), www.itatonline.org

S.147:Reassessment -If information is received from investigation wing that assessee was beneficiary of accommodation entries but no further inquiry was undertaken by AO, said information cannot be said to be tangible material per se and, thus, reassessment on said basis is not justified.[ S.148, 151 ]

Priyatam Plaschem Pvt. Ltd. V. ITO ( 2018) 67 ITR 649 ( Delhi)(Trib), www.itatonline.org

S. 68: Cash credits- Produced sufficient documentary evidence before AO, at the assessment as well as appellate stage to prove the genuineness of the transaction- Share capital, share premium received by a Company from investors can not be assessed as unexplained cash credit – The valuation report filed by the assessee support explanation of assessee that shares were issued at premium which were below the fair market value -Addition cannot be made as income from other sources.[ S.56(2)(viib), R.11UA(2)(a) ]

Sanjaykumar Footermal Jain, v. ITO (Mum)(Trib) , www.itatonline.org

S.45: Capital gains- Allotment letter- Period of holdings- The law laid down in CIT v Suraj Lamps & Industries Pvt Ltd ( 2012 ) 340 ITR 1 (SC) that transfer of immovable property is effective only on registration of conveyance deed is not applicable for computing the holding period of property. Holding period should be computed from the date of issue of the allotment letter and not from the date of the conveyance deed, ratio in Rasiklal M. Parikh v. ACIT (2017 ) 393 ITR 536 (Bom)(HC) is explained [ S.2(42A ), 2(47) 54 ]