Year: 2019

Archive for 2019


DCIT v Joint Secretary Organizing Committee for Winter Games, 2009 (2018) 196 TTJ 975/54 CCH 84 / 68 ITR 14 (SN)(2019) 173 DTR 122 (Delhi) (Trib.)

S. 271C : Penalty-Failure to deduct at source–It is necessary to establish ‘contumacious conduct’ on the part of the assessee for failure to deduct tax at source for levy of penalty – Penalty was deleted. [S. 194C]

Dy.CIT v. Manish Agarwala (2018) 167 DTR 369 / 194 TTJ 346 (Kol.)(Trib.)

S. 271AAB : Penalty where search has been initiated–Assessee recorded profits from sale of commodities in ‘other documents’ maintained in normal course, which were retrieved during search, penalty could not be levied.[S. 44AA(2), 132]

DCIT v. Jainco Developers Pvt. Ltd. (2018) 64 ITR 458 / 52 CCH 575 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 271AAA : Penalty-If no search has taken place in premises of assessee – All conditions laid down fulfilled–Deletion of penalty is held to be justified. [S. 132, 153C]

Dy. CIT v. MCML Train Control Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (2018) 63 ITR 144 (Chennai)(Trib.)

S. 271(1)(c) : Penalty–Concealment–Preferring incorrect claim by itself will not tantamount to furnishing inaccurate particulars of income and therefore penalty under S.271(1)(c) of the Act, cannot be imposed on the same.

DCIT v. G.E. Capital Business Process Management Services Pvt. Ltd. (2017) 51 CCH 158(2018) 63 ITR 337 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 198 : Deduction at source-Tax deducted is income received–Mismatch of receipts- Balance sheet item-Service tax wrongly treated as TDS by AO cannot be considered as income. [Form 26AS]

DCIT v. Joint Secretary Organizing Committee for Winter Games, 2009 (2018) 196 TTJ 975 / 54 CCH 84 /68 ITR 14 ( SN)/ (2019) 173 DTR 122 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 195 : Deduction at source-Non-resident-Other sums-Payment made to foreign entities for supply of equipment-where no income accrued in India – Not liable to deduct tax at source. [S.5, 9(1)(i), 194C]

DCIT v Joint Secretary Organizing Committee for Winter Games, 2009 (2018) 196 TTJ 975 / 54 CCH 84 / 68 ITR 14 (SN)(2019) 173 DTR 122 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 194C : Deduction at source–Contractors–Sub-Contractor- Contractor has to deduct tax at source on payment made to their sub contractors – Where person fails to deduct tax at source on sum paid to resident or on sum credited to account of resident such person shall not be deemed to be assessee in default in respect of such tax if such resident has furnished his return of income u/s. 139. [S. 40(a)(ia), 139, 201]

DCIT v. Ketan V. Shah (2017) 51 CCH 318 / (2018) 163 DTR 275 / 191 TTJ 35 (Mum.) (Trib.) DCIT v. Ketan V. Shah (HUF) (2017) 51 CCH 318 / (2018) 163 DTR 275 / 191 TTJ 35 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 153A : Assessment-Search or requisition–If assessee has neither filed return in response to notice nor participated in the assessment proceedings, addition made on the same shall not be deleted-Matter remanded to CIT (A).

DCIT v. Jasminder Singh (2018) 52 CCH 645/ 63 ITR 53 (SN)) (Luck)(Trib.)

S. 147 : Reassessment—Change of opinion – When the initiation of reassessment proceedings amounted to change of opinion, same is not permitted in the law. [S. 40(a)(ia), 43B]

Dy.CIT v. Mani Square Ltd. (2017) 190 TTJ 742 / (2018) 163 DTR 34 (Kol.)(Trib.)

S. 147 : Reassessment-Amalgamation-AO issued notice for reopening only against amalgamating company and not against assessee company which was amalgamated/successor company, assessment made in name of assessee company was void. [S. 148, 292B]