Year: 2019

Archive for 2019


PCIT v. State Fisheries Development Corporation Ltd. (2019) 414 ITR 443 (Cal)(HC) Editorial: PCIT v. State Fisheries Development Corporation Ltd. ( 2019) 411 ITR 4 (St)

S. 4 : Charge of income-tax–Capital or revenue-Grant in aide– Disbursement of salaries and flood relief-Protect the functioning of the assessee-Held to be capital receipt. [S. 28(i)]

CIT v. H. P. Excise and Taxation Technical Service Agency. (2019) 414 ITR 539 (HP) (HC) Editorial: SLP of revenue is dismissed CIT v. H. P. Excise and Taxation Technical Service Agency. (2019) 414 ITR 7 (St) (SC)

S. 2(24) : Income–Collection of value added tax on behalf of the State Government–Excess over expenditure deposited in State Treasury–Not assessable as income. [S. 2(24(i), 12A]

Nikharika Jain v. UOI (2019) 107 taxman .com 272 (Raj)(HC), www.itatonline.org

Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act , 1988.
S.3: Prohibition of benami transactions- The Benami Amendment Act, 2016, amending the Benami Act, 1988, comes into force on 01.11.2016 and does not have retrospective effect. [S. 2((9), 5,8 / Art . 226 , 227 ]

ITO v. Dinesh Madhavlal Patel (2019) 108 taxmnn.com 211 / 181 DTR 9 (Ahd)(Trib), www.itatonline.org

S. 254(1) : Appellate Tribunal -Low tax effect Appeals- Less than 50 lakhs – Applies to all pending appeals- 628 Departmental appeals are dismissed . [ S.253 ] .

Bently Nevada LLC v. ITO ( 2019) 267 Taxman 333/ 183 DTR 257/ 311 CTR 677(Delhi)(HC),www.itatonline.org

S. 197 : Deduction at source – Certificate for lower rate –Quasi judicial – Must be supported by valid and cogent reasons- Orders passed by a statutory authority under “dictation” of a superior officer or anyone else is bad in law .[ R.28AA ]

CIT v. Laxman Das Khandelwal( 2019) 417 ITR 325/ 266 Taxman 171 / 310 CTR 8/ 180 DTR 313 (SC),www.itatonline.org Editorial: CIT v. Laxman Das Khandelwal ( 2019) 108 taxmann.com 182 (MP )(HC ) is affirmed .

S. 143(2) : Assessment – Notice –Failure to issue a notice u/s 143(2) renders the assessment order void even if the assessee has participated in the proceedings -Deeming fiction does not operate to save complete absence of notice [ S.292BB ]

PCIT v. S. G. Asia Holding (I) Pvt. Ltd( 2019)266 Taxman 451/ 108 taxmann.com 213 / 310 CTR 1/ 181 DTR 17 (SC),www.itatonline.org Editorial: Arising from the order PCIT v. S. G. Asia Holding (I) Pvt. Ltd ( 2019) 102 taxmann.com 306 ( Bom) (HC)

S. 92CA: Reference to transfer pricing officer – CBDT’s Instruction No.3/2003 dated 20.05.2003 makes it mandatory for the AO to make a reference to the TPO- The failure to make reference to the TPO renders the Transfer Pricing Adjustments made therein are bad in law though the assessment order is good- The matter should be restored to the file of the AO so that appropriate reference could be made to the TPO.[ S. 92C, 119 ]

Janani Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. v. ACIT( 2019 ) 74 ITR 373 /( 2020) 203 TTJ 59 (Bang)(Trib),/ Carmel Asia Holdings (P) Ltd v ACIT 2019) 74 ITR 373/ (2020) 203 TTJ 59 (Bang.)(Trib.), www.itatonline.org

S. 68 : Cash credits –Share capital premium- The test of human probabilities cannot be applied to business transactions- The AO cannot reach this conclusion without further investigation and bringing material on record -Reopening is held to be bad in law [ S.147, 148 ]. .

Pankil Garg v. PCIT ( 2019) 181 DTR 305 (Chand)(Trib),www.itatonline.org

S. 56 : Income from other sources –HUF –Relative – Amounts received by a member from the ‘HUF’ cannot be said to be income of the member exigible to taxation- Revision is held to be not valid [ S.56(2) (vii), 263 ].

Chandra Prakash Jhunjhunwala v. DCIT ( 2019) 201 TTJ 831/( 2020) 181 ITD 185 /188 DTR 108 (Kol)(Trib), www.itatonline.org

S. 50C : Capital gains-Full value of consideration- stamp valuation- Though the 3rd Proviso to S. 50C, which provides a safe harbour of 5%, applies w.e.f. 01.04.2019, it must be interpreted to apply since the insertion of s. 50C (01.04.2003) because it is curative and removes an incongruity and avoids undue hardship to assessees. [ S. 43CA, 45 ]