Year: 2019

Archive for 2019


DCIT v. Core Healthcare Ltd. (2019) 177 ITD 26 (Ahd.)(Trib.)

S. 36(1)(iii) : Interest on borrowed capital-Interest free loan to subsidiary from interest bearing funds- Proportionate interest payment is disallowable.

DCIT v. Core Healthcare Ltd. (2019) 177 ITD 26 (Ahd.)(Trib.)

S. 36(1)(iii) : Interest on borrowed capital–Provision for interest liability–Held to be allowable as deduction-Rule of consistency- It is not open to revenue to accept a judgment in the case of one assessee, and appeal, against the identical judgment in the case of another. It was held that such a differential treatment on the same set of facts was not permissible in law. [S. 43B]

Ahmedabad District Co-Operative Bank Ltd. v. DCIT (2019) 70 ITR 428 (Ahd.)(Trib.)

S. 32 : Depreciation-Investment depreciation reserve-co-operative society-Bound by the Reserve Bank of India directives-Business of banking-Matter remanded.

Tash Investment (P.) Ltd. v. ACIT (2019) 177 ITD 210/ 181 DTR 109 (Ahd.) (Trib.)

S. 28(i) : Business income-trading in shares-Professionally managed Portfolio Management Services (PMS)-large number of scrips were traded and period of holding at times was as short as few days- Assessable as business income and not capital gains. [S. 2(13), 2(14), 45]

ACIT v. Akshay Sobti. (2019) 177 ITD 92 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 28(i) : Business income-Maintenance charges from tenants were not received-Addition is deleted. [S. 23]

Tash Investment (P.) Ltd. v. ACIT (2019) 177 ITD 210 /181 DTR 109(Ahd.) (Trib.)

S. 14A : Disallowance of expenditure-Exempt income– Disallowance cannot exceed in excess of actual expenditure. [R. 8D]

Standard Chartered Bank v. JCIT (2019) 177 ITD 139 / 200 TTJ 774T 178 DTR 201(Mum) (Trib.)

S. 14A : Disallowance of expenditure – Exempt income – Investment in tax free bonds – No nexus between interest bearing funds and investment made in tax free bonds- Exemption cannot be denied. [S. 10(15)(iv)]

ITO (OSD) v. Shrine Vailankanni Senior Secondary School (2019) 70 ITR 345 (Chennai)(Trib.)

S. 13 : Denial of exemption-Trust or institution-Investment restrictions–Advancing money for acquiring land and construction of building–Delay in execution of sale deed-Advance of money to employee trust-No violation-Denial of exemption is held to be not valid–Application of income-entitle to depreciation though the cost of asset was allowed as application of income. [S. 11, 12AA, 13(1)(d), 32]

Advertising Agencies Association of India v. ADIT (2019) 177 ITD 33 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes-Trade association-Surplus from Goa Feast–Feast receipt and interest from bank-Entitle to exemption. [S. 2(15)]

Indus Entrepreneurs v. CIT (2019) 70 ITR 19 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes-Charging huge amounts for sponsorship fees from corporate entities on advertisement and free passes–Organisation for networking of entrepreneurs is not an educational institution-Membership is not open to general public-Contributors and beneficiaries are different–Not entitle to exemption. [S. 2(15)]