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ITO v. Nidhi Premises Pvt. Ltd. ( Mum) (Trib) (UR) www.itatonline .org

S. 253 : Appellate Tribunal – Monetary limits – CBDT Circular – Information received from DIT(Investigation) being an internal wing of Income Tax department cannot be treated as an external source and hence not covered by exception to Circular – Circular No 17/ 2029 dt 8 -8 -2019 ( 2019) 416 ITR 106 (St) – Circular No 23/2019 dt 16 -9- 2019 ( 2019) 417 ITR 4 (St) applies only to capital gains on penny stocks and not to share application money [ S.45 , 68 ]

CIT v. Jalaram Jagruti Development Pvt. Ltd ( Bom) (HC) (UR)www.itatonline .org

S. 145: Method of accounting – On money – Project competition method – unaccounted cash receipts as found recorded in the seized documents. The Assessee followed project completion method of accounting and offered it to tax in the year of completion of project. [ S. 4 , 5 ]

Network Construction Company v .ACIT ( 2020) 185 ITD 318 /119 taxmann.com 186/ (2021) 209 TTJ 900/197 DTR 433 ( Mum) (Trib ) www.itatonline.org

S. 45(3) : Capital gains – Transfer of capital asset to firm – AOP – I Introduction of development rights by way of capital contribution- Even though a transfer but it is not a sale because there neither any receipt nor any accrual of any consideration- Provisions of section 50C of the Act could not be applied to sale development rights – When there is inconsistency in special provision and general provision – Special provision will prevail .[ S.50C ]

CIT v. Equinox Solution Pvt Ltd (2017) 393 ITR 566/247 Taxman 89/294 CTR 1/150 DTR 137(SC)

S. 50 : Capital gains–Slump sale- Deemed” short term capital gains -Undertaking is sold as a running business with all assets and liabilities for a slump price, no part of the consideration can be attributed to depreciable assets-If the undertaking is held for more than three years, it constitutes a “long-term capital asset” and the gains are assessable as a long-term capital gain- Sale of entire business as running concern which qualifies to be long term capital asset is different from sale of one or more block of assets used in business as such. Assessee’s treatment of offering the gains as long term capital gains with consequential benefits under section 48(2) upheld . [S. 45, 48,50(2), 50B]

CIT v. Govindbhai Mamaiya (2014) 367 ITR 498/109 DTR 65/271 CTR 31/ (2015) 229 Taxman 138 (SC)

45(5) : Capital gains – Compulsory acquisition of land – Accrual – Enhanced compensation – Interest – Taxable in the year of receipt and not to be spread over – Individual v. Association of Persons [S. 2(31), Land Acquisition Act, 1894, S. 28]

CIT v. D. P. Sandhu Bros. Chembur (P.) Ltd. (2005) 273 ITR 1/142 Taxman 713/193 CTR 578/185 Taxation 471 (SC)

S.45 : Capital gains- Income from other Sources – A receipt that is capital in nature cannot be assessed under the head income from other source- Tenancy right is a capital asset the surrender of which would attract capital gains – Amount is not taxable under capital gains as cost of acquisition of tenancy right is indeterminate [ S 10(3) 14, 48 ,56 ]

CIT v. B. C. Srinivasa Setty (1981) 128 ITR 294/5 Taxman 1/21 CTR 138 (SC)

S. 45: Capital gains – Goodwill — Initially generated goodwill — cannot be regarded as ‘Asset’ – Transfer does not give rise to capital gains tax [S. 2(14), 2(47), 48, 49, 50 , 55]

Addl. CIT v. Mohanbhai Pamabhai (1987) 165 ITR 166 (SC)

S. 45: Capital gains – Retirement of a partner – Amount received in respect of his share in the partnership including goodwill – Amount not taxable as capital gains [S. 2(14), 2(47) ,48]

CIT v. H. Rajan and H. Kannan (1999) 236 ITR 42/153 CTR 11 (SC)

.S. 45: Capital gains – Conversion of proprietary business into firm – Amounts to transfer of interest in property to other partners – No consideration received – No capital gains tax [S. 2(47), 48]

H. H. Maharaja Rana Hemant Singhji v. CIT (1976) 103 ITR 61/1976 CTR 188 (SC)

45: Capital asset- Personal effects – Capital gains- Sovereigns and silver coins which were customarily used for puja purposes and other ritual purposes could not be designated as effects meant for personal use [ S.2(14) , Indian Income-Tax Act, 1922 , S. 2(4A), 12B]