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ACIT v. Saipem India Projects P. Ltd. (2020) 181 ITD 724 (Chennai) (Trib.)

S. 9(1)(vi) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India – Royalty – Computer software -Grant of non-exclusive non-transferable license in computer software with no right to sub-lease or transfer would fall within purview of Royalty- Chargeable to tax- Liable to deduct tax at source – DTAA -India -Italy [S. 40 (a)(i), 195 , Art . 13(3) ]

ITO v. Scheme A1 of ARCIL CPS 002 XI Trust.(2020) 207 TTJ 777/ (2021) 186 ITD 136 (Mum) (Trib.)

S. 61 : Revocable transfer of assets – Association of person- Revocable Trust – Beneficiaries unknown- Write back of provision – liquidating/recovering NPAs acquired from banks- Trust cannot be assessed as an Association of persons- Revocable trust provisions of section 61 to 63 is applicable – When names of beneficiaries of assessee-trust and their respective shares were known since inception and also proceeds had been distributed as per their respective shares, assessee-trust could not have been considered as an indeterminate trust- Write-back of a provision could be made taxable only if same was claimed as a deduction in earlier year when it was created. [ S. 2(31)(v), 4 , 62 , 63 , 164 (1) , SARFAESI Act ]

Mohd. Ilyas Ansari. v. ITO (2020) 196 DTR 185/ (2021) 186 ITD 407 (Mum) (Trib.)

S. 56 : Income from other sources –Purchase of flat – Gift – Stamp valuation and actual consideration – Addition was set a side [ S.56 (2) (vii) ]

Uddhav Krishna Bankar. v. ITO (2020) 196 DTR 129/ 208 TTJ 1005 / (2021) 186 ITD 309 (SMC) (Pune) (Trib.)

S. 54B : Capital gains – Land used for agricultural purposes -Agricultural land was sold by assessee on 12-10-2011 and new agricultural land was purchased on 26-8-2013- Denial of exemption is held to be not justified [ S. 45, 54B(2), 139(4) ]

G. Vijay Padma. (Smt) v. ITO (2020) 208 TTJ 530 / (2021) 186 ITD 109 (Bang) (Trib.)

S. 45 : Capital gains – Capital asset- Agricultural land- Not able to show any crop produced and expenses incurred – Assessable as capital gain [ S. 2(14)(iii), 10(1) ]

Sayqul Islam. v. ITO (2020) 195 DTR 154/ 207 TTJ 490/ (2021) 186 ITD 260 (Gauhati) (Trib.)

S. 44AD :Presumptive taxation- Turnover exceeded Rs 1 crore – Accounts not Audited – Net profit shown 0.99% of turnover – Assessing Officer estimated at 8% of turnover – Assessing Officer cannot make estimation of income without rejecting the books of account [ S.44AB , 144 ]

Nilkanth Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd. v. ACIT (2020) 194 DTR 137/ 207 TTJ 893 / (2021) 186 ITD 131 (Pune) (Trib.)

S. 40(a)(ia): Amounts not deductible – Deduction at source – Interest other than interest on securities -Co -operative bank – Members – Not liable to deduct tax at source [ S. 194A (3)(v)]

Edenred Pte. Ltd. v. DIT (2020) 207 TTJ 271 / (2021) 186 ITD 605 (Mum) (Trib.)

S. 9(1)(vi) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India – Web hosting services – Royalty – Providing IDC service to its Indian group companies from Singapore – Mail box/website hosting services- Not assessable as royalty- Management fess – Not assessable as fees for technical services – Fees for management services is not assessable as fees for technical services -Referral services/other services – Revenue received under referral agreement was not taxable as royalty under Act DTAA -India – Singapore [ S. 9(1)(vii), 90, Art 12 ] .

JCIT (IT) v. Merrill Lynch Capital Market Espana SA SV ( 2020) 180 ITD 627/ 187 DTR 313 / 204 TTJ 597 (Mum) (Trib)

S. 45 : Capital gains –Investment in foreign exchange – Deduction of tax at source- Principally- Taxation of business profits was expressly dealt with by article, those business profits could not be taxed in source jurisdiction for want of satisfying fundamental condition precedent for its taxability, i.e., existence of a PE in source jurisdiction – DTAA-India -Spain [ S.56 , Art . 7, 14(1) (14(5) ,23 (3) ]

CIT v. Shriram Properties (P) Ltd. (2020) 269 Taxman 313 (Mad.)(HC) PCIT v. Mangal Tirth Estates Ltd. (2020) 269 Taxman 80 (Mad.)(HC)

S. 268A : Appeal-Monitory tax effect less than of Rs. 1 crore-Appeal dismissed. [S. 260A]