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S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes-Fresh registration under section 12AB-Original registration under Section 12AA up to Assessment year 2021-22-Denial of exemption is not valid.[S. 12AA, 12AB, 13]

Shambhu Dayal Modern School v. ITO (2024) 208 ITD 603 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes-Loan scholarships to Indian students in India for education/higher education abroad-Application of income-Eligible for exemption. [S.11(1)(c)]

ITO (E) v. JN Tata Endowment for the Higher Education of Indians. (2024) 208 ITD 573 (Mum) (Trib.)

S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes-Sale of property-Invested in bank fixed deposit-Converted into capital gain account scheme-Utilised entire amount of capital gain for purchasing other property in financial years 2022-23 and 2023-24-Instruction No. 883, dated 24-9-1975-Entitle to exemption.[S 11(1), 11(5), 11(IA)]

Vaishnav Samaj Trust v. ITO (2024) 208 ITD 507 (Surat) (Trib.)

S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes-Research work in area of micro wave electronics-No changes in facts-Denial of exemption is not valid.[S. 2(15) 12A]

DCIT v. Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering Research Bombay. (2024) 208 ITD 339 (Mum) (Trib.)

S. 10(38) : Long term capital gains from equities-STT was not paid at time of acquisition of shares-Entitle to exemption. [S.115U]

DCIT v. Business Excellence Trust. (2024) 208 ITD 173 (Mum) (Trib.)

S. 10 (23C): Non profit organization-Promoting export of leather industries-Objectives of general public utility-Net surplus was less than 20 per cent of total receipts-Exemption cannot be rejected under second proviso to section 2(15).[S. 2(15), 10(23C)(iv)]

Council for Leather Exports v. DCIT (2024) 208 ITD 416/231 TTJ 873/242 DTR 272 (Chennai) (Trib.)

S. 9(1)(vii) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Fees for technical services-Marketing services-Commission on sales-Subsidiary of SEPL India-Performed pure sales function by connecting potential customers from US by performing presales activity of introducing SEPL India-Not taxable in India-DTAA-India-USA[Art. 12]

Steer America Inc. v. DCIT (IT) (2024) 208 ITD 262 (Bang) (Trib.)

S. 9(1)(vi) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Royalty-Offshore sales of books/journals or providing access to online journals/online library-Not royalty-Services of providing access to online database/journals did not fall under FIS as services did not satisfy clause make available as required for provisions of article 12 of DTAA-India-USA [S.9(1)(vii), Art. 12]

John Wiley and Sons Inc. v. DCIT, IT (2024) 208 ITD 655/114 ITR 52(SN) (Delhi) (Trib.)

S. 9(1)(v) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Interest-Interest payment to China Development Bank (CDB)-Financial institution wholly owned by Government of China-Exemption-Not liable to deduct tax at source-DTAA-India-China.[S. 195, Art. 11(3)]

ITO v. Tata Teleservices Ltd. (2024) 208 ITD 648 (Delhi) (Trib.)

S. 9(1)(ii) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Salaries-Shipping, Inland waterways Transport and Air Transport-Salary-Salary income received by assessee-NRI from his foreign employer for working in international waters is exempt income-DTAA-India-Singapore. [S. 2(25A), 5(2)(b) 6, Art.8]

Pralay Pradyotkanti Ghosh v. ITO (IT) (2024) 208 ITD 163 (Ahd) (Trib.)