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S. 56 : Income from other sources-Issue of shares at premium-Provisions require the value of assets to be at FMV regardless of the book entries–Valuation of share premium on issue of unquoted equity shares by closely held company basis such FMV justified. [S. 56(2)(viib)]

Unnati Inorganics (P) Ltd. v. ITO (2019) 183 DTR 333 / 202 TTJ 347 (Ahd.)(Trib.)

S. 54F : Capital Gain–Hindu Undivided Family (HUF)-Property purchased in the name of individual for convenience–Part of the common pool–Protected assessment attains finality-Same income cannot be taxed twice again.

ITO v. Bongu Janardhan Rao (2019)75 ITR 214 (Hyd.)(Trib.)

S. 54F : Capital gains-Investment in a residential house-Assessee Incurring Expenditure within stipulated period and constructing house incurring cost of construction-Rejection of claim without enquiry to verify actual cost of construction and period of construction of house is not justified. [S. 45]

Anil Vijay v. ITO (2019)76 ITR 315 (Jaipur)(Trib.)

S. 54F : Capital gains-Investment in a residential house– Deduction under 54 and 54F can be claimed on the sale of one property. [S. 45, 54]

ACIT v. Ramani Joseph (Smt.) (2019) 179 DTR 338 / 200 TTJ 522 (Chennai)(Trib.)

S. 50C : Capital gains–Full value of consideration–Stamp valuation –FMV to be determined based on prevailing rate in the area as well as comparable sale instances–Matter remanded [S. 45]

Vijay Kumar Patni v. ITO (2019) 73 ITR 36 / 201 TTJ 885 / 181 DTR 1 (Jaipur)(Trib.)

S. 48 : Capital gains-Computation-Cost of acquisition-Indexation benefit on debt instruments-Government securities different from bond and debenture for purpose of third proviso to S.48-Benefit of indexation should be granted to assessee on redemption of government securities. [Public Debt Act, 1944. S. 2(a)(i)]

Peerless General Finance and Investment Co. Ltd. v. DCIT (2019) 76 ITR 356 (Kol.)(Trib.)

S. 45 : Capital gains-Gains from equities-Entire documentary evidence not disputed and no rebuttal to explanation of assessee-no adverse materials against assessee-No proper enquiry conducted on documentary evidence filed-Assessee entering into genuine transaction of sale and purchase of shares-Entitled to exemption. [S. 10(38), 68, 115BBE].

Asha Luthra (Ms.) v. ITO (2019) 76 ITR 432 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 40(a)(ia) : Amounts not deductible-Deduction at source-Copy editing, indexing and proof reading requiring only knowledge of language and not expertise in subject matter of text-Services rendered by Non-residents not Technical Services-Not liable to deduct tax at source-No disallowances can be made. [S. 195(6)]

Integra Software Services Pvt. Ltd. v. DCIT (2019) 76 ITR 491 / (2020) 181 ITD 512/ 194 DTR 25/ 207 TTJ 326(Chennai)(Trib.)

S. 40(a)(ia) : Amount not deductible-Deduction of tax at source–Payments to Non-resident–Services rendered outside India– Payments outside India-Not taxable in India-No disallowance can be made.0 OECD Model Convention – Art, 7 [S. 5, 9, 195]

JLC Electromet P. Ltd. v. ACIT (2019) 75 ITR 13 / 201 TTJ 811 / ( 2020) 182 ITD 509 (Jaipur)(Trib.)

S. 40(a)(ia) : Amounts not deductible-Deduction at source-Non-resident-Copy editing, indexing and proof reading requiring only knowledge of language and not expertise in subject matter of text-Services rendered by non-residents not technical services-Tax deduction is not required-No disallowance can be made. [S. 9(1)(1), 195(6)].

Dy. CIT v. Integra Software Services Pvt. Ltd. (2019) 76 ITR 491/ (2020) 181 ITD 512 / 194 DTR 25 / 207 TTJ 326 (Chennai) (Trib)