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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) ]

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

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

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

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

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

Securities Transaction Tax (STT) Finance (No. 2) Act, 2004

S. 105 :Penalty for failure to collect or pay securities transaction tax – Penalty not to be imposed inn certain cases – No penalty shall be imposed on assessee for having failed to collect Securities Transaction Tax (STT) or having collected, failed to pay such STT to credit of Central Government without providing it a reasonable opportunity to prove that there was reasonable cause for such failure [ S.108 ]

PCIT v. National Stock Exchange (2020) 272 Taxman 144 (Bom.)(HC), Editorial: National Stock Exchange v. Addl. CIT (2016) 158 ITD 850 / 178 TTJ 409 / 136 DTR 49 (Mum.)(Trib.), affirmed .

Securities Transaction Tax (STT) Finance (No. 2) Act, 2004

S. 105 :Penalty for failure to collect or pay securities transaction tax – Penalty not to be imposed inn certain cases – No penalty shall be imposed on assessee for having failed to collect Securities Transaction Tax (STT) or having collected, failed to pay such STT to credit of Central Government without providing it a reasonable opportunity to prove that there was reasonable cause for such failure [ S.108 ]

PCIT v. National Stock Exchange (2020) 272 Taxman 144 (Bom.)(HC)

Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988
S. 26 :Adjudication of benami property – Appeal – Show cause notice – Not an order appeal is not maintainable [ S. 26 (1), 46 Art , 226 ]

Initiating Officer v. Appellate Tribunal under the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions, Act, 1988 (2020) 272 Taxman 166 (Delhi)(HC)

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

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. 264 : Commissioner-Revision of other orders-Capital gains-Sale of agricultural land-Order set aside-Matter remanded to the Assessing Officer [S. 45, 54B, Art. 226]

S. Sundaramurthy v. PCIT (2020) 269 Taxman 107 (Mad.)(HC)