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S. 54B : Capital gains – Land used for agricultural purposes – No proper finding regarding character of land – Matter remanded . [ S. 45 , 254(1), Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act , S. 43, 63 ]

Kishorbhai Harjibhai Patel. v. ITO (2019) 417 ITR 547 /310 CTR 153 /266 Taxman 46 / 181 DTR 65 (Guj)(HC)

S.40(a)(ia):Amounts not deductible – Deduction at source –
Amendment to S.40A(ia) by Finance Act, 2010 permitting deposit of tax deducted at source till due date for filing return is retrospective in operation. [ S 139(1),260A ]

CIT v. Shraddha and S. S. Kale, Joint Venture . (2019) 417 ITR 439 (Bom) (HC)

S. 36(1)(viia) :Bad debt-Provision for bad and doubtful debts – Schedule bank -Bad debts written off in accounts is deductible – Determination of Rural branch is to be based on revenue records .

Federal Bank Ltd. v. DCIT (2019) 417 ITR 694/( 2020) 269 Taxman 190 (Ker)(HC)

S. 14A : Disallowance of expenditure – Exempt income – Section is not retrospective in operation – Not applicable prior to assessment year 2008 -09.

Federal Bank Ltd. v. DCIT (2019) 417 ITR 694 /( 2020) 269 Taxman 190(Ker)(HC)

S. 14A : Disallowance of expenditure – Exempt income -Remand by the Tribunal is held to be valid- Ad hoc disallowances cannot be made – The court granted liberty to the assessee to raise the contention with regard to the jurisdiction of the Assessing Officer to invoke section 14A(2) .[ S.254(1) , R.8D ]

Polaris Consulting and services Ltd v. DCIT (2019) 417 ITR 441/( 2020) 113 taxmann.com 325 (Mad) (HC)

S. 12AA : Procedure for registration –Trust or institution-Mere resolution of governing body to benefit followers of a particular religion — Cancellation of registration is not justified . [ S. 12AA(3) , 13(1) (b) ]

ST. Michaels Educational Association. v. CIT (2019) 417 ITR 469/ 311 CTR 480/ 183 DTR 154/ ( 2020) 269 Taxman 82 (Patna) (HC)

S. 12A : Registration –Trust or institution- providing basic services of domain name registration charging annual subscription fees and connectivity charges —Incidental to main objects of assessee —Entitled to exemption [ S.2(15) 10(23C)(IV) , 260A ,Companies Act, 1956, S.25 ]

CIT ( E ) v. National Internet Exchange of India. (2019) 417 ITR 436 (Delhi) (HC) Editorial: SLP is granted to the revenue , CIT ( E ) v. National Internet Exchange of India. (2019) 412 ITR 41 (St)

S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes – Application of income- Adjustment of excess expenditure of earlier years against income of current year amounts to application of income-Entitle to exemption .[ S.2(15) 11(1) (a) ]

CIT ( E) v. Agastya International Foundation. (2019) 417 ITR 539 (Karn) (HC)

S. 10A : Free trade zone – Turnover – Unrealised sale proceeds cannot be included in total turnover and excluded from export turnover — Expenditure incurred in foreign currency for export of software is includible in export turnover .

Polaris Consulting and services Ltd v. DCIT (2019) 417 ITR 441 / ( 2020) 113 taxmann.com 325 (Mad) (HC)

West Bengal Sales Tax Act , 1994 -Service tax – Finance Act 1994 .
S.2(30): Club-Mutuality -A club registered as a ‘company’ u/s 25 of Companies Act is not like other companies as it has no shareholders, no dividends declared, and no distribution of profits takes place-.Such clubs cannot be treated as separate in law from their members- when a club supplies goods to its members, there is no “sale” and sales-tax cannot be levied- From 2005 onwards, the Finance Act of 1994 does not purport to levy service tax on members’ clubs in the incorporated form. [S. 2(5), 2(10) 2(30), Constitution of India , Art . 366 (29-A), 367 , , Contract Act , 1872, S. 2(d) , Companies Act ,1956 , S. 25(1)(b) , Income -tax , 1961 ,S. 2(24)(vii) , 2(31),44, 45 , Indian Contract Act 1872 , S .2(d) , General Clauses Act , 3 (42) , Finance Act , 1994 , S. 65 (105) (zze ), 65B (37), 66B ,66D 68 ]

State of West Bengal v. Calcutta Club Ltd ( 2019) 182 DTR 409 /311 CTR 121/ 2019 (29 ) G.S.T.L 545 (SC) .www.itatonline.org CC Central Excise and Service v. Ranchi Club Ltd ( 2019) 182 DTR 409 /311 CTR 121/ 2019 (29 ) G.S.T.L 545 (SC) .www.ittonline.org