This Digest of case laws is prepared by KSA Legal and AIFTP from judgements reported in BCAJ, CTR, DTR, ITD, ITR, ITR (Trib), Chamber's Journal, SOT, Taxman, TTJ, BCAJ, ACAJ, www.itatonline.org and other journals
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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. 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)
S. 254(1) : Appellate Tribunal-Powers-Remand-Fresh claim Wholesale remand for framing a fresh assessment,-Assessing Officer could not deny to evaluate fresh claim raised by assessee during remand assessment proceedings. [S. 144]
Curewel (India) Ltd. v. ITO (2020) 269 Taxman 397 / 185 DTR 145 / 312 CTR 164 (Delhi)(HC)
S. 194C : Deduction at source-Contractors-Payment to cable operators for channel fee-Liable to deduct tax at source under section 194C and not under section 194C of the Act. [S. 194J]
PCIT v. Star Entertainment Media (P) Ltd. (2020) 269 Taxman 66 (Bom.)(HC)
S. 192 : Deduction at source-Salary-Failure to deposit tax deducted at source-Rectification application-Directed the Assessing Officer to consider the rectification application and pass orders on merits in accordance with law. [S. 143(3), 154, 199, Art. 226]
PCIT v. Sankaranarayanan Rajshekar (2020) 269 Taxman 105 (Mad.)(HC)