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S. 40(a)(ia) : Amounts not deductible-Deduction at source– Professional fees–Payment made outside India–Not chargeable to tax in India – Not liable to deduct tax at source-DTAA-India-China. [S. 9(1)(vii), 90(2), 195]

CIT v. KPMG (2019 ) BCAJ-October-P. 55 (Bom.)(HC)

S. 40(a)(i) : Amounts not deductible-Deduction at source– Commission or brokerage–Manufacture of goods as per specification–No principal-Agent relation ship–Not liable to deduct tax at source-No disallowances can be made. [S. 194H].

PCIT v. Sandu Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (2019) BCAJ-October-P. 65 (Bom.) (HC)

S. 40(a)(i) : Amounts not deductible-Interest-Party residing outside India–Exemption from Ministry of Finance–Not liable to deduct tax at source. [S. 10(15)(f), 195]

CIT v. Seven Seas Distillery P. Ltd ( 2020) CTCJ-January-P. 86 / 185 DTR 105/ 312 CTR 272 (Mad.)(HC)

S. 37(1) : Business expenditure–Capital or revenue–Different treatment in accounts and computation-Allowable as revenue expenditure. [S. 145]

Reliance Fresh Ltd. v. ACIT (2019) BCAJ-November-P 56 (Bom.) (HC)

S. 37(1) : Business expenditure–Legal expenses incurred to protect the directors for complaint filed against them in individual capacity –Not allowable as business expenditure.

National Refinery Pvt. Ltd. v. ACIT (2019) CTCJ-December-P. 153 (Bom.)(HC)

S. 28(i) : Business loss-Shortage of goods –Running of show room-Franchise agreement-Payment made to the company–Loss is held to be allowable. [S. 37(i)]

P.H. Kumar & Co. v. ITO ( 2019) CTCJ-September-P. 96 (Delhi)(HC)

S. 2(35) : Principal officer-Notice must mention some connection with the management or administration of the company–Merely on surmises and conjectures, no person shall be treated as a Principal officer. [Art. 226]

A. Harish Bhat v. ACIT ( 2019) 111 taxmann.com 210/ ( 2020) 269 Taxman 218 / 317 CTR 957 / 195 DTR 105 (Karn.)(HC)

S. 2(14) : Capital asset–Advance given to subsidiary–Loss–Held to be allowable as short term capital loss. [S. 2(42A), 2(47)]

CIT v. Siemens Nixdorf Information Systemse Gmbh (2019) BCAJ-October-P. 63 (Bom.)(HC)

S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue–Kuri business–Profit making activity-Not incidental to attainment of objects of trust-Revision is held to be valid. [S.2(15), 11(4), 12A]

Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yuvajana Samithy v. ITO (2020) 180 ITD 305 (Cochin)(Trib.)

S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue–Long term capital gain-Information from DIT (Inv)–All relevant documents in relation to LTCG which reflected occurrence of transaction of sale of shares in normal course on platform of stock exchange-Revision is held to be not valid. [S.10(38), 45]

Shardaben B. Patel. (Smt.) v. PCIT ( 2019) 75 ITR 13/ (2020) 180 ITD 328 / 190 DTR 228/ 204 TTJ 231 (Ahd.)(Trib.)