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. 69 :Unexplained investments – Capital gains – Guidance value – Burden is on revenue – Addition cannot be made merely on the basis of stamp valuation adopted for registration purposes [ S.45, 50C , 142A ]
Saleh Mohd. Salim v. ITO (2020) 187 DTR 153 / 204 TTJ 255 (SMC) (Bang) (Trib.)
S. 69 :Unexplained investments – Penny stock –Accommodation entries – Capital gains held to be non genuine – Addition as income from undisclosed source is affirmed [ S.10 (38) , 45 ]
Ravi Bhaskar Wattamwar v. ITO (2020) 187 DTR 149 / 204 TTJ 261 (SMC) (Pune) (Trib.)
S. 56 : Income from other sources – Purchase of vacant land – Addition on the basis of guideline value – Law cannot operate in vacuum de-horse ground realities which under surrounding circumstances – Amendment is prospective -Addition was deleted. [ S. 50C, 56 (2)(vii)]
Palaniappan Lakshumanan Chettiar v. ACIT (2020) 187 DTR 169 / 204 TTJ 248 (Chennai) (Trib.)
S. 40(a)(ii) : Amounts not deductible – Rates or tax – Tax paid abroad – State (local) taxes paid by assessee in countries having DTAA with India which are not eligible for relief under s. 90 or 91 do not attract disallowance under s. 40(a)(ii)- Matter remanded to the Assessing Officer for verification – Commission payment outside India – Not liable to deduct tax at source – Purchase pf software – Matter remanded . [ S. 2(43 ), 9 (1) (vii) 37 (1), 40 (a(ii), 90, 91, 195 ]
ACIT v. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (2020) 188 DTR 39 / 203 TTJ 146 (Mum)(Trib.)
S. 32 : Depreciation – Water treatment chemicals, industrial additives- Installation at customers site at free of cost – Disallowance is held to be allowable – Conveyance reimbursement – 5% of disallowance is held to be reasonable [ S.37 (1)]
Nalco Water India. v. ACIT (2020) 188 DTR 77 / 205 TTJ 380 (Pune) (Trib)
S. 28(i) : Business loss – Losses incurred on surrender of NLD licence – Allowable as business loss [ S. 35ABB(2) , 37 (1) ]
ACIT v. Loop Telcom Ltd. (2020) 189 DTR 46 / 205 TTJ 27 (Mum.)(Trib.)
S. 12AA : Procedure for registration –Trust or institution- Refusal of registration was set aside – Matter remanded to CIT ( E) to decide accordance with law [ S.2(15), 12A ]
Poojya Sindhi Panchayat Kanwar Nagar (Regd ) v CIT ( E ) ( 2020) 187 DTR 114/203 TTJ 235 (Jaipur ) ( Trib)
S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes – Registration granted prior to the initiation of reassessment proceedings – Exemption cannot be denied [ S.12A, 147 , 148 ]
Badhte Kadam v .Dy .CIT ( 2020) 187 DTR 36 / 203 TTJ 597 (Raipur ) (Trib)
S. 9(1)(vi) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India – Royalty – Subscription revenue received by the assessee to be in the nature of royalty and bringing it to tax in India.-DTAA -India -UK [ S.90 , 115A, Art , 13 (6) ]
Reuters Transaction Services Ltd v. Dy . CIT ( 2020) 187 DTR 268/ 204 TTJ 624 ( Mum) ( Trib)
S. 9(1)(i): Income deemed to accrue or arise in India – Business connection – Providing support services – Taxable at the rate of 20% on gross basis – DTAA-India -USA [ S.9 (1)(vii) ,44AD, 115A, 195 ( 2), Art, 12 ]
HNS India VSAT Inc v Add. DIT ( 2020) 188 DTR 317/ 205 TTJ 113 ( Delhi) ( Trib)