S.147: Reassessment —Duty of the Assessing Officer to furnish the reasons recorded to the assessee and proper procedure to be followed -Matter was set a side . [ S.148 ]

S.147: Reassessment-After the expiry of four years- Cash credits – Share application money -Shell companies Bogus accommodation entries – Report from investigation wing having live link with formation of belief – Proviso added by the Finance Act, 2012 with effect from April 1, 2013 did not change the position- Reassessment was held to be valid . [ S. 68, 143(3),148 ]

S.145: Method of accounting -Valuation of stock —Tribunal taking only market rate one day later for determining valuation of stock-in-trade is held to be not consistent with law — Tribunal was directed to reconsider valuation of closing stock on the basis of principles established by law.

S. 48 : Capital gains – Computation -Payment of liquidated damages in discharge of liability under earlier agreement to sell is held to be allowable expenditure-The expression “expenditure” used in clause (i) in S 48 should be given the same meaning as used in S.37(1) , except that the expenditure may also be capital in nature. Settlement of a claim and payment made can amount to expenditure [ S. 37(1),45 ]

S. 10 (23C): Educational institution- Kindergarten Class — Though the provisions of right to education Act is not applicable to assessee exemption cannot be denied . [S. 10(23)(vi),Right of Children to Free and Compulsory education Act , 2009 ]

S.2(24)(iv): Business Income —Amount paid by company towards personal expenses of assessee is held to be not taxable.

S.2(14)(iii): Capital asset-Agricultural land- Land entered in revenue records as agricultural land — Agricultural income from land declared and accepted by the revenue – Onus is on department to prove contrary — Profits on sale of land is not assessable to capital gains tax.[ S.45 ]

S. 271AAB:Penalty -Search initiated on or after Ist day of July 2012- Levy of penalty on the basis of loose sheets found on the course of search was held to be not justified as loose sheets represented only projection -Imposition of penalty is directory and not mandatory . [ S. 132(4 ) ]

S. 244A : Refunds – Interest on refunds -Refund on account of excess TDS and advance tax was less than 10 per cent of total tax determined on regular assessment, hence not entitle to interest on refunds .

S. 80IC : Special category States -Hotel – Eco-tourism – Expansion of unit in hotel building constitutes investment in plant and machinery and entitle to deduction .