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S. 68 : Cash credits – Share capital- Builder and developer- Failed to prove identity and creditworthiness of shareholders- Summons served were retuned back with remark the addressees were not available – Addition was held to be justified .[ S.131 ]

Konark Structural Engineering (P.) Ltd. v. Dy. CIT (2018) 254 Taxman 184 (Bom.)(HC)Editorial: SLP of assessee is dismissed, Konark Structural Engineering (P. ) Ltd. v. Dy. CIT (2018) 257 Taxman 262 (SC)

S. 48 : Capital gains –Indexed cost- Since property was acquired by father of assessee in year 1945, indexed cost of acquisition was required to be computed by considering cost of acquisition for year beginning on 1-4-1981 [ S.45, 49(1)(iii) ]

PCIT v. Prakash Krishnalal Bhagwati (2018) 254 Taxman 132 (Guj.)(HC)

S. 45: Capital gains- Business – Income earned on sale of floor of building was held to be assessable as capital gains and not as business income -The assessee was not a property dealer but a member of the Indian revenue Service, working with the department itself. Only a portion of the property was sold. Profit on sale of land is held to be assessable as capital gains [ S. 2(13 )]

CIT v. Surjeet Kaur (2018) 254 Taxman 214/ 166 DTR 350 /( 2019) 308 CTR 847(Cal.)(HC)

S. 41(1) : Profits chargeable to tax – Remission or cessation of trading liability – Assets and liabilities were transferred to special purpose vehicle -Tribunal failed to give independent finding , accordingly the matter was remanded to Tribunal

India Cements Capital & Finance Ltd. v. ACIT (2018) 254 Taxman 180 (Mad.)(HC)

S.40(a)(ia):Amounts not deductible – Deduction at source –Caual workers-Labour payment to one or two persons on site for disbursing same among labourers- In absence of any contract to carry out any work with a specified person there is no liability to deduct tax at source . [ S.194C ]

PCIT v. Swastik Construction (2018) 254 Taxman 163 (Guj.)(HC)

S.40(a)(ia):Amounts not deductible – Deduction at source – A co-operative society formed for the welfare of the employee of the life insurance corporation and all members of assessee is not liable to deduct tax at source- Decision of jurisdictional High Court is binding on the AO [ S. 194A ]

LIC Employees Co-operative Bank Ltd. v. ACIT (2018) 254 Taxman 119 (Mad.)(HC)

S. 37(1) : Business expenditure – Expenses incurred prior to setting up of business is held to be not allowable as business loss [ S.28(i) ]

ALD Automotive (P.) Ltd. v. Dy. CIT (2018) 254 Taxman 233 (Bom.)(HC)

S. 37(1) : Business expenditure –Commission paid to related directors of the assessee company is held to be allowable as business expenditure.

CIT v. Hind Nihon Proteins (P.) Ltd. (2018) 404 ITR 193 /254 Taxman 210 (Delhi)(HC)

S. 37(1) : Business expenditure -Lease rent paid for shed taken on lease was held to be allowable as business expenditure considering the business expediency .

PCIT v. SRBS Entertainment (2018) 254 Taxman 193 (P&H)(HC)

S. 32 : Depreciation – Hospital equipments – Since assessee could neither sell said hospital equipments as scrap nor it could use them and same were also written off in its books of account, written down value of hospital equipments was to be allowed as depreciation [ S.32(1)(iii) ]

CIT (E) v. Bhatia General Hospital (2018) 405 ITR 24 / 254 Taxman 285 (Bom.)(HC)