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S. 263 : Commissioner – Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue -Business expenditure -Advertisement and publicity-Payment to cricketer -AO allowed the expenditure after considering the explanation- Revision is not to be not justified [ S.37(1) ]
Sanspareils Greenlands (P.) Ltd. v. CIT (2019) 174 ITD 274/ 197 TTJ 55 (UO) (Delhi) (Trib.)
S.234E: Fee-Default in furnishing the statements- Amendment to S. 200A with effect from 1-6-2015 empowering AO levying fees under 234E is prospective- Processing TDS statements for period prior to 1-6-2015 fee cannot be charged .[ S.200A ]
Trimurty Buildcon (P.) Ltd. v. DCIT (2019) 174 ITD 252 (Jaipur) (Trib.)
S.55: Capital gains- No cost of acquisition – Transfer of trade mark- Cost of acquisition is not ascertainable – Not liable to tax [ S.2(14),4, 45,48 , 55(2)(a)]
ITO v. Modern Home Care Products Ltd. (2019) 174 ITD 209 / 197 TTJ 377/ 174 DTR 209(Delhi) (Trib.)
S. 43(5) : Speculative transaction – Derivatives-Loss incurred on future and option is deemed to be business loss- Loss would be set off against income from business- Explanation to S.73 is not applicable [ S.73 ]
Magic Share Traders Ltd. DCIT (2019) 174 ITD 230 (Ahd) (Trib.)
S. 14A : Disallowance of expenditure – Exempt income – Disallowance cannot exceed the exempt dividend [ R.8D ]
Magic Share Traders Ltd. DCIT (2019) 174 ITD 230 (Ahd) (Trib.)
S. 10AA : Special economic zones – Interest on capital and remuneration-Partnership deed is not providing any interest- AO cannot disallow the interest and remuneration and reduce the eligible exemption .[ S.80IA ]
ACIT v. Mukta Enterprise. (2019) 174 ITD 259 /175 DTR 350 /198 TTJ 374 (Surat) (Trib.)
S. 9(1)(i): Income deemed to accrue or arise in India – Business connection -Capital gains – Sale of shares- DTAA-India – Spain [ Art .14(6) ]
DCIT v. Merrill Lynch Capital Market. (2019) 174 ITD 226 (Mum)( Trib)
S. 2(22)(e):Deemed dividend- Share holder-Can be assessed only in hands of a person who is a share holder of company and not in hands of a person other than a share holder . [ S.2(32) ]
Microfinish Valves (P.) Ltd. ACIT (2019) 174 ITD 199 (Bang) (Trib.)
S. 254(2):Appellate Tribunal-Rectification of mistake apparent from the record –Failure to deal with an argument does not constitute a ‘mistake apparent from the record’ does not apply to a case where a fundamental submission is omitted to be considered by the ITAT- The omission is apparent from the record and should be rectified by the ITAT .The Tribunal ought to have decided the issue of the character of distribution fees, whether royalty or not, as all the facts were available on record before it and the submissions also were made, rather than remanding the issue to the Transfer Pricing Officer. .
Sony Pictures Networks India Pvt. Ltd. v. ITAT( 2019) 411 ITR 447/ 306 CTR 593/ 174 DTR 89(Bom)(HC),www.itatonline.org
S. 147:Reassessment- With in four years-Intimation- Wrong recording of reasons – order on disposal of objections must deal with the objection- The mere fact that the return is processed u/s 143(1) does not give the AO a carte blanche to issue a reopening notice-.Reassessment notice is quashed [ S.143(1), 148 ]
Ankita A. Choksey v. ITO ( 2019) 411 ITR 207 (Bom)(HC), www.itatonline.org