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S.37(1) : Business expenditure — Advertisement expenditure on project is held to be allowable though no income was offered during the year .[ S.145 ]

Dy. CIT v . Ramkay Wavoo Developers P. Ltd. (2018) 62 ITR 376 (Chen)(Trib.)

S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes –Order of CIT(A) accepting the Trust as charitable Trust and allowing the exemption was set aside . [S.12AA ]

Dy.CIT v. Dayanand Dinanath Group of Institutions Educational Society (2018) 62 ITR 97 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S.37(1): Business expenditure – Amortisation of expenses – Development of roads and highways in build operate and transfer agreements – Benefit of circular cannot be thrust upon the assessee if it has not claimed .

ACIT v. Progressive Constructions Ltd ( 2018) 161 DTR 289/ 63 ITR 516 /191 TTJ 549 ( SB) ( Hyd) (Trib)

S.260A:Appeal High Court- Delay of 318 days was not condoned as the department has not explained reasonable cause .On an average 2000 appeals are filed by the revenue every year ,thus the Officers of the revenue should be well aware of the statutory provisions and period of limitation for filing appeals .

CIT ( E ) v. Lata Mangeshkar Medical Foundation ( 2018) 254 Taxman 429 /166 DTR 76 / 305 CTR 387/( 2019) 410 ITR 347 (Bom) (HC)

S. 145 : Method of accounting -Rejection of accounts was held to be not justified on the basis that the goods are sold at the price lower than the market price or purchase price – Law cannot oblige or compel a trader to make or maximise its profits [ S.145(3)]

PCIT v. Yes Power and Infrastructure Pvt Ltd (Bom) (HC) ( 2018) BCAJ -May. 63

S. 69C : Unexplained expenditure -Disallowances cannot be made merely on the ground that parties to whom payments were made not appeared before the AO in response to summons , when the assessee has furnished PAN numbers , TDS was deducted and details of the bank was furnished [ S. 37(1) , 131 ]

PCIT v. Chawla Interbild Construction Co .Pvt. Ltd ( 2018) BCAJ -May. 63/( 2019) 412 ITR 152/ 263 Taxman 47 ( Bom) (HC)

S. 40A(3) :Expenses or payments not deductible – Cash payments exceeding prescribed limits – Payment made to producer of meat in cash in excess of Rs 20000/ disallowance cannot be made .Circular No 8 of 2016 dt 6-10-2016 issued by CBDT cannot impose additional condition in the Act or Rules adverse to an assessee. [ R.6DD (e(]

PCIT v.Gee Square Exports (2018) 100 taxmann.com 461 / BCAJ – May. 61/ ( 2019) 411 ITR 661 ( Bom)(HC).Editorial: SLP of revenue is dismissed , PCIT v. Gee Square Exports (2018) 100 taxmann.com 462 /( 2019) 260 Taxman 175( SC)

S.28(i):Business loss-Fluctuation in rate of exchange in case of loans utilised for working capital of the business is held to be allowable expenditure [ S.37(1) ]

PCIT v. Aloka Exports ( Bom)(HC) ( 2018) BCAJ -May. 62

National Litigation Policy -Burdening the Court with frivolous litigation- Strictures passed –Union of India has created a huge financial liability by engaging so many lawyers for an appeal whose fate can easily imagined on the basis of existing orders in similar cases .Yet the Union of India is increasing its liability and asking the tax payers to bear an avoidable financial burden for the misadventures . Appeal was dismissed with cost of Rs .1,00,000/.

UOI v.Pirthwi Singh.(SC) www.itatonline .org

S.147 : Reassessment – Income of any other person – Issue of notice u/s 153C and did not continue with proceedings , again issuing a notice u/s 148 is held to be bad in law [S.148, S.153C]

Rayoman Carriers Pvt. Ltd. v. ACIT (Mum) (Trib.) www.itat.nic