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. 57 : Income from other sources – Deductions – Interest from fixed deposits – D-mat charges, legal expenses and medical relief expenses – Not allowable as deduction as the expenditure is not incurred for earing interest from fixed deposit .[ S.56 , 57(iii)]
Bank of India Retired Employees Medical Assistance Trust v. ITO (2018) 172 ITD 78 / 172 DTR 140/ 196 TTJ 706 (Mum) (Trib.)
S. 48 : Capital gains – Computation – Indexation -Asset acquired under a gift, indexed cost of acquisition of such capital asset has to be computed with reference to year in which previous owner first held asset. [ S.45 ]
ITO v. Nita Narendra Mulani. (Smt.) (2018) 172 ITD 169 (Mum) (Trib.)
S. 48 : Capital gains – Computation – Short term capital gain- Performance linked fees and portfolio management fees paid to portfolio manager is not allowable as deduction .[ S.45 ]
ACIT v. Apurva Mahesh Shah. (2018) 172 ITD 127 (Mum) (Trib.)
S.45: Capital gains- Land -On acquisition of land on which there was a hotel, part of compensation related to land would be subject to Long term capital gains and that on hotel building assessable as short term capital gains. [ S.54 ]
Het Ram Sharma. v. ITO (2018) 172 ITD 324 (Chd) (Trib.)
S.45: Capital gains- Business income- Co -owner –land as investment -One of the Co -0wener showing the land as stock in trade -Profit on sale of share is assessable as capital gains and not as business income .[ S.28(i) ,54F ]
DCIT v. Arjun Puri. (2018) 66 ITR 33 / 172 ITD 29 (Delhi) (Trib.)
S. 40(ba) : Amounts not deductible – Association of persons – Amount paid to member as reimbursement- In order to invoke provisions payments should constitute share income from AOP in hands of recipient member. [ S.67A ]
ITD Cem India JV v. ACIT (2018) 172 ITD 313/(2019) 180 DTR 13/ 200 TTJ 913 (Mum) (Trib.)
S. 40(a)(ia): Amounts not deductible – Deduction at source -Interest- Where recipient/deductee had already paid tax on impugned amount of interest under section 194A received from assessee by filing return of income, such interest payment could not be disallowed – Second Proviso to section 40(a)(ia) has retrospective effect from 1-4-2005 [ S.194A , 195(3) . 201(1) ]
DCIT v. Esaote India (NS) Ltd. (2018) 172 ITD 299 / 172 DTR 427(/ 196 TTJ 1091 Ahd) (Trib.)
S. 40(a)(ia): Amounts not deductible – Deduction at source – Supplier transported goods to assessee through their own transport agency-there was no contract between assessee and transporter- Not liable to deduct tax at source .[ S.194C]
K.V. Satyanarayana Murthy. v. ITO (2018) 172 ITD 7 (Visakha) (Trib.)
S.37(1):Business expenditure -Sales promotion expenses- supply of certain products free of cost to Government hospitals and other hospitals in pursuance of purchase order placed by such hospitals- Allowable as business expenditure – Circular No 5/2012 dt. 1-8-2012 (2012) 346 ITR 95 (St) is prospective in nature .
DCIT v. Esaote India (NS) Ltd. (2018) 172 ITD 299/ 172 DTR 427/ 196 TTJ 1091 (Ahd) (Trib.)
S.37(1): Business expenditure- Insurance premiums of employees’ family members in terms of employment rules framed by assessee-company –Allowable as business expenditure. [ S.17 (2)(iv) ]
Loesche India (P.) Ltd. v. ACIT (2018) 172 ITD 176 / 195 TTJ 33 (UR)(Delhi) (Trib.)