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. 14A : Disallowance of expenditure – Exempt income –Sufficient interest free own funds to cover investment in shares and mutual funds etc –No disallowance can be made [ R.8D(2)(ii) ]
Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Company Ltd. v. DCIT (2018) 170 ITD 720 /65 ITR 86 (SN)(Bang) (Trib.)
S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes – Advance of loan to another trust where the common trustees had no substantial interest and advance not being investment there is no violation hence exemption cannot be denied and registration cannot be refused .[ S.10(23C)(vi),13(1)(d) ]
Puran Chand Dharmarth Trust. v. ITO (2018) 170 ITD 687/ 168 DTR 1 / 194 TTJ 643/ 64 ITR 50 (SN)(Delhi) (Trib.)
S. 194H : Deduction at source – Commission or brokerage -Trade discount granted to principal distributor could not be held as commission and, hence not liable for deduction of tax at source .
JCIT v. Bharat Business Channels Ltd. (2018) 170 ITD 628(Mum) (Trib.)
S. 194C : Deduction at source – Contractors – Installation of set-top box by ISPs amounts to works contract and as no technical expertise is required provision of S.194J cannot be applicable .[ S.194J ]
JCIT v. Bharat Business Channels Ltd. (2018) 170 ITD 621 (Mum) (Trib.)
S.80IA:Industrial undertakings – Infrastructure development-Developer- Contractor- Business of construction/development of Infrastructure facilities such as roads and providing necessary and crucial components of Railway system is entitle to deduction as developer . [ S.80IA(4) ]
Bhinmal Contractors Property and Land Developers (P.) Ltd. v. ACIT DCIT (2018) 170 ITD 599 / 169 DTR 75/ 195 TTJ 101 (Mum) (Trib.)
S. 69A : Unexplained money -Search -Jewellary- Belonged to a wealthy family and jewellery was received on occasions from relatives, excess jewellery was very much reasonable addition was held to be not justified .
Vibhu Aggarwal. v. DCIT (2018) 170 ITD 580 (Delhi) (Trib.)
S. 40A(2): Expenses or payments not deductible – Excessive or unreasonable -Salaries paid to Doctors who were reputed professionals in their fields could not be held to be excessive and unreasonable hence disallowance of 15% of salaries was deleted .
Hemato Oncology Clinic (Ahmedabad) (P.) Ltd. (2018) 170 ITD 621 / 169 DTR 315 / 194 TTJ 885 (Ahd) (Trib.)
S.37(1): Business expenditure –Keyman insurance policy in the name of directors is held to be allowable as business expenditure .
Arcadia Share & Stock Brokers (P.) Ltd. v. ACIT (2018) 170 ITD 616 (Mum) (Trib.)
S. 10(10A): Commutation of pension -Employees of statutory corporations cannot be regarded as employees of State or Central Government and exemption is not available , however as the assessee was under bonafide belief and discharged its obligation u/s 192 , proceedings u/s 201(1), 201(IA) were quashed [ S.192, 201(1), 201(IA) ]
KPTCL v. ITO (2018) 170 ITD 587 (Bang) (Trib.)
S. 115JB : Book profit – Provisions for bad and doubtful debts – In view of retrospective amendment made by Finance Act, 2009, provisions for bad and doubtful debts being ascertained liability are not required to be added in matter of computation
Moser Baer India Ltd. v. DCIT (2018) 170 ITD 522 (Delhi) (Trib.)