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S. 147 : Reassessment -Capital gains- Sale of land on the basis of valuation by Government approved valuer -Reassessment notice based on the valuation by Valuation officer is held to be bad in law [ S.148 ]
Munir Ismail Voraji v. ITO (2018) 404 ITR 696 (Guj) (HC)
S. 147 : Reassessment -Order passed without following the procedure -Order passed before disposal of objections raised by assessee on reasons recorded for reopening is curable irregularity does not vitiate the proceedings .Matter can be remitted for compliance with procedure [ S. 148 ]
Home Finders Housing Ltd. v. ITO (2018) 404 ITR 611/ 166 DTR 393 /93 Taxmnn.com 371/ 303 CTR 269 (Mad) (HC).Editorial: SLP of assessee is dismissed Home Finders Housing Ltd. v. ITO (2018) 256 Taxman 59 (SC)
S.143(3): Assessment – Construction business-Estimate of gross profit rate of 8% and peak credit of undisclosed cash receipts is finding of fact-No substantial question of law [ S.260A ]
CIT v. Vikas A. Shah. (2018) 404 ITR 627 (Guj) (HC)
S.139: Return- Refund – AO wrongly treated the return filed as in valid- Fresh return filed along with condonation of delay which was rejected – AO is directed to pay the refund to the assessee after scrutinizing return [ S. 119(2)(b), 139 (9) ]
Shubharam Complex v. ITO ( 2018) 255 Taxman 364 ( Karn) (HC)
S.45: Capital gains —Sale of agricultural Land — Land should be agricultural at the time of sale — Purchase of agricultural land for building factory and subsequent sale as residential plots — Profits is not exempt from capital gains tax [ S. 2(14)(iii) ]
Synthite Industries Ltd. v. CIT (2018) 404 ITR 605 (Ker) (HC)
S. 37(1) : Business expenditure -Club expenses – Payment made for acquiring membership in a social club is not allowable as business expenditure, in the absence of any evidence to effect that membership was acquired for entertaining customer .
L. Jairam Parwani v. Dy. CIT ( 2018) 225 Taxman 362 ( Mad) (HC)
S. 12AA : Procedure for registration –Trust or institution- Failure to dispose of application before expiry of 6 Months does not result in deemed grant of registration.
CIT v. Shri Awadh Bihari Shri Ram Lok Vikas Sansthan. (2018) 404 ITR 640 (All) (HC)
S. 9(1)(1) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India – Permanent Establishment – Payment received by the applicant from the Indian hotel owner for provision of global reservation services ( “CRS”) would be chargeable to tax in India under S.9(1)(1) read with articles 5 and 7 of the India -Luxemburg DTAA as business income and is attributable to the applicant’s permanent establishment in India. Duty of Authority to look at all aspects of questions set forth to enable it to pronounce ruling on substance of questions posed . Giving Ruling on stream of income without regard to other business operations and streams of income leaving other provisions open for regular assessment – DTAA-India – Luxembourg [ Art , 5,7 12, R.12 ]
Frs Hotel Group (LUX) S.A.R.L., IN RE (2018) 404 ITR 676/ 167 DTR 57/ 256 Taxman 361/ 303 CTR 652 (AAR)
S. 260A: Appeal – High Court -Limitation-The time limit for filing an appeal to the High Court begins from the date of receipt of the order by the officer entitled to file the appeal. The fact that the ITAT may have dispatched the order earlier is not relevant. The fact that the officer may be aware of the ITAT’s order owing to collateral proceedings is also not relevant. The appeal was not barred by limitation .[ S.2(16), 254(1),260A(2)(a) ]
DIT (IT) v. Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd( 2018) 407 ITR 129/ 167 DTR 481 /256 Taxman 147 / 303 CTR 420 (Uttrakhand)(HC), www.itatonline.org Edtoral: SLP of assessee is dismissed, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd ( 2019) 263 Taxman 119 (SC)