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S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes-Audit report Form 10B-Delay of 31 days-Pending before CIT(E)-Matter is remanded.[S. 12A(1)(b), Form 10B]

Sha Hurgowan Anandji Desai Charities. v. DIT, (2024) 209 ITD 248 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes-Advancement of general public utility–Sponsorship agreements with few Indian business groups-Neither sponsor nor assessee could be attributed any profit motive from outcome of these sponsorship agreements-Eligible for exemption.[S. 2(15) 12]

DCIT(E) v. Indian Olympic Association (2024) 209 ITD 209 (Delhi) (Trib.)

S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes-Audit report-Filing audit report in Form No. 10B is procedural in nature-For not filing audit report along with return, exemption cannot be denied-Matter is remanded to the file of CIT(A). [S. 12A, Form No.10B]

Bhagwant Kishore Memorial Educational Society. v. ITO (2024) 209 ITD 179 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 10 (23C) : Educational institution-Two separate educational institutions-Gross receipts of each of educational institutions had to be separately considered for purpose of allowing claim of exemption. [S.10(23C))(iiiad)]

Aarti Mahila Kalyan Samiti v. ACIT, CPC (2024) 209 ITD 154 (Indore) (Trib.)

S. 10(1) : Agricultural income-Books of account-Agriculturist-No requirement to maintain books of account under section 44AA for agriculturists to claim exemption under section 10(1). [S.44AA]

Ishwar Chander Pahuja v. ACIT (2024) 209 ITD 52 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 9(1)(vii) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Fees for technical services-commercial information is transferred to end user-Not taxable as fee for included services-Installation and integration services-Not taxable as fees for technical services-DTAA-India-USA[Art. 12(4)(b)]

Mixpanel, Inc. v. ACIT (2024) 209 ITD 508 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 9(1)(vii) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Fees for technical services-Network fees from its Indian AE-Neither royalty nor fees for technical services-Not taxable in India-DTAA-India-Netherlands.[S. 4,9(1)(vi), Art.7, 12]

Maersk Logistics & Services International B.V. v. DCIT, IT (2024) 209 ITD 95 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 9(1)(vi) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Royalty-Sale of online advertisement space to GIPL, India and to direct advertisers-Payment received from GIPL is not in nature of royalty or FTS-Not liable to tax in India-DTAA-India-Ireland.[S.9(1)(vii), Art. 12]

DCIT v. Google Ireland Ltd. (2024) 209 ITD 461 (Bang.)(Trib.)

S. 9(1)(i) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Business connection-Limited Liability Company (LLC)-Resident of USA State by virtue of US Income-tax Law-Qualified as a person under Article 4 of Indo-US Tax Treaty-Eligible for treaty benefit-Liable to tax at 15 % and not 25%-DTAA-India-USA [S.90, Art.4, 12]

General Motors Company USA v. ACIT IT, (2024) 209 ITD 60 (Delhi) (Trib.)

S. 6(1) : Residence in India-Individual-Indian citizen-Stayed in India more than 183 days-Income derived in USA is chargeable to tax in India-DTAA-India-USA [S. 5, 9(1)(i),Art. 4(2)(a)]

Ashok Kumar Pandey v. ACIT (2024) 209 ITD 274 (Mum)(Trib.)