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S. 10(37) : Capital gains-Agricultural land-Compensation for acquisition of agricultural land is held to be not liable to tax-Agricultural income cannot be assessed as cash credits [S. 2(14)(iii), 10(37)(ii), 45, 68, Gujarat Industrial Development Act, 1962, S. 16, Gujarat Municipality Act, 1963, S. 264A, Constitution of India, Art. 243P(e), 243Q]

Ambaben Jamubhai Patel v. ITO (2022) 219 TTJ 674 / 218 DTR 41 (Surat) (Trib.)

S. 10(23C) : Educational institution-Ad-hoc disallowance at 10 percent-Held to be not justified-Van Rent-Contra entry-After Deduction of amount from both sides, turnover of assessee is below Rs. 1 Crore-Entitled to benefit.

Baba Farid Public Welfare Society v. ITO (E) (2022) 99 ITR 339 (Amritsar)(Trib)

S. 10(23C) : Educational institution-Association of persons-Registered with charity commissioner-AOP was formed to run and manage an English medium public school-Denial of exemption is not valid. [S. 2(31)(v), 10(23C(vi), Form No 56D, Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950]

Sharda Mandir High School v. CIT (E) (2022) 214 DTR 425 / 218 TTJ 551 (Mum)(Trib)

S. 10(6) : Not a citizen of India-Salary to foreign citizen-Service passport issued by Government of Austria-Full-time employment with Austrian Embassy as a consultant in commercial section-Remuneration received is not taxable-DTAA-India-Australia. [S. 10(6)(ii), Art, 27, 34 of Vienna convention]

Vera Fritsch v. DCIT IT (2022) 220 TTJ 509 / 219 DTR 154 / (2023) 198 ITD 387 (SMC) (Delhi)(Trib.)

S. 10(4) : Non-resident-Interest received on NRE bank accounts-Capital gains on sale of shares-Unexplained cash credits-Amount received money from a company based in British Virgin Island-Matter remanded to the file of CIT(A)-Method of elimination of double taxation-Portuguese citizen-Interest wrongly charged-Does not amount to non-discrimination under Indo-Portuguese tax treaty-DTAA-India-Portugal. [S. 68, Art. 24(1)]

Nurally Mamade Hussene v. ITO (2022) 220 DTR 180/ 220 TTJ 1075 / (2023] 198 ITD 278 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 10(2A) : Share income of partner-Profits from partnership in Limited Liability Partnership-Profit sharing ratio 95:5 – 20 years experience-Denial of exemption is not justified. [S. 2(31)(iv), 2(31)(vii)]

Jt. CIT (OSD) v. Aditya Kumar Singhania (2022)97 ITR 7 (SN) (Kol.) (Trib.)

S. 10(2A) : Share income of partner-Cannot be added as taxable income.

Aarthi Rathi (Ms.) v. ITO(IT) (2022) 98 ITR 16 (SN) (Hyd.)(Trib.)

S. 9(1)(vii):Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Fees for technical services-Sale of software-Not taxable as royalty – DTAA-India-USA. [S. 90(2), Art. 12(3) 12(4)]

Tata Technologies Inc. v. ACIT (2022) 215 TTJ 372 (Pune) (Trib)

S. 9(1)(vii) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Fees for technical services-Technical collaboration-Design and Engineering services-Through its two employees which were consumed in provision of services itself and nothing was ‘made available’ to TTL India or TML for afterwards use-Not chargeable to tax-Sale of software license and not for parting with copyright of software-Not taxable as Royalties-DTAA-India-USA. [S. 9(1)(vi), Art. 12(4)]

Tata Technologies Inc. v. ACIT (IT) (2022) 209 DTR 166 / 215 TTJ 372 / 136 taxmann.com 161 (Pune)(Trib)

S. 9(1)(vii) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Computer software-Fees for technical services-Sub-contracted certain overseas work in China to its wholly owned subsidiary-Liable to deduct tax at source-If rate of tax applicable under DTAA is lower than 20 per cent tax rate as prescribed under section 206AA, TDS has to be deducted at such lower rate even if non-resident deductee fails to furnish its PAN.-DTAA-India-China. [S. 9(1)(vii)(b), 195, 206AA, Art. 12]

Infosys Ltd. v. Dy. CIT (2022) 217 TTJ 257 / 217 DTR 169 / 140 taxmann.com 600 (Bang)(Trib)