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S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes-Lease rent-Lessee companies were part of same group where trustees of assessee-trust and their relatives held more than 50 per cent of shares, tenants of rented property-Section 13(3) and as provisions of section 13(1)(c) read with section 13(1)(b) were violated-Assessee is not entitled to claim exemption under section 11. [S. 12AA, 13(1)(b), 13(1(c), 13(3)]
TVS Charities. v. ITO (2023) 199 ITD 813/224 TTJ 842 (Chennai) (Trib.)
S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes-Lease of properties-Rental income-Order of the Assessing Officer estimating the income at notional rental income is deleted-Only actual rental income be assessed. [S. 12AA, 13, 22, 23]
TVS Charities. v. ITO (2023) 199 ITD 813 / 224 TTJ 842 (Chennai) (Trib.)
S. 10(23C) : Educational institution-Condonation of delay-Commissioner (E) is not vested with any power to condone delay involved in filing application for grant of approval under section 10(23C)(vi) [S. 10(23C)(vi)]
Manav Rachana Education Society v. CIT(E) (2023) 199 ITD 589 (Raipur) (Trib.)
S. 10(23C) : Educational institution-Hospitals-Treatment at concessional rate provided by hospital to patients accounted for less than 1 per cent of revenue-Denial of exemption is justified. [S. 10(23C)(vi), 12AA, 80G(5)(vi), Companies Act, 2013, S. 8]
Fernandez Foundation. v. CIT (E) (2023) 199 ITD 37/ 221 TTJ 109 (Hyd) (Trib.)
S. 10 (23C): Educational institution-Donations-not wholly or substantially financed by Government of India-Matter remanded to the file of CIT(A) for reconsideration. [S. 10(23C)(iiiab)]
Joint CIT (OSD) (E) v. Deccan Education Society. (2023) 199 ITD 424 (Pune) (Trib.)
S. 10(2A) : Share income of partner- No distributable profits-Partnership firm had earned profit-Partner is eligible to claim exemption.
Davalagiri Property Developers (P.) Ltd. v. DCIT (2023) 199 ITD 416 (Bang) (Trib.)
S. 9(1)(vii) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Fees for technical services-Business profits-Services rendered outside India-Cloud, colocation and network services, mainframe services, disaster/data recovery services-Infrastructure services to a US based company in US-Not taxable in India-DTAA-India-USA [Art. 12]
ITO (IT) v. Sungard Availability Services LP. (2023) 199 ITD 492 (Pune) (Trib.)
S. 9(1)(vii):Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Royalty-Fees for technical services-Computer software-Use of standardized software through EULA agreements which were non-exclusive and non-transferable-Payment is not in nature of royalty-Not taxable in India-DTAA-India-USA. [S.9(1)(vi), Art. 12(4)(b)]
Kony Inc. v. DCIT (2023) 199 ITD 427 (Delhi) (Trib.)
S. 9(1)(vii) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Fees for technical services-Providing consulting engineering services to an Indian entity-Contract specific-Make available-Not taxable as fees for technical services-DTAA-India-UK [Art. 13]
Buro Happold Ltd. v. DCIT (IT) (2023) 199 ITD 180 (Mum) (Trib.)
S. 9(1)(vii):Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Fees for technical services-Use of equipments-Cannot be treated as royalty or fees for technical services-DTAA-India-Singapore [S. 9(1)(vi), Art. 12(4)(a)]
Adore Technologies (P.) Ltd. v. ACIT (2023) 199 ITD 385 (Delhi) (Trib.)