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-Disallowance is restricted to extent of considering only those investments which yielded exempt income-Notional interest-Matter remanded for verification. [S. 4, R. 8D]
Yamini Khandelwal (Smt.) v. ACIT (2022) 197 ITD 520/ 220 TTJ 485/ 219 DTR 201 (Kol.) (Trib.)/Suraj Khandelwal v. ACIT (2022) 197 ITD 520/ 220 TTJ 485/ 219 DTR 201 (Kol) (Trib.)
S. 14A : Disallowance of expenditure-Exempt income-Dividend from his personal investments-Deletion of addition is justified. [R. 8D]
ACIT v. Anilkumar Phoolchand Sanghvi (2022) 197 ITD 439 (Pune)(Trib.)
S. 12AB : Procedure for fresh registration-Condition for granting registration-Granting registration for three years is held to be not valid-Direction issued for grant of registration for five years-Matter remanded. [S. 12A(1)(ac)(i), 12AB(1)(c) Form No. 10AC]
D K Ajmera Foundation Trust v. PCIT (2022) 197 ITD 784/ (2023)224 TTJ 761 (Mum.) (Trib.)
S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes-Granting of tenancy to a company in which the trustees are interested-Premium charged-No violation of section 13((3)-Denial of exemption is not justified. [S. 12A, 13(3)]
Mehta Charity Trust v. DIT (2022) 197 ITD 501 (Mum.)(Trib.)
S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes-Search and seizure-Addition on protective basis-No incriminating material was found-More than 85 per cent of receipts of trust were applied for objects of trust-Denial of exemption is not valid. [S. 12A, 13, 132, 153C]
Bhaktvastal Sadguru Yogiraj Vasantrao Gopalrao Ghonge Maharaj Nyas Mukteshwar v. DCIT (2022) 197 ITD 224 (Nagpur)(Trib.)
S. 9(1)(vii) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Fees for technical services-Pharmaceutical company-Clinical trials services-Payment to Mexico-Absence of ‘make available’ clause-Liable to deduct tax at source-DTAA-India-Mexico. [S. 9(1)(viib),195, Art. 12]
Cadila Healthcare Ltd. v. DCIT(IT) (2022) 197 ITD 268 (Ahd.) (Trib.)
S. 9(1)(vii) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Fees for technical services-Pharmaceutical company-Clinical trials services-Not liable to deduct tax at source-DTAA-India-USA-Canada. [S. 9(1)(vii), 195, Art. 12]
Cadila Healthcare Ltd. v. DCIT (IT) (2022) 197 ITD 268 (Ahd.) (Trib.)
S. 9(1)(vii) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Fees for technical services-Royalty-Commission for providing customer and support sales services-Export commission/sales commission and could not be treated as FTS-DTAA-India-Germany. [S. 9(1)(vi), Art. 12]
Springer Verlag GmbH v. DCIT (2022) 197 ITD 173 (Delhi) (Trib.)
S. 9(1)(vi) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Royalty-Sale of software products to its Indian clients-Cloud based services-Subscription fees-Not be taxable as royalty-DTAA-India-USA. [S. 9(1)(vii), Art. 12]
Microsoft Regional Sales Pte. Ltd. v. ACIT (2022) 197 ITD 778 (Delhi)(Trib.)
S. 9(1)(vi) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Royalty-Fees for technical services-Sale of advertisement space on a website-No PE of foreign enterprises-Income neither royalty nor FTS-Online advertisement is now covered under Equalization Levy-DTAA-India-Ireland. [S. 9(1)(vii), Art. 12, Copyright Act, 1957, 14(a), 14(b), 30]
Google India (P.) Ltd. v. DCIT(IT) (2022) 197 ITD 604 (Bang.) (Trib.)