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S. 54 : Capital gains-Profit on sale of property used for residence-Short term-Long term-Land-House constructed was sold in the same year of construction-Assessable as short term-Exemption is available only to long term capital gains-Consideration towards land to be assessed as long term capital gains-Cost of boundary walls-Deduction-Evidence was not produced-Deduction was denied. [S. 2(29A), 2(29B), 2(42A), 2(42B), 45, 48]

Seema Shah (Smt.) v. ITO (2022) 195 ITD 733 / 99 ITR 595 (Varanasi)(Trib.)

S. 54 : Capital gains-Profit on sale of property used for residence-Two residential house properties-Entitle for exemption-Amendment is from assessment year 2015-16. [S. 45]

Nigam Narendrabhai Khansaheb v. DCIT (2022) 195 ITD 661 (Surat)(Trib.)

S. 54 : Capital gains-Profit on sale of property used for residence-Joint development agreement-Co-owner-Entitle to the exemption to extent assessee’s share of 42.5 per cent as specified under JDA on the cost of one flat only. [S. 45]

Dr. E.S. Krishnamoorthy. v. ITO (2022) 195 ITD 165 (Chennai) (Trib.)

S. 49 : Capital gains-Previous owner-Cost of acquisition-Settlement deed-inherited property from grandfather-Entitled to benefit of indexation from date of his grandfather’s acquisition of said property. [S. 45, 49(1)(iii)(a)]

Dr. E.S. Krishnamoorthy v. ITO (2022) 195 ITD 165 (Chennai) (Trib.)

S. 48 : Capital gains-Computation-Full value of consideration-Joint development agreement-Co-owner-Indexation was allowed-Consideration plus the cost of two flats was considered as the full value of the consideration received from the transfer of property. [S. 45, 54]

Dr. E. S. Krishnamoorthy v. ITO (2022) 195 ITD 165 (Chennai) (Trib.)

S. 44AD : Presumptive taxation-Cash credit-Bank deposits in cash-Turnover-Submitted memorandum Trading and Profit and Loss account and Balance Sheet-Addition was deleted. [S. 68]

Mansukh K. Vaghasia. v. ITO (2022) 195 ITD 99 (Surat)(Trib.)

S. 43B : Deductions on actual payment-Employees contribution towards PF & ESI-Paid before due date filing of return-Allowable as a deduction-Amendment to provisions of sections 36(1)(va) and 43B vide Finance Act, 2021 were applicable prospectively in relation to the assessment year 2021-22 and subsequent years. [S. 2(24)(x), 36(1)(va), 139(1), 143(1)(a)(iv)]

Sandeep Kumar Agarwal. (2022) 97 ITR 613 / 195 ITD 457 (Delhi) (Trib.) Shivganga Drillers (P.) Ltd. v. CPC, Income-tax, Bangalore (2022) 195 ITD 555 (Indore) (Trib.) Chintoo Creations v. Dy. CIT (2022) 195 ITD 192 (Delhi)(Trib) Titanic Steel Industries (P) Ltd. v. Dy. CIT (2022) 195 ITD 90 (Chd.)(Trib.) Sundaram BNP Paribas Home Finance Ltd. v. DCIT (2022) 196 ITD 198 (Chennai)(Trib.) Coronation Cigar Co. v. DCIT (2022) 196 ITD 498 (Mum.)(Trib.) DCIT v. Maharashtra State Security Corporation. (2022) 196 ITD 653 (Mum.)(Trib.) K A Hospitality (P.) Ltd. v. ITD (2022) 197 ITD 114 (Mum.) (Trib.) Mehra Eyetech (P.) Ltd. v. ACIT (2022) 197 ITD 124 (Mum.) (Trib.) Jasbir Singh Kaberwal v. ACIT (2022) 197 ITD 299 (Mum.)(Trib.) JSW Cement Ltd. v. ACIT. DCIT (2022) 197 ITD 380 / 220 TTJ 48 /217 DTR 385 (Mum.)(Trib.) Mahesh D. Saini v. ITO (2022) 197 ITD 513 (Mum.)(Trib.) DCIT v. Team HR GSA (P.) Ltd. (2022) 197 ITD 580 (Mum.)(Trib.) Legacy Global Projects (P.) Ltd. v. ADIT (2022) 197 ITD 655 / 100 ITR 9 (SN) (Bang.)(Trib.)

S. 43(5) : Speculative transaction-Trading in commodity derivatives-Chargeable to commodities transaction tax-Recognised associations-Cannot be assessed as deemed speculative transactions-loss arising from derivatives can be set off against profit of medical derivatives business of assessee. [S. 70, 73]

Ramesh Verma v. ACIT (2022) 195 ITD 545 (Lucknow)(Trib.)

S. 41(2) : Profits chargeable to tax-Balancing charge-Asset continued to hold-losses arising from impairment in the value of assets-Impairment in value of the asset was calculated on registered valuer report-Provision is not applicable-Loss not allowable as a deduction. [S. 41(1)]

ACIT v. Uniworth Textiles Ltd. (2022) 195 ITD 675 (Kol.) (Trib.)

S. 40A(3) : Expenses or payments not deductible-Cash payments exceeding prescribed limits-Payments to contractors-Transactions were genuine and parties identifiable-Disallowance is upheld. [R. 6DD(k)]

Shree Buuilcon & Associates (2022) 195 ITD 671 (Pune)(Trib.)