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S. 10AA: Special Economic Zones-Non-submission of audit report along with return-Audit report was filed during assessment proceedings]-Exemption cannot be denied merely on account of delay in furnishing the audit report.[Form No 56F]
Ganpati Gems & Jewellers v. ACIT (2025) 236 TTJ 100 (Jaipur) Trib)
S. 9(1)(vi): Income deemed to accrue or arise in India]-Royalty-license fee for granting broadcasting right-Not royalty]-Apportionment of license fee-‘live coverage’ of the event has very large viewership as compared to a recorded broadcast and, therefore, it is appropriate to allocate 10 per cent of the license fee for broadcasting rights towards recorded events and 90 per cent towards ‘live coverage-DTAA-India]-USA.[S.90, Art. 12(3)]
Trans World International LLC v. DCIT (IT) (2025) 236 TTJ 385 / 175 taxmann.com 703 (Delhi) (Trib)
S. 4: Charge of income-tax -Accrual-Interest receivable from foreign subsidiaries-Financial year-Failed to reconcile- Addition is affirmed.[S. 5, 145]
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. v. DCIT (2025) 236 TTJ 699 / 174 taxmann.com 238 (Hyd) Trib)
S. 2(22)(e) : Deemed dividend-Loan received from third parties not related to the company in which the assessee had a substantial interest- Difficult to presume that there was an arrangement or colourable device in respect of the transactions-loans received by the assessee from Sunil Jain and Heera Lal Modi cannot be treated as deemed dividend.
ACIT v. Gopi Kishan Malani (2025) 236 TTJ 904 (Jodhpur)(Trib)
Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition Act, 2015.
S. 10: Assessment-Undisclosed asset located outside India-Bank account outside India-Documents were given to the bank much before the enactment of Black Money Act-Inheritance-Income earned abroad-Addition was deleted. [S. 10(3)]
Nirmal Jethalal Modi v. DCIT (2025) 235 TTJ 575 / 173 taxmann.com 400 (Mum)(Trib)
S. 271(1)(c): Penalty-Concealment-Addition on account of notional rental income-Rental income-Arithmetical error-There was a shortfall in disclosing rental income-Voluntary disclosure of income to cover any omission-No concealment penalty-Appeal admitted by High Court-No penalty-Penalty order barred by limitation. [S. 245(2C), 245 D(4), 275(1)(c)]
DCIT v. Vinod Ramchandra Jadhav (2025) 235 TTJ 342 (Pune)(Trib)
S. 263: Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue-Lack of proper enquiry-Credit for tax deducted at source-No double grant of TDS credit-Revision order was set aside. [S. 142(1), 143(2),148]
United Brothers Multiplast LLP v. PCIT (2025) 235 TTJ 798 (Mum)(Trib)
S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue-
Lack of proper enquiry-Long-term capital gains-PCIT has failed to establish the erroneous character of the assessment order and that too in such a manner that it is prejudicial to the interest of the Revenue-Revision order is quashed and set aside. [S. 45, 143(3)]
Teena Garg (Smt) v. PCIT (2025) 235 TTJ 749/ 123 ITR 326 / 174 taxmann.com 872 (Chd)(Trib)
S. 263: Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue-
Assessment order passed pursuant to invalid satisfaction note-PCIT was not empowered to revise the assessment orders by relying on seized documents in respect of which the AO did not record any satisfaction in the satisfaction note-The assessment orders are ab initio void-Invalid orders cannot be subjected to revision-The order passed by the Principal CIT is not sustainable-The revision order was quashed and set aside. [S. 153C]
MSN Institute of Medical Sciences (P) Ltd. v. PCIT (2025) 235 TTJ 721 (Hyd)(Trib) Prathima Resorts & Restaurants (P) Ltd v. PCIT (2025) 235 TTJ 721 (Hyd)(Trib) Prathima Eggset (P) Ltd v. PCIT (2025) 235 TTJ 721 (Hyd)(Trib) Spark Vidyut (P) Ltd v. PCIT (2025) 235 TTJ 721 (Hyd)(Trib)
S. 263: Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue-Capital gains-Cost of acquisition-Based on FMV as on 1st April, 2001-Revision order is not valid. [S. 48, 49,55(1)(b)]
Sanjeev Kumar Kathuria v. ITO 2025) 235 TTJ 687 / 173 taxmann.com 9 (Chd) (Trib)