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S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue- eligibility of loss being carried forward-Issue which is beyond the scope of rectification-Commissioner cannot revise under section 263 of the Act. [S. 154]

Cargo Service Centre India Pvt Ltd v. Dy .CIT ( Mum) ( Trib) www.itatonline.org

S. 69 : Unexplained investments-Non-resident-On money-Foreign Resident cannot be taxed under section 69 of the Act-DTAA India -UAE. [S. 132(4), Art. 22]

ITO v. Rajeev Suresh Ghai ( 2021 ) 214 TTJ 921/ 208 DTR 377/ ( 2022) 192 ITD 348 ( Mum) ( Trib) www.itatonline.org

S. 12A : Registration – Trust or institution – Held declining registration on the ground of Indian Premier League (IPL) activities are in the nature of commercial activities is held to be not justified . [S. 2(15), S. 12AA]

Board of Control for Cricket in India v. PCIT (2021)214 TTJ 702 / (2022)192 ITD 230 / 209 DTR 81 ( Mum ) ( Trib) www.itatonline.org

Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign income and Assets ) and imposition of tax Act, 2015

Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign income and Assets ) and imposition of tax Act, 2015

S. 2(11): Undisclosed asset located outside India – Applicability of the Statute – Accounts not in existence at the Black Money Act, 2015 came into force – The new legislation operates for those accounts and assets too.- Bank account in whatever way its is described is an asset in sense that it gives ownership credit balance ,in books of bank in that account – Undisclosed foreign bank account per se can indeed be treated as an asset – Interest leviable .-DTAA -India -Singapore Bank account in whatever way its is described is an asset in sense that it gives ownership credit balance ,in books of bank in that account – Undisclosed foreign bank account per se can indeed be treated as an asset – Interest leviable .-DTAA -India -Singapore. [ [S. 2(15),5(1)(i), 5(1)(ii)),8(b), 10(1),40(1), 40(2), BMR. 3(e), 3(2), ITACT , 1961 , S. 132,132(4), 133A, 139(1)), 234A,, 234B , 234C ] [

Rashesh Manhar Bhansali v. ACIT ACIT ( 2021) 214 TTJ 529/ 208 DTR 97/ ( 2022) 193 ITD 141 ( Mum ) Trib) www.itatonline.org.Editorial: Appeal is pending for admission Rashesh Manhar Bhansali v. Add.CIT Editorial: Appeal is pending for admission Rashesh Manhar Bhansali v. Add.CIT

S. 268A : Appeal-Appellate Tribunal-Monetary tax effect-Less than Rs. 50 lakhs-Appeal is not maintainable. [S. 253]

DCIT v. Edelweiss Financial Advisors Ltd. (2021) 188 ITD 834 (Ahd.)(Trib.)

S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue-All details were on record-Payment of remuneration to managing trustee of major philanthropic trust was accepted in earlier years-Investment in shares by assessee-trust had been accepted as part of corpus of trust for over four decades by department and CBDT had also accepted same while notifying assessee-trust under section 10(23C)-Revision is held to be not valid. [S. 10(23C), 11, 13(2)]

Sir Dorabji Tata Trust v. DCIT (2021) 188 ITD 38 / 197 DTR 289 / 209 TTJ 409 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue-Investment in shares has been accepted as part of corpus over four decades-Interest income qualified for exemption-Assessing Officer has adopted ab course permissible in law-Revision is held to be not valid. [S. 11(5), 13(1)(d), 13(2)(h), 13(3)]

Sir Ratan Tata Trust v. DCIT (2021) 188 ITD 151 (Mum.)(Trib.)

S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue-Bad debts-Claim was allowed without verification-Revision is held to be justified. [S. 36(1)(vii)]

Jalgaon People’s Co-op Bank Ltd. v. PCIT (2021) 188 ITD 608 (Pune)(Trib.)

S. 254(2) : Appellate Tribunal-Rectification of mistake apparent from the record-Delay in filing miscellaneous application-Ex parte order-ill health-Delay was condoned. [ITAT R. 24]

Rameshbhai V. Prajapati v. DCIT (2021) 188 ITD 773 (Ahd.) (Trib.)

S. 254(2) : Appellate Tribunal-Rectification of mistake apparent from the record-Transfer pricing-Arm’s length price-Most appropriate method-Application to Tribunal to direct the TPO to adopt a specific method was rejected. [S. 254(1), 92C]

Carraro India (P.) Ltd. v. DCIT (2021) 188 ITD 915 (Pune)(Trib.)