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S. 48 : Capital gains – Cost of improvements – Amount spent on property habitable allowable as deduction- Amount spent on refrigerator , air conditioner LED , TVS furniture , dining table etc are personal effects – Not eligible for deduction – Interest on housing loan – Matter remanded to the Assessing Officer [ S. 24, 45 , 133(6) ]
Komal Gurumuk Sangtani v. ITO ( Mum) ( Trib) www.itatonlime .org Gurumukh I .Sangtani v. ITO ( Mum) ( Trib) www.itatonlime .org
S. 115BAA: Tax on income of certain domestic companies – Levy of tax @ 30% instead at concessional rate @ 22 %- Return of income – Last date for filing Form No. 10IC for AY 2020-21 – Extended to March 31, 2021 – By virtue of the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxations and Amendments of Certain Provisions) Act 2020- Entitled to concessional rate @ 22%. [S.115BAA(5), 139(1), Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxations and Amendments of Certain Provisions) Act 2020, S. 3(1) ]
Suminter India Organics (P.) Ltd. v. DCIT (2022) 196 ITD 370 ( Mum)( Trib) www.itatonline .org .
S.68: Cash credits — Unexplained expenditure — Capital gains —Penny stocks – Accommodation entries – Purchase of shares at premium in off market Transaction — Sale after three years- Report of Investigation Wing-Information never provided nor cross-examination of Individuals allowed — Additions is not valid .[ S. 10(38) 45, 69 ]
Mukesh Bhoormal Jain v .ITO (2022) 93 ITR 26 (SN)(Mum) ( Trib)
S. 271D : Penalty-Takes or accepts any loan or deposit-Amount received from husband-Purchase of plot-Family arrangement-Levy of penalty is not valid. [S. 269SS, 273B]
Meera Devi Kumawat. (Smt.) v. JCIT (2022) 193 ITD 250 (Jaipur)(Trib.)
S. 271B : Penalty-Failure to get accounts audited-Project completion method-Advance received-Not turnover or gross receipt-Bonafide belief-Failure to get audited-Levy of penalty is not valid. [S. 44AB]
Sushila Sureshbabu Malge (Smt.) v. ITO (2022) 193 ITD 416 (Mum.)(Trib.)
S. 271AAB : Penalty-Search initiated on or after 1st day of July 2012-Surrender of income-Neither surrendered income nor penalty was initiated on the basis of undisclosed income found during search-Levy of penalty is not valid. [S. 132]
Chandra Suresh Kothari v. DCIT (2022) 193 ITD 547 (Nagpur) (Trib.)
S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue-Business expenditure-Corporate social responsibility expenses-Amendment brought by way of Explanation 2 to section 37(1) by Finance Act, 2014, with effect from 1-4-2015 is not retrospective in nature-Revision is held to be not valid. [S. 37(1)]
Garden Reach Ship Builders & Engineers Ltd. v. PCIT (2022) 193 ITD 649 (Kol.)(Trib.)
S. 251 : Appeal-Commissioner (Appeals)-Powers-Assessee could not level baseless allegations against CIT(A)-Matter remanded. [S. 250]
Abdul Wahab v. ITO (2022) 193 ITD 746 (SMC) (Delhi)(Trib.)
S. 234E : Fee-Default in furnishing the statements-Amendment in section 200A by way of insertion of clause (c) was only with effect from 1-6-2015-Levying late fee for period prior to 1-6-2015 is not valid. [S. 200A]
Bhaskar Roy v. ITO (2022) 193 ITD 668 (Kol.)(Trib.)