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. 35AB : Know-how-Technical know-how-Allowed in initial year-Balance of claim in succeeding 5 years should be allowed as deduction without adjudicating on admissibility of claim.
Mercedez-Benz India (P.) Ltd. v. DCIT (2022) 193 ITD 624 (Pune)(Trib.)
S. 32 : Depreciation-Additional depreciation-Put to use in earlier year-20 per cent of actual cost of plant or machinery-Put to use less than 180 days-50 percent of additional depreciation allowable. [S. 32(1)(iia)]
DCIT v. National Engineering Industrial Ltd. (2022) 193 ITD 420 (Kol.)(Trib.)
S. 23 : Income from house property-Annual value-Builder-Unsold flats-Stock in trade-No addition can be made on account of deemed rental income could be made in respect of unsold stock of flats held as stock in trade upto assessment year 2017-18. [S. 22, 23(5)]
Pegasus Properties (P.) Ltd. v. DCIT v. (2022) 193 ITD 514 (Mum.)(Trib.)
S. 14A : Disallowance of expenditure-Exempt income-Interest-Own capital and free reserves-More than investments-No disallowance is to be made. [R. 8D]
DCIT v. Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. (2022) 193 ITD 869 (Raipur)(Trib.)
S. 12AA : Procedure for registration-Trust or institution-Education-Providing education and training in field of remote sensing for preservation of environment through optimization of land use and natural resources-Specialized post-graduate degree-Constituted education for charitable purpose-Entitled registration. [S. 2(15)]
Haryana State Remote Sensing Application Centre v. CIT(E) (2022) 193 ITD 706 / 94 ITR 10 (SN) (Delhi)(Trib.)
S. 11 : Property held for charitable purposes-Application for registration for pending before CIT(E)-Pendency of appeal before CIT(A)-Justified in rejecting exemption. [S. 12A(2), 12AA]
Bhagawan Sree Mahayogi Lakshmamma Educational Society, Adoni. v. ITO (2022) 193 ITD 591 (Hyd.)(Trib.)
S. 9(1)(vii) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Fees for technical services-Royalty-Reimbursement of expenses-Costs recovered by assessee a non-resident for third party software which was integrated into assessee’s information technology infrastructure used for rendering services to an Indian company, would be taxable as fees for technical services/Royalty-DTAA-India-Switzerland. [S. 9(1)(vi), Art. 12]
Rieter Machine works Limited v. ACIT (IT) (2022) 193 ITD 687 / 93 ITR 447 / 217 TTJ 726 / 213 DTR 185 (Pune)(Trib.)
S. 9(1)(vii) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Fees for technical services-Offshore maintenance and support services to Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL)-Not assessable as fees for technical services-DTAA-India-USA. [Art. 12(4)]
GE Energy Management Services Inc. v. ACIT (IT) (2022) 193 ITD 485 / 215 TTJ 7 /209 DTR 204 (Delhi)(Trib.)
S. 9(1)(vi) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Royalty-Merely provided alloys, lease rentals received for such leasing out of alloys could not be treated as royalty-DTAA-India-USA. [Art. 12]
Owens-Corning Inc v. DCIT (IT) (2022) 193 ITD 824 (Mum.)(Trib.)
S. 9(1)(vi) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Royalty-Right to use of copy right in a program-Information products and services-Not royalty-DTAA-India-USA. [Art. 12]
Dow Jones & Company Inc. v. ACIT (2022) 193 ITD 564 (Delhi) (Trib.)