Answers By Expert: Advocate Shashi Ashok Bekal
  proceeds of Sale of shares of unquoted private limited company
ITO added back the entire sale proceeds of the equity shares of unlisted shares of a private limited company. Transaction made during FY 2013-14. Those shares were purchased at almost the same time of sale. A nominal gain arises and added in to other income.


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  long lease vs sale
Can a long lease be treated as a sale  after abolition of section 269UA?


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  lease deposit
can a trustee take huge interest free security refundable deposit for use of his land by is  charitable trust ?


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  exorbitant fees by arbitrators
Can a party to the dispute refuse to pay fee of arbitrator  if he is demanding unaffordable sum after getting appointed u/s 11 of Arbitration & Con At 1996 by a court? Can a court decide fees of arbitrator ?


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  trust regn u/s 12A(1)(ac)(iii)
Respected team, A trust  which was formed in 1955 ,  provionally registered u/s 12AB filed application for registration u/s 12A(1)(ac)(iii)  in form 10 AB  with a delay of 10 days  . The Pr CIT (exemptions) rejected the application as non maintenable on the ground that application ought to have been filed within six months prior to the expiry of the period of provisional registration . what is the recourse available to the trust , kindly elucidate.


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  132A vs 271AAA
Asset seized u/s 132A  on the spot liable to penalty u/s 217AAA and or 271[1][c] ?  


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  validity of Notice u/s 148 issued by JAO after 29.03.2022
CBDT notified the e-Assessment of Income Escaping Assessment Scheme, 2022 vide Notification No. 18 on 29.03.2022 and accordingly notice u/s 148 to be issued through automated allocation, in accordance with risk management strategy formulated by the Board as referred to in section 148 of the Act. My query is about validity of proceedings where Jurisdictional Assessing Officer issued notice u/s 148. Kindly guide. Thanks


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  purchase of property below SDV
Respected team, An assessee purchased a property in 2020 for  a value much below the stamp duty value of the document and the  value  exceeds the limit prescribed under 56(2)(xb).    Department issued notice for invoking provisions of sec 56(2)(xb) of the Act, what is the recourse available to the purchaser of property.


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  Penalty u/s 271(1) (c) without initiation of proceedings mentioned in the assessment order
Can Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) be imposed when the the assessment order does not record the initiation of penalty proceedings.Any caselaws on Section271(1B)?


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  Barred by limitation or not
The notice us 148 of I.T, Act has been issued on 08.04.22 for the first time for the assessment year 2015-16, as the assessee has deposited more than 50 lakhs during the financial year 2014-15 without issuing notice u/s 148A (b) of the Act. Whether the notice issued is barred by limitation? Is it legal?


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