In the case of Surya Prakash Toshniwal HUF vs. ITO, ITAT Kolkata has held that: The lower authorities have not brought on record any concrete evidence for disallowing the long term capital gain of the assessee. The AO should have issued notices and summons to M/s RFL and ACPL under section 133(6) and 131 of …
In the case of Religare Commodities Ltd vs. ACIT, ITAT Delhi has held that: The discount under ESOP is in the nature of employees cost and is hence deductible during the vesting period w.r.t. the market price of shares at the time of grant of options to the employees. The amount of discount claimed as …
In the case of ACIT vs. Mahesh K. Shah, ITAT Mumbai has held that: Mere reliance by the AO on information obtained from the Sales Department or on statements/affidavits of the 12 parties before the Sales Tax Department or that these parties did not respond to notices issued under section 133(6) of the Act, would …
In the case of Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited vs. ACIT, ITAT Hyderabad (Special Bench) has held that: In view of the above discussion, we are of the view that the provisions of section 206AA of the Act will not have a overriding effect for all other provisions of the Act and the provisions of …
In the case of Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Ltd vs. DCIT, ITAT Mumbai has held that: Thus, Rule 8D is not attracted and applicable to assessee who have exempt income and it is not compulsory and necessary that an assessee must voluntarily compute disallowance as per Rule 8D of the Rules. Where the disallowance or …
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In the case of Wadhwa Estate & Developers India Pvt. Ltd vs. ACIT, ITAT Mumbai has held that: Undisputedly, in the return of income assessee has failed to offer interest on fixed deposit amounting to Rs 5,92,186 and loss claimed on account of fixed asset written–off amounting to Rs 1,82,242. It is also a fact …
In the case of Ram Infrastructure Ltd vs. JCIT, ITAT Pune has held that: It is well settled law laid down by the Hon’ble Apex Court in Commissioner of Income Tax Vs. Shapoorji Pallonji Mistry, 44 ITR 891 (SC) and Commissioner of Income Tax Vs. Rai Bahadur Hardutroy Motilal Chamaria, 66 ITR 443 (SC) and …
In the case of DCIT vs. Ford India Limited, ITAT Chennai has held that: An income is of such a nature as, on satisfaction of conditions specified in the related provision, could be taxed under any of these specific treaty provisions, cannot be covered by this residuary clause. Take for example, income earned by a …
In the case of Nishant Construction Pvt. Ltd vs. ACIT, ITAT Ahmedabad has held that: The AO has no power to disturb the sale price shown except in three cases. The first is under Section 145 of the Act. Where the sale of properties is part of the business of the assessee, the Assessing Officer, …
In the case of Sunita Jain vs. ITO, ITAT Ahmedabad has held that: There is no denying that consideration was paid when the shares were purchased. The shares were thereafter sent to the company for the transfer of name. The company transferred the shares in the name of the assessee. There is nothing on record …
In the case of Kalyani Barter (P) Ltd vs. ITO, ITAT Kolkata has held that: The object of section 14A is to disallow the direct and indirect expenditure incurred in relation to income which does not form part of the total income. There is no dispute that part of the income of the assessee from …
In the case of Kaypee Electronics & Associates Pvt. Ltd vs. DCIT, ITAT Bangalore has held that: The only issue that arises for consideration before us is whether the TPO was justified in making the ALP adjustment in respect of royalty payment made to M/s. Falco Limited in the given facts of the present case. …
In the case of Small Wonder Industries vs. CIT, ITAT Mumbai has held that: We are of the view, that there is a distinction between “lack of enquiry” and “inadequate enquiry”. In the present case the Assessing Officer collected necessary details, examined the same and then framed the assessment u/s. 143(3) of the Act. Therefore, …
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In the case of ITO vs. Abraham Varghese Charuvil, ITAT Cochin has held that: The payment of on-money is an unfortunate practice in most part of our country, and none can deny this factual situation. It is the case of the assessee that the buyers were insisting on reducing the sale consideration to be disclosed …
In the case of Earthmoving Equipment Service Corporation vs. DCIT, ITAT Mumbai has held that: Section 69C could not be applied to the facts of the case as the payments were through banking channels which were duly reflected in the books of accounts and therefore, there was no unexplained expenditure within the meaning of Section …
In the case of Meherjee Cassinath Holdings Pvt. Ltd vs. ACIT, ITAT Mumbai has held that: Apart from the aforesaid discussion, we may also refer to the one more seminal feature of this case which would demonstrate the importance of non-striking off of irrelevant clause in the notice by the Assessing Officer. As noted earlier, …
In the case of DCIT vs. Ateev V. Gala, ITAT Mumbai has held that: From a plain reading of section 56(2)(vi) along with the Explanation to that section and on understanding the intention of the legislature from the section, we find that a gift received from “relative”, irrespective of whether it is from an individual …
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In the case of Geolife Organics vs. ACIT, ITAT Mumbai has held that: It is evident from the assessment order that on the basis of information obtained from the Sales Tax Department, Assessing Officer issued notices under section 133(6). As the assessee failed to produce the concerned parties, the Assessing Officer, primarily relying upon the …
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In the case of Jehangir HC Jehangir vs. ACIT, ITAT Mumbai has held that: A perusal of the quantum assessment order reveals that the penalty has been initiated for furnishing of inaccurate particulars of income and concealment of particulars of income which, as per settled legal propositions, are different connotations and carry different meaning and …
In the case of Balgopal Trust vs. ACIT, ITAT Mumbai has held that: The issue is as to whether the assessee trust, which is for the sole benefit of an individual, will be entitled to deduction u/s. 54F or not, when its status is that of A.O.P. As per Section 54F the benefits of this …
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In the case of Argus Golden Trades India Ltd vs. JCIT, ITAT Jaipur has held that: The assessee has submitted that since there were large number of deductees scattered throughout the country, a fact not disputed by the Revenue, it took them some time to collect the PANs of these deductees and thereafter, it was …
In the case of DDIT vs. Metapath Software International Ltd, ITAT Delhi has held that: It is an well established proposition of law that being penal in nature, the provisions of section 271(1)(c) of the Act are invoked only when there is evidence beyond doubt that there was concealment of particulars of income or furnishing …
In the case of Srinivas Sashidhar Chaganty vs. ITO, ITAT Hyderabad has held that: Section 254(2) of the Act refers to the period of limitation reckoning from the end of the month in which the order Is passed’ and not from the ‘date of receipt of the order’. As rightly pointed out by the Ld …
In the case of ACIT vs. St. Mary’s Rubbers Private Ltd, ITAT Cochin has held that: The Tribunal, while giving the above decision, had also considered the effect of CBDT Circular No.715 dated 08.08.1995 and also ruled that the said Circular was applicable only where consolidated bills were raised inclusive of contractual payments and re-imbursement …
In the case of M/s. Fancy Wear vs. ITO, ITAT Mumbai has held that: The AO or the FAA have not rejected the books of accounts of the assessee nor have doubted the purchases made by it. The recognised principles of accountancy and tax jurisprudence hold that no sales can take place without purchases. Thus, …
In the case of Orbit Enterprises vs. ITO, ITAT Mumbai has held that: Notably, Sec. 292BB of the Act has been inserted w.e.f. 01.04.2008 and is understood basically as a rule of evidence. The implication of Sec. 292BB of the Act is that once the assessee appears in any proceedings or has co-operated in any …
In the case of ACIT vs. Katrina (Kaif) Rosemary Turcotte, ITAT Mumbai has held that: The Assessing Officer has not brought on record any clinching evidence on the basis of any enquiry made by him to demonstrate that the assessee has actually received any cash as per the evaluation sheet from Matrix. Therefore, in the …
In the case of M/s Sainath Enterprises vs. ACIT, ITAT Mumbai has held that: The Petitioner/ Plaintiff is the ‘dominus litis’ and it is open to him to pursue or abandon his case. Withdrawal cannot be denied except when the person making the prayer has obtained some advantage/ benefit which he seeks to retain. To …
In the case of Late Shri Gordhandas S. Garodia vs. DCIT, ITAT Mumbai has held that: The expression “full value of consideration received or accruing” would mean the amount actually received by the assessee or consideration which has accrued to the assessee. The expression “accrue” means a right acquired by the assessee to receive income. …
In the case of Mustansir I Tehsildar vs. ITO, ITAT Mumbai has held that: For the purpose of sec. 54 of the Act, we have to see whether the assessee has completed the construction within three years from the date of transfer of old asset. In the instant case, there is no dispute that the …