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2012 (4) TMI 467
Income from a market complex for commercial purpose - Income from house property or business income – Held that:- The Assessing Officer has rather misdirected himself to hold the case laws cited by him leaning in favour of the Department - that the bank took cognizance of the commercial viability of this project to grant loan which partners pooled their resources to repay the loan and let out the property to the commercial organizations for earning income against which incidental expenses incurred for carrying out such activities - as it is rendered its income, residual to receipts from the lessees on account of electricity, water charges etc., which are the business activities from the assessee to charge for their portion and incur the remaining for itself along with the maintenance and providing security was in the nature of carrying out commercial activities and not for the purpose of letting it out as house property- the impugned orders of the authorities below are set aside with a direction to the Assessing Officer to accept the return of the assessee holding the same as income from business and not income from house property – in favour of assessee.
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2012 (4) TMI 466
Disallowance u/s.40(a)(ia) - reopening of the assessment – CIT(A) charging interest u/s.234B and initiating penalty proceedings u/s. 271(1)(c) – Held that:- Decided in Kanubhai Ramjibhai Makwana Versus ITO (2010 - TMI - 202951 - ITAT, AHMEDABAD) that provisions of section 40(a)(ia) as amended by Finance Act, 2010 w.e.f. 1.4.2010 are to be treated as having retrospective application with effect from 1st April, 2005 - Assessing Officer is directed to delete the disallowance of ₹ 3,69,568/- as made u/s. 40(a)(ia) of the Act – in favour of assessee.
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2012 (4) TMI 465
Deduction u/s 80 HHC on export incentives received by the assessee as a supporting manufacturer in the same manner as in the case of direct exporter, treating the supporting manufacturer at par with the direct exporter – revenue appeal - Held that:- Court being the jurisdictional Court has already decided the issue raised in Special Leave Petition against the revenue and the instant appeal will follow the suit – in favour of assessee.
Addition of Rs. 8,38,77,635/- made by the AO on account of difference in the value of stock as per stock statement submitted to the Bank and that as per the books of account – Held that:- The mere fact that value furnished to the bank is without any detail or verification by the bank may not constitute the basis to make additions - there are categorical finding that the assessee- respondent had maintained broad details of the stock, its consumption, production and closing balance and the accounts have been maintained on day to day basis which have been accepted by the Excise and VAT authorities – in favour of assessee.
Depreciation - depreciation @ 50% on the purchase of machinery under TUF Scheme as against depreciation @ 25% allowed by the A.O.- Held that:- The machinery has been purchased as per TUF Scheme, making the assessee- respondent eligible for deduction at higher rate - the nature of stock purchasing is a finding of fact and revenue- could not advance any argument warranting admission of the appeal – in favour of assessee.
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2012 (4) TMI 464
Reopening - Deduction u/s 80IA - assessee having challenged the notice of reassessment in a proceeding under Article 226 of the Constitution - contractor or supplier of irrigation products versus developer of any new infrastructural facility. - held that:- It is now a settled law that if an explanation is added to a section of a statute for the removal of doubts, the implication is that the law was the same from the very beginning and the same is further explained by way of addition of the Explanation. Assessing Officer earlier did not arrive at such conclusion and thus, the amended Explanation subsequently added cannot be of any help to him in arriving at the second opinion based on the alleged new law. In the absence of existence of "any tangible material" to come to the conclusion that there was escapement of income from assessment, the Assessing Officer exceeded his authority to reopen the assessment merely on the basis of a "change of opinion" and accordingly, it is a fit case of quashing the notice. - Decided in favor of the assessee
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2012 (4) TMI 463
Power to transfer case from Vapi to Surat - Principles of natural justice - Petitioners filed objections and for effective and coordinated investigation in the search cases of the same group, the order impugned in the applications was passed - held that:- the requirement of recording reasons under section 127(1) is a mandatory direction under the law and noncommunication thereof is not saved by showing that the reasons exist in the file although not communicated to the assessee as held by the Supreme Court in Ajantha Industries vs. Central Board of Direct Taxes (1975 (12) TMI 1 - SUPREME Court).
Division Bench of this court in the case of Arti Ship Breaking vs. Director of Income Tax (Investigation) and others (2000 (3) TMI 38 - GUJARAT High Court) considered the similar question as to whether non-discloser of reason in the order of transfer vitiates the order and in spite of referring the above decision of the Supreme Court decided to ignore such vital defect.
Since we propose to hold that the law laid down in the case of Ajantha Industries (supra), is still the law of the land and has not been overruled by any competent bench of the Supreme Court whereas a co-ordinate Division Bench has taken a contrary view, judicial decorum demands that we should refer the matter to a larger bench for deciding the question - matter referred to LB.
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2012 (4) TMI 462
Deduction u/s 80-IB (10) - the sanction plan was issued on 4.4.2005 making it clear it comes into effect from 4 4.2005 and will be in force till 3.4.2007. Assessee contended as the approval was granted on 28.3.2005. he is entitled to the benefit under Section 80-IB(10) of the Act from the assessment year 2005-06 onwards - Held that: it was communicated to the assessee on 4.4.2005 and in law he should have 2 years time to complete the construction, the said communication and the sanctioned letter made it clear the time for completing the construction starts from 4,4,2005 and it ends on 3.4.2007 - As per the judgment of the Bombay High Court, once approval is granted it dates back to the date of application. Even that exercise is not to be done in this case, as the date of approval is 28.3.2005 the assessee is entitled lo the benefit for the assessment year 2005-06 - Decided in favor of the assessee
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2012 (4) TMI 461
Whether lower rate of tax u/s 115E will be applicable to long term capital gains on sale of bonus shares where such bonus shares resulted out of original investments of shares made out of convertible foreign exchange - Held that: A conjoint reading of Section 115E and 115F clearly show that long term capital gains mentioned in clause (b) of Section 115E and investment made out of sale consideration received on transfer of foreign exchange asset mentioned in Section 115F, both relate to income arising out of transfer of foreign exchange asset - In the case of Sanjay Gala v. ITO [2011 - TMI - 205129 - ITAT, MUMBAI - Income Tax] - it is clear that foreign exchange asset for the purpose of section 115F is the one which assessee has acquired in convertible foreign exchange. In the present case, the assessee subscribed to shares in convertible foreign exchange and acquired the foreign exchange asset - assessees cannot be deprived of the concessional rate available under Section 115E of the Act just because the sale of shares were bonus shares - Appeals are allowed
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2012 (4) TMI 460
Writ petition - Assessee had asked the Commissioner of Customs at ICD, Tughlakabad, New Delhi to permit and allow import into India of the Data Graphic Display Tubes, which have been imported from Malaysia. It was claimed that these goods could be imported under the open general license - custom authority is delaying the release of the said consignment by taking the plea that the goods imported were old and used and therefore, they are “Electronic Waste” - The contention of the petitioner is that the consignment are lying since December, 2011 and the delay is causing immense hardship and financial loss to the petitioners on account of demurrage and detention charges - Held that: it is directed that the respondent authority will pass an order-in-original determining whether the goods in question can be imported to India and the duty etc. payable thereon within a period of three weeks i.e. by 21st March, 2012 - petition is disposed of
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2012 (4) TMI 459
Application of official liquidator alleging misfeasance on the part, of the erstwhile Directors of the Company-in-liquidation - held that:- KSFC has sold the plant and machinery and the issue is pending, the first respondent who was the Director in any event cannot be held liable for the said auction and the question as to whether the KSFC could have sold the machinery and as to whether it could have been sold for a better value and as to whether the valuation had been appropriately made by the KSFC are issues which would have to be inter se decided between the Official Liquidator and the KSFC - the very same value of the plant and machinery which had been seized by the KSFC and sold cannot be considered as an amount which was due to be realized from the Directors for the misfeasance of not accounting for the said amount, when the facts are clear in the instant case. - Application is dismissed
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2012 (4) TMI 458
Purchase of packing material against Form-H - Export of goods out of India - DVAT - assessee claimed input tax credit and asked for refund of the input tax on the ground that the packing material was used to pack rice which was exported out of India. - Section 9(1)(b) of DVAT - held that:- Section 9(7)(b) of the Act, when it says that no tax credit shall be allowed for the purchase of goods which are used exclusively for the manufacture, processing or packing of goods specified in the First Schedule, refers only to the sale of exempted goods within the meaning of Section 6(1) of the Act and does not refer to sales which are not liable to tax at all by virtue of the provisions of Section 7.
Tax credit under Section 9(1)(b) is available in the case of goods purchased and used by a dealer, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of making sale of goods in the course of export of the goods out of India.
Article 286 of constitution of India - The appellant dealer is not liable to pay VAT on the sale of rice because the sale is in the course of export out of India. The same rice, if it is sold within the State, would become liable to tax, though no tax would be payable because of the exemption granted under Section 6(1) of the Act. It is competent for the State Legislature to make amendment or modify the entries in the First Schedule to the Act to either withdraw the exemption granted to the goods or add more items that would be exempt from tax or change the conditions and exceptions set out therein, subject to which the exemption is granted. Such modifications or amendments cannot, however, be made to Section 7(c) of the Act by the State Government to provide for levy of tax on the sale of the goods, even though they are mentioned in the First Schedule to the Act, if they are made in the course of export of the goods out of the territory of India, because of Article 286(1). - Decided in favor of the assessee
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2012 (4) TMI 457
Liability of service recipient to pay (reimburse) service tax to the server provider - the appellant deducted the service tax from the bills of the respondent - the appellant deducted 5% tax on the bills of the respondent for the period 30.11.1997 to 6.8.1999 – respondent refused to accept the deductions as they are not "Assessee" under the Service Tax Act- the Appellants are being recipients resisted and have filed the return, thus the appellant's obligation to pay the Service Tax and not that of the Respondents – Held that:- Since clause 9.3 of the contract refers to the liabilities of the contractor in connection with discharge of his obligations, one will have to refer to clause 6 of the "Terms and Conditions for Handling of Iron and Steel Materials of RINL, VSP" which was an integral part of the contract between the petitioner and the respondent, and which was titled "Obligations of the Contractor" - the said paragraph 6 deals in great details with the work which was required to be done by the respondent as clearing and forwarding agent. It is therefore absolutely clear that the term "his obligations under this order" in clause 9.3 of the contract denoted the contractor's responsibilities under clause 6 in relation to the work which he was required to carry out as handling contractor - the respondent as the contractor had to bear the service tax under clause 9.3 as the liability in connection with the discharge of his obligations under the contract and there was no reason for the High Court to interfere in the view taken by the arbitrator.
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2012 (4) TMI 456
Separate and distinct contracts or composite contract - the activity of civil work and electrical work - Erection, Commissioning or Installation service - abatement under Notification No.19/2003-ST dated 21/8/2003 - services of erection, commissioning or installation of WTG and establishment of Wind Farm Project - civil foundation is an integral part of erection and installation of the wind mill and the control room and electrical yard etc. also form an integral part for commissioning of the wind mill without which the commissioning of wind mill or WTG is not complete. - Held that:- Once it is held that electrical installation is a part of the composite contract for erection, commissioning or installation of WTGs, the appellant's claim for the benefit of Notification No. 19/2003 ST for electrical installation cannot be accepted only on the basis that it had supplied some electrical materials for electrical installation. - Decided against the assessee.
Extended period of limitation - held that:- no basis or foundation established of bona fide belief. - nothing on record to suggest that the appellant had ever approached the Service Tax authorities to ascertain the details of their liability to pay service tax. - the department has rightly invoked the extended period of limitation.
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2012 (4) TMI 455
Jurisdictional pre-conditions for reopening under Section 147 – ITAT held that conditions were not satisfied in the present case - Revenue submitted that if the by mistake or lapse he does not examine a particular entry or a note in the return and overlooks it, there is no application of mind and thus it is not a case of mere change of opinion – Held that:- The matter should be examined by a larger Bench for elucidation and examination as the proposition clearly envisages a formation of opinion by the Income-tax Officer on the basis of material already on record provided the formation of such opinion is consequent on "information" in the shape of some light thrown on aspects of facts or law which the Income-tax Officer had not earlier been conscious of - it is a case where the Income-tax Officer looked at the facts and accepted the assessee's contention that the surplus was not taxable - referred to a larger Bench.
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2012 (4) TMI 454
Deduction u/s 80I - Invoking and exercise jurisdiction under Section 263 – interest income on short term bank deposits and tank hire charges - ITAT confirmed CIT order – Held that:- Immediate and first source of receipt of interest income is the deposit of money and not the industrial activity. Manufacturing activity, or profit earned therefrom, is not the proximate source of the interest earned. The said interest income, therefore, cannot be treated as income earned or derived from manufacturing activity undertaken by the industrial unit.
Tank hire charges were received by the appellant-assessee from the consumers to whom Ammonia was supplied. It represents payment for transportation. On query, it is accepted/stated by the appellant that these tank hire charges were separately billed and these tanks were the carriage wagons owned by the Railways. Transportation charges when separately billed and charged cannot be included in the profit and gain from manufacturing activity undertaken by an industrial unit. – against assessee.
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2012 (4) TMI 453
Writ of certiorari - assessee contested that the AO completed the assessment ex-parte under Section 144 – delay in filing the revision petition before the CIT- Held that:- Assessment order dated 28.2.2003 was never served on the petitioner firm or any of its partners and that it was for the first time that the petitioner firm came to know of the passing of the assessment order when the application filed by the income tax department before the Debt Recovery Tribunal came up for hearing - there existed reasonable cause for the delay in filing the revision petition before the CIT under Section 264 - CIT is directed to take up the revision petition and decide the same on merits in accordant with law after giving due opportunity to the petitioner firm of being heard – in favour of assessee.
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2012 (4) TMI 452
Whether the assessee is entitled to the exemption under Section 10(20)- Held that:- Since the AMC(s) is neither a Municipal Committee nor a District Board under the said Explanation to section 10(20)of the 1961 Act no question arises whether the AMC(s) is legally entitled to the control of the local fund i.e.Market Fund - AMC(s) is therefore not entitled to exemption under section 10(20) after the insertion of the said Explanation, vide the Finance Act, 2002, with effect from April 1, 2003 - against assessee.
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2012 (4) TMI 451
Deemed income – addition made on account of sundry creditors under Section-41(1)(a) - Appellate Tribunal deleted addition – Held that:- Decision in CIT, Calcutta vs. Sugauli Sugar Works (P) Ltd (1999 (2) TMI 5 - SUPREME Court) taken that only if the assessee has made an entry of transfer in his accounts unilaterally will not enable the Department to say that S. 41 would apply and the amount should be included in the total income of the assessee - expiry of period of limitation did not extinguish the debt but only prevented the creditor from enforcing the debt – in favour of assessee.
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2012 (4) TMI 450
Set off of brought forward unabsorbed depreciation and losses of the unit the Income which is not eligible for deduction under Section 10A of the Act – Held that:- Section 10A is a provision which is in the nature of a deduction and not an exemption - the deduction under Section 10A has to be given effect to at the stage of computing the profits and gains of business - Section 80B(5) defines for the purposes of Chapter VI-A “gross total income” to mean the total income computed in accordance with the provisions of the Act, before making any deduction under the Chapter – against revenue.
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2012 (4) TMI 449
Disallowance of ₹ 58,05,328/- u/s 40(a)(ia) – Held that:- Decided by the Hon’ble Calcutta High Court in the case of CIT vs. Virgin Creators (2011 - TMI - 210395 - CALCUTTA HIGH COURT) confirming retrospective effect of section 40(a)(ia) on tax deducted at source and paid before the due date of filing of the return of income – in favour of assessee.
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2012 (4) TMI 448
Disallowance of expenses for the period prior to date of Set up of business by AO – Held that:- It cannot be said that the business had commenced only from 1st June, 2001, when the assessee acquired the rights under the agreement dated 21st May, 2001 - Tribunal has rightly kept in mind the difference between setting up of business and commencement of business - the assessee is in a complete state of readiness to undertake its activity, it can be said that it has set up its business, the actual commencement of business may be at a later date – in favour of assessee.
Capitalization of expenses and consultancy paid to the architects by AO – Tribunal treated expenditure incurred in respect of leasehold premises on account of electrical work, wooden partitions, laying down of cables, false flooring etc and consultancy to architect makes no addition of extension of the premises taken by the assessee on lease as nothing was added to the profit making apparatus hence no merit in the treating all such expenditure as capital in nature - Held that:- Break up and particulars regarding the expenditure is not available and referred to and no information about the said expenditure was towards purchase and installation of air conditioners/air conditioning plant, furniture etc- Since the factual details have not been considered by the tribunal - set aside the findings recorded by the tribunal and pass an order of remand for fresh decision after ascertaining the factual aspects.
Legal and professional charges treated as revenue in nature by ITAT - Held that:- This expenditure was in connection with the transfer of assets and liabilities therefore, should be treated as a part of cost of acquisition of the business/asset - an order of remit with a direction to first examine and decide the factual aspects.
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