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February 8, 2012

Case Laws in this Newsletter:

Income Tax Customs CST, VAT & Sales Tax Indian Laws



Highlights / Catch Notes

  • Income Tax:

    Unexplained credits – difference in bank balance as per books of accounts vs bank balance as per bank statement treated as unexplained credit – there is no basis whatsoever for making any addition under these circumstances u/s.68 of the Act.... - AT

  • Income Tax:

    Taxability of Cash compensation received – capital receipt vs Revenue receipt - Capital receipt in principle is outside the scope of income chargeable to tax. .... - AT

  • Income Tax:

    Dis-allowance of depreciation on windmills – windmills installed & put to use on 31.03.05 – generation of electricity started in April 2005 – the claim for depreciation has to be allowed if the conditions prescribed in law are satisfied and admission by the Assessee cannot be the basis to sustain the dis-allowance of depreciation..... - AT

  • Income Tax:

    Depreciation @ 40% or 100% - transport vehicle as consisting of two parts, viz., cylinder and vehicle - entitled to claim depreciation at 100 per cent .... - HC

  • Income Tax:

    Set off of indexed long term capital loss against non-indexed long term capital gains - the expression "similar computation" used in section 70(3) of the Act does not refer to the computation under sections 48 to 55 of the Act and not the computation second proviso to section 48 of the Act vis-ΰ-vis proviso to section 112(1) of the Act but the computation under sections 48 to 55 of the Act.... - AT

  • Income Tax:

    Penalty - Provision of section 269SS - Cash loans - The amount taken for a short period. - It has to be considered as temporary advance - If it is a temporary advance, such temporary advances are outside the purview of section 269SS of the Act..... - AT

  • Income Tax:

    Revisionary powers of Commissioner u/s 263 - Order of the A.O. cannot be regarded as erroneous even if he had failed to carry out necessary verification and required enquiries in respect of the share application money, as no addition has been made on account of the reasons for reopening i.e. investment in FDR, which were recorded before issue of notice u/s 148..... - HC

  • Income Tax:

    Deemed dividend- an assessee who is not a shareholder of the company, from which it received a loan or an advance cannot be treated as being covered by the definition of the word dividend as provided in Sec.2(22)(e) of the Act..... - HC

  • Income Tax:

    Long term capital Gains – benefit of exemption u/s 10(38) - sale of unlisted securities - sale made on 29/30.12.05 by transferring it to escrow a/c - the transaction undertaken by the assessee was not chargeable to STT. - Consequently, the assessee is not entitled to exclude the gains from his total income. .... - AT

  • Income Tax:

    Registration under 10(23C) -Revenue failed to show that accumulation exceeding more than 15% has exceeded the period of five years - If no profit arises from the activity, it is not possible to carry on educational activity in such a way that the expenditure exactly balances the income and there is no resultant profit. Orders declining registration are quashed.... - HC

  • Income Tax:

    Book profit u/s 115JB - MAT - the profit on sale of assets credited to the profit & loss account cannot be excluded while computing the Book Profit under section 115JB even though the capital gains arising from the sale of that asset is not subject to tax under the normal provisions of the Income-tax Act by virtue of the provisions of section 54EC... - AT

  • Income Tax:

    Set off of loss from assets on which depreciation was claimed - under section 74(1)(b) the assessee is entitled to the claim of set off of long term capital loss against the income arising from the sale of office premises, the gain of which is short term due to the deeming provision but the asset is long term. - set off allowed..... - AT

  • Income Tax:

    Capital Gains – Adoption of valuation made by the Stamp duty authorities as consideration - - Once the assessee claimed before the A.O. that the fair market value determined by the stamp-duty authorities are higher then the actual sale consideration and A.O. is not satisfied with the explanation of the assessee then he should rather bound to refer the matter to the DVO for valuation.... - AT

  • Income Tax:

    Royalty for exclusive rights of distribution of Cinematographic films – assessee has a business connection in India but does not have any P.E. in India. Since the Indian company who obtained the rights is acting independently, Agency PE provisions are not applicable to the assessee company. Thus, the incomes arising outside Indian Territories cannot be brought to tax .... - AT

  • Income Tax:

    Block assessment versus Income escaping assessment -If the time period for assessment under 158BD has expired the proceedings under section 148/147 of the Act, appears reasonable in the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case. .... - HC

  • Income Tax:

    Renovation expenses – lease building – The building that was taken on lease remained intact. What has been done was only to create a better working environment. - Allowed as revenue expenditure.... - AT

  • Income Tax:

    Validity of reassessment proceedings – reassessment proceedings should not continue as no notice u/s 143(2) was served on the assessee within the stipulated time. - The principle of estoppel under Section 292BB will not apply.... - HC

  • Customs:

    Whether continued detention of goods can be justified - This period of 6 months can be enlarged by the Commissioner of Customs by a further period of 6 months, by virtue of the proviso to Section 110 (2). Therefore, the respondents had time till 25/26.5.2011, which could have been extended upto 25/26.11.2011. But we are in December 2011. Till date no notice u/s 124 (a) has been issued. - Goods ordered to be released.... - HC

  • Customs:

    Refund - recovery of duty twice from the appellant and from the customers of the appellant -In the absence of any such show cause notice to the appellant holding him as an importer, holding back of the amount collected from him either under force or paid voluntarily, cannot be considered as an amount which need to be appropriated against the proposed penalties..... - AT

  • Indian Laws:

    Neither the Nagar Parishad nor the Nagar Panchayat have any authority of law to levy a tax or a fee on Advertisements placed by the petitioners over the private shops or buildings where they are carrying on their business..... - HC

  • Service Tax:

    Clearing & Forwarding Agent or Distributor's Agreement - All the condition state that the appellant were appointed as Distributors and not C&F Agent.-... - AT

  • Service Tax:

    Accommodation service – Section 65(105)(zzzzw) of Finance Act, 1994 - Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) - There is no dispute that it has been running these guest houses for a considerable time. - Liable to pay service tax.... - HC

  • Service Tax:

    Notification No. 01/2006-ST dated 01.03.2006 - Reversal of credit - appellants have admittedly reversed the credit along with interest - notification in question would be available to them.... - AT

  • Service Tax:

    Cargo handling services - Suppression with intention to evade payment of tax cannot be alleged in this case in view of the confusion in law in this matter prevalent during the time and therefore demand for the normal period of one year only can be sustained in this case and penalties u/s 80 of Finance Act, 1994 are waived. ... - AT

  • Service Tax:

    Constitutional validity of levy of service tax on import of services - Does the Parliament have the powers to legislate “for“ any territory - provision does not suffer from vice of unconstitutionality... - HC

  • Service Tax:

    Applicability of CAG (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service) Act, 1971 for conduct of audit of private company - let there be an interim order directing that no audit be conducted by the authorities till 16th March, 2012 or until further orders, whichever is earlier..... - HC

  • Service Tax:

    Cargo Handling Service - Transporting coal from wagons to Thermal Power Station by conveyor belt and not by any means of transportation - service rendered by Appellants cannot be considered as Cargo Handling Services .... - AT

  • Service Tax:

    Service tax liability - recipient of services - Since parent company does not have any office or establishment in India, by virtue of the provisions of Section 66A of Finance Act, 1944 read with Rule 2(1) (d) of the Service tax Rules, 1994, the appellant would be liable to pay service tax in respect of taxable service received by them .... - AT

  • Service Tax:

    Rebate under Rule 5 - Export of services - Just because FICRs do not bear the export invoice numbers, it cannot be concluded that the same do not pertain to the service provided by the appellant to their client abroad..... - AT

  • Service Tax:

    Inasmuch as the medical and personal accident policy insurance etc. form part of the cost of the final product, in terms of CAS 4, the same has to be held as modvatable input services. .... - AT

  • Service Tax:

    Coaching Centres Services - Books along with Services - Books of another company - Standard Text book - Exemption under notification no. 12/2003.... - AT

  • Central Excise:

    Central Excise Valuation - when the goods have been cleared to the customers/ultimate buyers through a consolidated invoice which includes the price of the product plus OSC/RPP. - the goods have been sold over and above the MRP, therefore the OSC/RPP are includable in the assessable value.... - AT

  • Central Excise:

    Bank guarantee - Supreme Court in CCE v. Dunlop India Ltd. (1984 -TMI - 40039 - SUPREME Court) has held that the State is not run on the Bank Guarantees. Therefore, no permission is granted to appellant to furnish Bank Guarantee to the extent of Rs.60 lacs.... - HC

  • Central Excise:

    Refund of excess interest - when the interest was for late payment of duty, there would not be any question of unjust enactment .... - AT

  • Central Excise:

    Eligibility to avail the credit of balance 50% of the amount of duty paid on the capital goods in the subsequent financial year, without installing the same and putting it into use - credit allowed..... - AT

  • Central Excise:

    Cenvat Credit - Goods destroyed in heavy floods, were cleared as waste and scrap - there was no provision in the law at the relevant time for reversal of CENVAT credit availed on capital goods if the same were destroyed due to natural calamities. .... - AT

  • Central Excise:

    Stay - waiver of pre deposit - As held by the Apex Court in Benara Valves Ltd case (2006 -TMI - 866 - SUPREME COURT OF INDIA), the undue hardship to the person is a relevant factor to be taken into consideration under Section 35 F of the Act. .... - HC

  • Central Excise:

    Central Excise valuation - The appellant's finished product i.e. EOT cranes were completely manufactured, even without being fitted with magnets. Therefore Value of Magnet cannot be part of Assessable Value.... - AT

  • Central Excise:

    Central Excise MRP based valuation - after sales service charges for four years being optional, not includible for valuation while determining MRP under Section 4A of Central Excise Act, 1944 .... - AT

  • VAT:

    Central Sales Tax - movement of goods from the State of Maharashtra to Mumbai High does not constitute a movement from one State to another State. Mumbai High does not form part of any State in the Union of India. Therefore it cannot be regarded as inter-state sale..... - HC


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