Category: Income Tax

Cash transactions between husband-wife do not attract section 269SS if transactions are not for commercial use. Tribunal deleted penalty under section 271D ABCAUS Case Law Citation: ABCAUS 2092 (2017) (10) ITAT The Challenge/Grievance: The assessee had challenged the order passed by the CIT(A) which confirmed the order of …

ITAT comment against CA Profession was out of sheer desperation & frustration. Bombay High Court strongly criticises ITAT for its observation made against the CA profession. ABCAUS Case Law Citation: ABCAUS 2091 (2017) (10) HC Approximately three years back in 2014, ITAT Mumbai had made a remark on …

Transfer Pricing Documentation and Country-by-Country Reporting. Rules 10DA, 10DB and form nos. 3CEBA to 3CEBE proposed laying down guidelines  for maintaining and furnishing of transfer pricing documentation in the Master File and Country-by-Country report. Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes …

Assessee liable to penalty u/s 221(1) for non payment of self assessment tax under section 140A, where return is revised and tax is paid at the time of filing the revised return of income – ITAT Special Bench Penalty for non payment of self assessment tax where return …

Penalty 271(1)(c) for mistakenly interchanged opening wdv of fixed assets with block of assets admissible a higher rate of depreciation   ABCAUS Case Law Citation: ABCAUS 2089 (2017) (10) ITAT The Challenge/Grievance: The appellant assesseeschallenged the order passed by the CIT(A) confirming action of Assessing Officer  (AO) in …

Misuse of State Emblem by Income Tax Officials. CBDT warns Income Tax official on use of State Emblems on vehicles by officers posted at field units/Zones CBDT warns Income Tax official on use of State Emblems on vehicles. In a recent office memorandum issued by Central Board of Direct Taxes …

Format of Letter for Consent of taxpayers and Letter for Migration of Email Based E-Assessment in E-Proceeding   Annexure-A: Migration of email based E-Assessment to E-Proceedings in ITBA Dear Taxpayer, Subject: Migration of ongoing scrutiny proceedings from ‘e-mail based communication’ to ‘E-Proceeding’ on Income-Tax Business Application (ITBA) platform …

All time barring scrutiny cases to be assessed under e-Proceedings in all 7 metros cities and where assessee so consents. CBDT puts manual proceedings on hold till 15 October Instruction No. 8/2017 Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue (CBDT)   North Block, N.Delhi, dated the …

CBDT allows PKGKY 2016 challan corrections specifies type of errors which can be corrected. Compulsory deposits challan under PMGKD are not under CBDT power as the Scheme was handled by the DEA F. No. 225/231/2017-ITA-II Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Direct Taxes North …

When assessee filed all details rejectig registration u/s 12AA by the CIT (Exemptions) on the ground that assessee was not interested in prosecuting the application was not consistent with the facts.   ABCAUS Case Law Citation: ABCAUS 2086 (2017) (09) ITAT The Challenge/Grievance: The appellant assessee had filed …