Category: Judgments
If assessing officer rejects a reply, he had to offer an opportunity of personal hearing to the assessee– Allahabad High Court In a recent judgment, Allahabad High Court has held that in terms of section 144B of the Income Tax Act, once a reply had been filed, it …
Business decisions such as withdrawal and redeposit of cash fall within the domain of commercial expediency and AO cannot substitute his own business judgment In A Recent judgment, ITAT Agra has held that business decisions such as withdrawal and redeposit of cash, timing of payments to creditors, or …
High Court has awarded interest @ 12% p.a. on excessive excise duty refunded after twelve years after petitioners was compelled to deposit it. In a recent judgment, Rajasthan High Court has awarded interest @ 12% p.a. on the excise duty refunded after twelve years to compensate for the …
Assessee duty bound to deduct TDS u/s 194I and 194J of the Act on the provisions for rent and professional fees made in the accounts In a recent judgment, ITAT Surat has held that, the assessee duty bound to deduct TDS under section 194I and 194J of the …
Notification issued acquires the force of law only upon its publication in the Official Gazette – Supreme Court In a recent judgment, Hon’ble Supreme Court has held that a Notification issued acquires the force of law only upon its publication in the Official Gazette. The expression ‘date of …
Case remitted to verify claim of RTO liaisoner that the cash deposited in his account was of vehicle owners and not his income In a recent judgment, ITAT Bangalore has remitted the case of a RTO liaisoner/middleman to verify if the cash deposited in his bank account were …
Broken period interest paid on purchase of securities was revenue expenditure since the securities constituted stock-in-trade In a recent judgment, Hon’ble Supreme Court has dismissed the SLP against the judgment of Telangana High Court in holding that broken period interest paid on purchase of securities was revenue expenditure …
ITAT quashed reassessment on the basis of borrowed belief of Anti-Corruption Bureau without applying mind In a recent judgment, ITAT Ahmedabad has quashed reopening order as the Assessing Officer had reopened the case on the basis of borrowed belief of Anti-Corruption Bureau without applying his mind to the …
In considering disallowance u/s 40A(2) for payments to specified persons, genuineness of expenditure is not a relevant issue. In a recent judgment, ITAT Lucknow has held that when a disallowance u/s 40A(2) of towards payments made to specified persons is under consideration, the genuineness of the expenditure is …
Expression “Yes I am satisfied” in approval u/s 151 not such a vital defect on the basis of which, re-opening could be quashed In a recent judgment, ITAT Chandigarh has held that expression “Yes I am satisfied” while granted approval under section 151 not such a vital defect …
