Category: Judgments

Rent held Business Income not House Property income when the business of the company was to lease its property and to earn rent-Supreme Court

Rent held Business Income not House Property income  When the the assessee company had only one business and that is of leasing its property and earning rent therefrom,  the income so earned should be treated as its business income and not as income from house property-Supreme Court ABCAUS Case …

Penalty 271(1)(c) can not be imposed when High Court admits substantial question of law on addition making apparent that it is debatable – ITAT

Penalty 271(1)(c) can not be imposed when High Court admits substantial question of law on quantum addition making apparent that addition is debatable – ITAT ABCAUS Case Law Citation: 982 2016 (08) ITAT Assessment Year: 2005-06 Date/Month of Judgment: August 2016 Brief Facts of the Case: During the …

Penalty 271(1)(c) for claiming Short Term Capital Gain STCG as Long Term Capital Gain LTCG and deduction us 54F quashed by the ITAT

Penalty 271(1)(c) for claiming STCG as LTCG and deduction us 54F quashed by the ITAT holding that if the assessee had not concealed any fact while filing the return and filed the copies of the document along with the return, merely because the sale proceeds were shown as a long term capital gain …

Penalty us 271FA for late filing AIR Return quashed. Country’s tax laws are complex, complicated and require assistance of specialised tax practitioners

Penalty us 271FA for late filing AIR Return quashed by ITAT considering that the tax laws of the country are complex and complicated and require assistance of specialised tax practitioners.  ABCAUS Case Law Citation: 980 2016 (08) ITAT Date/Month of Judgment: August 2016 Important Judgments relied by the assessee: Motilal …

Appointments of advocates on Income Tax panel not equitable and without consideration of the issue of law involved vis-a-vis experience of Advocate – Bombay HC

Appointments of advocates on Income Tax panel not equitable and without consideration of the issue of law involved visavis the experience of the Advocate – Bombay High Court Case Law : ITA No. 2287/2013  The Commissioner of Income Tax (Appellant) vs. M/s. TCL India Holdings Pvt.Ltd (Respondent) Date of Judgment: 12th July 2016 …

Additional depreciation u/s 32(1)(ii) on capital work in progress converted into plant and machinery erected, commissioned during the year allowable – ITAT

Additional depreciation u/s 32(1)(ii) on Capital Work in Progress converted into plant and machinery during the year is allowable – ITAT ABCAUS Case Law Citation: 976 2016 (07) ITAT Assessment Year: 2006-07 Date/Month of Judgment/Order: July 2016 Important Judgments Cited: JCIT vs. Lotus Energy (India) Ltd. 68 taxmann.com …

Forming opinion on the basis of information received by Investigation wing not satisfaction of the AO to reopen the case u/s 147 – ITAT

Forming opinion on the basis of information received by Investigation wing does not amount to satisfaction of the AO to reopen the case u/s 147 – ITAT ABCAUS Case Law Citation: 975 2016 (07) ITAT Assessment Year: 2004-05 Date/Month of Judgment: July 2016 Important Case Laws/Judgments  Cited: Pr. …