Tax Quarterly Digest: July To September 2024
Live LawBecause Of Refund Due From Assessment Proceedings, Can't Escape Liability Of Depositing Tax Realized: Allahabad High Court The Allahabad High Court has held that a registered dealer cannot withhold the tax realised by him from a purchasing dealer only because he had deposited an excess amount of tax at the time of the transaction. Compensation To Discontinue Commodity Brokerage Business Chargeable To Income Tax: Kerala High Court The Kerala High Court has held that the amount received by the assessee is under an agreement for not carrying out any activity in relation to any business that was carried on by the assessee; it would attract the provisions of Section 28 of the Income Tax Act and make the receipt chargeable to income tax under the heading of “Profits and gains of business or profession.”. Treaty Provisions Prevails Over Income Tax Act – Receipts From Aircraft Leasing Is Not Taxable As Royalty: Delhi High Court The Delhi High Court held that consideration received by Assessee from aircraft leasing activity is not taxable as royalty either u/s 9 of Income Tax Act or under India-Ireland DTAA. Pointing out that the treaty provisions would override Income tax Act being more beneficial to the assessee, the Division Bench comprising Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Ravinder Dudeja observed that “it would be wholly impermissible for the AO to invoke Section 9 of the Act in light of the express exemption under the DTAA”. The Division Bench of Delhi High Court comprising Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Ravinder Dudeja observed that “where amount of tax paid or treated as paid for and on behalf of the assessee if found to be in excess of that which is chargeable, the assessee would become entitled to claim a refund”.