SC Issues Notice To IT Dept On DK Shivakumar's Plea For Discharge From Tax Evasion Charges [Read Petition]
4 years, 5 months ago

SC Issues Notice To IT Dept On DK Shivakumar's Plea For Discharge From Tax Evasion Charges [Read Petition]

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The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice in a plea filed by Karnataka Congress President, DK Shivakumar, urging the removal of charges filed against him by the Income Tax Department. The Criminal Review Petition in High Court had been preferred by the Congress leader as the Additional Sessions Judge, Bengaluru, had denied him relief in a case of undisclosed assets and tax evasion, registered under provisions of the Income Tax Act and Indian Penal Code. Under the Income Tax Act, 1961, it is argued, criminal prosecution may only be initiated if the Assessee's explanation regarding acquisition of money is found to be unsatisfactory. However, the Department chose to initiate proceedings against Shivakumar without waiting for returns to be filed and without an assessment order being passed after considering his submissions, asserts the petition.

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'Circular Relied Upon By DK Shivakumar Not Applicable', IT Dept Says In Tax Evasion Case; Supreme Court Calls For Formal Affidavit
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'Circular Relied Upon By DK Shivakumar Not Applicable', IT Dept Says In Tax Evasion Case; Supreme Court Calls For Formal Affidavit

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In the plea filed by Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar seeking dismissal of charges against him in a tax evasion case, the Supreme Court today called on the Income Tax Department to file a formal affidavit with regard to its claim that the circular relied upon by Shivakumar is not applicable to the case.For context, the Congress leader relies …

Recourse To Section 147 Of Income Tax Act Not Barred In Cases Where Assessing Officer Is Empowered To Proceed U/S 153C: Delhi High Court
1 month ago

Recourse To Section 147 Of Income Tax Act Not Barred In Cases Where Assessing Officer Is Empowered To Proceed U/S 153C: Delhi High Court

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S.153C Income Tax Act doesn't bar AO's jurisdiction to reopen assessment u/S 147 when information against assessee is received from search conducted on another person: Delhi High CourtThe Delhi High Court has held that Section 153C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 does not by itself preclude an Assessing Officer from reopening assessments under Section 147/148 of the Act, on …

When Is Action For Imposition Of Penalty 'Initiated' U/S 271C Of Income Tax Act For Failure To Deduct Tax At Source: Delhi HC Explains
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1 month, 1 week ago

When Is Action For Imposition Of Penalty 'Initiated' U/S 271C Of Income Tax Act For Failure To Deduct Tax At Source: Delhi HC Explains

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The Delhi High Court recently explained when an action for imposition of penalty under Section 271C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 can be said to have been “initiated”. At the outset, the High Court noted that when a penalty proceeding can be stated to be initiated is squarely covered in favour of the assessee by Principal Commissioner of Income …

Amount Received In Advance For Services To Be Treated As Income Of Assessee, Chargeable Under Income Tax: Madras High Court
1 month, 1 week ago

Amount Received In Advance For Services To Be Treated As Income Of Assessee, Chargeable Under Income Tax: Madras High Court

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The Madras High Court ruled that any amount received in advance for services should be treated as the income of the assessee and is, therefore, subject to income tax. However, if an assessee fails to adopt “Accounting Standards” properly for computation of income, the discretion is vested with the Assessing Officer under Section 145 of the Income Tax Act, 1961.” …

High Court Rejects Income Tax Appeal, Finds No Escapement of Rs. 3.25 Crore
2 months, 1 week ago

High Court Rejects Income Tax Appeal, Finds No Escapement of Rs. 3.25 Crore

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The Gujarat High Court has ruled that there cannot be any income escapement by the assessee if there is no unexplained amount in the bank statement on record. The court observed that the reason given by the assessing officer for alleged escapement of Rs.3,25,00,000/- is not sustainable since there is no unexplained amount in the bank statement on record since …

Seized Documents Lack Information About Receipt Of Money: Mumbai ITAT Deletes Addition
6 months ago

Seized Documents Lack Information About Receipt Of Money: Mumbai ITAT Deletes Addition

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The Mumbai Bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has deleted the income tax addition of Rs. 1.61 crores on the grounds that the seized documents lack information as to date and mode of receipt of “on money.”.The bench of Anikesh Banerjee and B.R. 1.61 crores on the grounds that the seized documents lack information as to date and mode of …

Interest Not Leviable From Assessee For Short Payment Of Tax Due To Payer's Default In Deducting TDS Before FY 2012-2013: ITAT
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Interest Not Leviable From Assessee For Short Payment Of Tax Due To Payer's Default In Deducting TDS Before FY 2012-2013: ITAT

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The Delhi Bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has held that since the assessee was a non-resident, the entire tax was to be deducted at source on payment made by the payer to it, and there was no question of advance tax payment by the assessee; accordingly, no interest under Section 234B could be levied upon the assessee.The bench of …

I-T Authority Fails To Consider Reason For Difference In Sale Consideration & Stamp Duty: Mumbai ITAT Deletes Penalty Levied U/s 270A For Under-Reporting Of Income
7 months, 2 weeks ago

I-T Authority Fails To Consider Reason For Difference In Sale Consideration & Stamp Duty: Mumbai ITAT Deletes Penalty Levied U/s 270A For Under-Reporting Of Income

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Noting that neither the Assessing Officer nor the CIT have taken into consideration the explanation offered by the Assessee during the assessment proceedings in relation to the difference in the sale consideration and the stamp duty valuation of immovable property, the Mumbai ITAT deleted the penalty levied u/s 270A of the Income tax Act for under-reporting of income. Accordingly, the …

Income Tax Authority Should Refrain From Over Analysis Which Leads To Paralysis Of Justice: Bombay High Court
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Income Tax Authority Should Refrain From Over Analysis Which Leads To Paralysis Of Justice: Bombay High Court

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The Bombay High Court, while setting aside the order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, held that the authority should refrain from overanalyzing, which leads to paralysis of justice.The bench of Justice K. R. Shriram and Justice Neela Gokhale has observed that the ITAT failed to appreciate the spirit in which the order dated August 23, 2022, was passed by …

Assessee Is Eligible For Credit Of TCS Paid U/S 194Q If There Is No Shortfall In Payment Of TDS: Vishakhapatnam ITAT
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Assessee Is Eligible For Credit Of TCS Paid U/S 194Q If There Is No Shortfall In Payment Of TDS: Vishakhapatnam ITAT

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On finding that there is no short fall of TDS and the assessee is eligible to get credit of the entire amount, the Visakhapatnam ITAT directed the AO to grant credit of the entire amount deducted as tax at source u/s. The Bench noted that Kaccha Arahtias turnover includes only the gross commission and not the sales effected on behalf …

Penalty Order On Ground Of Misreporting Of Income Not Justified When SCN And Assessment Order Alleged Under-Reporting: ITAT
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Penalty Order On Ground Of Misreporting Of Income Not Justified When SCN And Assessment Order Alleged Under-Reporting: ITAT

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The Hyderabad Bench of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has held that the penalty order on the ground of misreporting of income was not justified when show cause notice and the assessment order alleged under-reporting.The bench of Laliet Kumar has observed that once the assessee himself admitted the fact that there was under-reporting of income, which was also accepted. The Hyderabad …

Failure Of Dept. To Comply With ITAT's Order: Delhi High Court Directs Dept. To Remove Demands, Penalty From ITBA portal
8 months, 1 week ago

Failure Of Dept. To Comply With ITAT's Order: Delhi High Court Directs Dept. To Remove Demands, Penalty From ITBA portal

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The Delhi High Court has held that the Department has failed to comply with Income Tax Appellate Tribunal's Order in passing a fresh assessment order within the stipulated time.The bench of Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav has observed that the underlying rationale of the Legislature behind the enactment of Section 153 of the Income Tax Act and …

Taxpayer Must Substantiate Form 26AS Or Form 16 So As To Claim Credit Over TDS: Mumbai ITAT
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Taxpayer Must Substantiate Form 26AS Or Form 16 So As To Claim Credit Over TDS: Mumbai ITAT

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While remanding the case back for re-adjudication, the Mumbai ITAT held that the prima facie onus would be upon the Assessee to substantiate its claim of non-granting of TDS credit, by providing relevant documents, such as an appointment letter, salary slips or Form No.16 or bank statements, or any other corroborative evidence/ documents. The Bench of the ITAT comprising of …

AO Competent To Invoke Section 154 Jurisdiction If Glaring Mistake Of Fact/Law Is Committed While Passing Assessment Order: Madras High Court
9 months, 1 week ago

AO Competent To Invoke Section 154 Jurisdiction If Glaring Mistake Of Fact/Law Is Committed While Passing Assessment Order: Madras High Court

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The Madras High Court has held that the Assessing Officer is not incompetent to invoke the jurisdiction under Section 154 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, if such officer had committed a glaring mistake of fact or law while passing the assessment order.The bench of Justice C. Saravanan has observed that the meaning of the expression “error apparent on the …

Delhi HC dismisses Congress’ plea in tax dues case
9 months, 1 week ago

Delhi HC dismisses Congress’ plea in tax dues case

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday rejected the plea by Congress challenging an order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal declining to stay an Income Tax department notice for recovery of outstanding tax of more than ₹100 crore. “The problems that beset the petitioner today are thus, and to a large extent, of its own making,” the High Court said …

I-T department raised tax demand in 2021 but you did not act, Delhi High Court tells Congress
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I-T department raised tax demand in 2021 but you did not act, Delhi High Court tells Congress

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reserved its judgment on the Congress’s plea challenging an order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal that refused to stay a notice issued by the Income Tax department for recovery of outstanding dues of more than ₹100 crore. ‘Balanced view’ The High Court, however, told the Congress’s counsel that though the tax demand was …

IT tribunal dismisses Congress' plea against action by tax authorities
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IT tribunal dismisses Congress' plea against action by tax authorities

Hindustan Times  

​The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal on Friday dismissed the Congress’s appeal against action by tax authorities over alleged discrepancies in tax returns that the party says has crippled its functioning just weeks ahead of general elections. IT authorities have attached ₹65 crore from five bank accounts of the Congress and its youth and students’ wings against the lien of ₹115 …

SC quashes ED case against Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar
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SC quashes ED case against Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed a case lodged under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar in view of its November 2023 ruling that criminal conspiracy, which is punishable under Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, cannot be the only offence for initiating a money laundering probe. A bench of justices Surya …

Supreme Court Quashes Money Laundering Case Against Karnataka Dy CM DK Shivakumar & Aide
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Quashes Money Laundering Case Against Karnataka Dy CM DK Shivakumar & Aide

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the appeals filed by Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and his aide challenging criminal proceedings in a 2018 money laundering case. The primary reason cited by the single-judge bench of the high court was that Section 120B of the Indian Penal constituted a stand-alone offence adequate to invoke the Prevention of Money Laundering …

Kerala High Court Directs Binoy Kodiyeri To File Income Tax Returns For Assessment Years 2015-22
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala High Court Directs Binoy Kodiyeri To File Income Tax Returns For Assessment Years 2015-22

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The Kerala High Court has disposed of the petition filed by Binoy Kodiyeri challenging the assessment orders issued to him by the Income Tax Department for a total of 7 assessment years from 2015-16 to 2021-22.Binoy Kodiyeri, son of CPM politician Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, had moved a plea before the High Court alleging that the procedure adopted by the IT Department …

After Amendment Mere Reason To Believe Can't Be Ground For Carrying Out Reassessment: Karnataka High Court
10 months, 1 week ago

After Amendment Mere Reason To Believe Can't Be Ground For Carrying Out Reassessment: Karnataka High Court

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The Karnataka High Court has held that the Assessing Officer has to be prima facie satisfied that there is “escapement of income”, unlike earlier law which permitted action based on mere reason to believe. Now mere reason to believe, cannot be a ground for carrying out assessment under section 147 of the Income Tax Act.The bench of Justice Krishna S …

Gujarat High Court Upholds Income Tax Department's Search and Seizure, Condemns Misconduct
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Gujarat High Court Upholds Income Tax Department's Search and Seizure, Condemns Misconduct

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The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday, upheld the search and seizures conducted by the Income Tax department at a lawyer's residence and office last year over alleged income tax evasion as valid. The bench stated that concerning the commencement of search proceedings, based on the material seized from the lawyer's premises and presented by the department before the bench in …

Direct Tax Cases Monthly Round Up: January 2024
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Direct Tax Cases Monthly Round Up: January 2024

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Supreme Court Case Title: Herbicides India Limited verses ACIT While setting aside the Rajasthan High Court orders, the Supreme Court restored the assessee's appeals by condoning the delay in filing the paper-book before High Court and observed that the assessee is entitled to have his appeals heard on merits. Madras High Court Case Title: Anamallais Bus Transports P. Ltd verses …

Change Of Opinion Does Not Constitute Justification To Believe Income Chargeable To Tax Has Escaped Assessment: Bombay High Court
11 months ago

Change Of Opinion Does Not Constitute Justification To Believe Income Chargeable To Tax Has Escaped Assessment: Bombay High Court

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The Bombay High Court has held that a change of opinion does not constitute justification and/or reasons to believe that income chargeable to tax has escaped assessment.The bench of Justice K. R. Shriram and Justice Neela Gokhale has observed that once a query is raised during the assessment proceedings and the assessee has replied to it, it follows that the …

Bombay High Court Quashes Income Tax Assessments Against Agriculturist And Rickshaw Driver For Improper Sanction
1 year, 1 month ago

Bombay High Court Quashes Income Tax Assessments Against Agriculturist And Rickshaw Driver For Improper Sanction

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The Bombay High Court has quashed the income tax assessments for the assessment year 2016-2017 against agriculturists and rickshaw drivers for improper sanction.The bench of Justice K.R. The Bombay High Court has quashed the income tax assessments for the assessment year 2016-2017 against agriculturists and rickshaw drivers for improper sanction. The assessee challenged the income tax assessments for the assessment …

Income Tax Adjudication Proceedings And Criminal Prosecution Are Independent To Each Other: Madras High Court
1 year, 1 month ago

Income Tax Adjudication Proceedings And Criminal Prosecution Are Independent To Each Other: Madras High Court

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The Madras High Court has held that income tax adjudication proceedings and criminal prosecution are independent of each other; the pendency of one does not affect the other.The bench of Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan has observed that the adjudication proceedings and the criminal prosecution are independent of each other, and the pendency of any adjudication proceeding is not a bar to. …

Karnataka High Court Dismisses Deputy CM DK Shivakumar's Plea To Quash CBI's Disproportionate Assets Case Against Him, Vacates Stay On Probe
1 year, 2 months ago

Karnataka High Court Dismisses Deputy CM DK Shivakumar's Plea To Quash CBI's Disproportionate Assets Case Against Him, Vacates Stay On Probe

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The Karnataka High Court today dismissed Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar's plea to quash CBI's disproportionate assets case against him under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Single bench of Justice K Natarajan also vacated interim stay on CBI probe and ordered the central agency to complete its investigation and file the final report within 3 months. Shivakumar had …

Supreme Court Stays Criminal Proceedings Against DMK MP Kathir Anand Initiated By Income Tax Department
1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Stays Criminal Proceedings Against DMK MP Kathir Anand Initiated By Income Tax Department

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The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the criminal proceedings initiated against DMK MP Kathir Anand by the Income Tax Department for delayed filing of Income Tax returns and alleged tax evasion, after the Madras High Court refused to quash the said proceedings against him in July.A division bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice Pankaj Mithal stayed the criminal proceedings …

Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 6 August To 12 August, 2023
1 year, 4 months ago

Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 6 August To 12 August, 2023

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Delhi High Court Case Title: PCIT Versus M/S Eltek Sgs Pvt. Case Title: Anokhi Realty Private Limited vs. Income Tax Officer 2023 LiveLaw 132 Case Citation: 2023 LiveLaw 132 The Gujarat High Court has quashed the income tax reassessment notice against a non-existent entity. Case Title: Commissioner Of Income Tax Versus Star Rays The Gujarat High Court has held that …

Director Proves Lack Of Control On Financial Affairs: Bombay High Court Quashes Income Tax Recovery
1 year, 6 months ago

Director Proves Lack Of Control On Financial Affairs: Bombay High Court Quashes Income Tax Recovery

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The Bombay High Court has quashed the income tax recovery against the Director of a company on the grounds that the Director has sufficiently discharged the burden cast upon him in terms of Section 179 of the Income Tax Act.The bench of Justice K.R. The Bombay High Court has quashed the income tax recovery against the Director of a company …

Department Can Bring Expenditure Incurred In Earlier Years To Be Taxed In Subsequent Years On Grounds Of Bogus Expenditure: ITAT
1 year, 7 months ago

Department Can Bring Expenditure Incurred In Earlier Years To Be Taxed In Subsequent Years On Grounds Of Bogus Expenditure: ITAT

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The Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has observed that the department can bring expenditures incurred in earlier years to be taxed in subsequent years on grounds of bogus expenditure.The bench of B. R. R. Kumar has observed that the department can bring the expenditure incurred in the earlier years to be taxed in the subsequent years if …

Appearance Of AR Not Enough For Presuming Service On Assessee Under S. 292BB Of ITA: Orissa High Court
1 year, 10 months ago

Appearance Of AR Not Enough For Presuming Service On Assessee Under S. 292BB Of ITA: Orissa High Court

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The Orissa High Court has deprecated the Income Tax Authority who, despite being informed that the assessee was in judicial custody, failed to serve a notice upon him through the Superintendent of the concerned jail, in the proceedings initiated against the assessee under Section 263 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The Court further ruled that appearance of the authorized …

Directors Not Negligent; Wrong Invocation Of Section 179 IT Act: Gujarat High Court
1 year, 11 months ago

Directors Not Negligent; Wrong Invocation Of Section 179 IT Act: Gujarat High Court

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The Gujarat High Court has ruled that the Directors of the assessee company cannot be held negligent merely because they failed to deposit before the Assessing Officer 20% of the demand raised, so as to seek stay of demand during the pendency of an appeal before the CIT. Thus, the Court held that jurisdiction under Section 179 of the Income …

Section 260A IT Act -Appeal Only Lies Before High Court Within Whose Jurisdiction The Assessing Officer Is Situated: Supreme Court
2 years, 1 month ago

Section 260A IT Act -Appeal Only Lies Before High Court Within Whose Jurisdiction The Assessing Officer Is Situated: Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court reiterated that an appeal under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act against orders of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal lies only before the High Court within whose territorial jurisdiction the assessing officer is located.As per Section 260A of IT Act, an appeal shall lie to the High Court from every order passed in appeal by the Appellate …

Exempt All Persons With Less Than ₹8 L Annual Income From Income Tax In The Light Of EWS Criteria : Plea In Madras High Court
2 years, 1 month ago

Exempt All Persons With Less Than ₹8 L Annual Income From Income Tax In The Light Of EWS Criteria : Plea In Madras High Court

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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has sought the response of the Centre on a plea challenging the fixation of 2.5 lakh as the base income for the purpose of collecting Income Tax in light of the recent Supreme Court decision upholding the validity of 103rd Constitutional Amendment providing reservation to Economically Weaker Sections of the society with …

No Material Found On Search, Income Tax Additions Can't Be Made On Presumption: Delhi High Court
2 years, 4 months ago

No Material Found On Search, Income Tax Additions Can't Be Made On Presumption: Delhi High Court

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The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Preetam Singh Arora held that if no incriminating material is found during the course of the search, then no addition can be made in the assessment under Sections 153A and 153C of the Income Tax Act. The Assessing Officer, after making reference to the documents discovered during the raid, …

Tax Cases Monthly Round-Up: July 2022
2 years, 4 months ago

Tax Cases Monthly Round-Up: July 2022

Live Law  

Indirect Tax Supreme Court Case Title: Commissioner of Customs And Central Excise, Amritsar v. M/s. Madras High Court Case Title: M/s.Anantham Retail Private Limited Versus State Tax Officer Citation: 2022 LiveLaw 283 While quashing the assessment order, the Madras High Court held that a demand for GST, interest, and penalty on Form DRC-01A cannot be made without the issuance of …

Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 24 July To 30 July, 2022
2 years, 4 months ago

Tax Cases Weekly Round-Up: 24 July To 30 July, 2022

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Supreme Court Case Title : Union of India vs. M/s Filco Trade Centre Pvt. The Karnataka High Courthas directed the Income Tax Department to issue a 'Nil Tax Deduction at Source' Certificate to Flipkart under Section 195 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, with respect to the reimbursements made by it to Walmart Inc. Madras High Court Case Title: M/s.Gharpure …

SBI Cannot Escape Tax Implication On Grounds Of Change Of Branch Manager: ITAT Refuses To Condone The Delay In Filing Appeal
2 years, 5 months ago

SBI Cannot Escape Tax Implication On Grounds Of Change Of Branch Manager: ITAT Refuses To Condone The Delay In Filing Appeal

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The Bangalore Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has refused to condone the delay in filing the appeal on the grounds that even during the period of COVID-19, the ITAT was functioning and banking facilities were provided by the State Bank of India. The Branch intended to prefer an appeal before the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore, against the …

Twin Conditions In Section 10B (8) Income Tax Act Has To Be Fulfilled To Claim Exemption Relief: Supreme Court
2 years, 5 months ago

Twin Conditions In Section 10B (8) Income Tax Act Has To Be Fulfilled To Claim Exemption Relief: Supreme Court

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For claiming the benefit under Section 10B of the Income Tax Act, the twin conditions of furnishing a declaration before the assessing officer and that too before the due date of filing the original return of income under section 139 are to be satisfied and both are mandatorily to be complied with, the Supreme Court observed in a judgment delivered …

Tax Cases Monthly Round-Up: June 2022
2 years, 5 months ago

Tax Cases Monthly Round-Up: June 2022

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Direct Tax: Delhi High Court: Underreporting Of Income Due To Re-Computation Of Disallowance By The AO, Does Not Amount To Misreporting Of Income: Delhi High Court Case Title: Prem Brothers Infrastructure LLP. Notice Issued Under Section 148 Of The Income Tax Act Against ADeceased Assessee Is Invalid : Reiterates Delhi High Court Case Title: Davinder Singh Thapar versus Assistant Commissioner …

Deliberately Concealing The Income, Assessee Can Be Prosecuted : Madras High Court
2 years, 6 months ago

Deliberately Concealing The Income, Assessee Can Be Prosecuted : Madras High Court

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The Madras High Court has ruled that an assessee can be prosecuted for willfully and deliberately concealing his income by not filing his income tax return within the stipulated time, even after the return belatedly submitted by the assessee is accepted by the revenue authorities on the basis of which an assessment order is passed. The Court noted that only …

Other Income Tax Additions In Reassessment Proceedings Cannot Be Sustained If Addition on Primary Grounds Is Not Made: ITAT
2 years, 6 months ago

Other Income Tax Additions In Reassessment Proceedings Cannot Be Sustained If Addition on Primary Grounds Is Not Made: ITAT

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The Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal consisting of C.N. The assessee/appellant has challenged the validity of the assessment made by the Assessing Officer as the assessment was reopened for escapement of income on account of cash deposits made into the bank account by the assessee. The reasons recorded by the Assessing Officer have reason to believe that …

Setting Aside Of Assessment Orders By ITAT On Technical Grounds Will Not Lead To Automatic Quashing Of Criminal Complaint: Madras High Court
2 years, 6 months ago

Setting Aside Of Assessment Orders By ITAT On Technical Grounds Will Not Lead To Automatic Quashing Of Criminal Complaint: Madras High Court

Live Law  

The Madras High Court recently held that when an assessment order is quashed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal on technical grounds, the same cannot be made a ground to evade criminal prosecution before the concerned court under the Income Tax Act. ii)The assessment order passed by the Assessing Officer, confirmed by the CIT have been set aside by the …

Monthly Digest Of Tax Cases: May 2022
2 years, 6 months ago

Monthly Digest Of Tax Cases: May 2022

Live Law  

Indirect Taxes Supreme Court Case Title : Union of India and Anr versus M/s Mohit Minerals Through Director Citation : 2022 LiveLaw 500 In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court held that the recommendations of the GST council are not binding on the Union and the State Governments. Case Title: Seven Seas Hospitality Private Limited Versus PCIT Citation: 2022 LiveLaw …

Weekly Round Up Of Tax Cases : 1 May To 7 May, 2022
2 years, 7 months ago

Weekly Round Up Of Tax Cases : 1 May To 7 May, 2022

Live Law  

Supreme Court Supreme Court Saves Over 90,000 Income Tax Reassessment NoticesIssued After 2021 Amendment By Deeming Them As Notices Under Section 148A Case Title: Union of India v. Ashish Agarwal Citation : 2022 LiveLaw 444 The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, directed that reassessment notices under Section 148 of the unamended Income Tax Act which were issued beyond 01.04.2021 to be …

Prosecution By Revenue Department Malicious And Patently Malafide, Madras High Court Quashes Complaint
2 years, 7 months ago

Prosecution By Revenue Department Malicious And Patently Malafide, Madras High Court Quashes Complaint

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has quashed the complaints filed by the income tax department against the assessee for wilfully attempting to evade payment of tax under Section 276 C of Income Tax Act, 1961 on the ground of malicious prosecution, non-application of mind and abuse of power. The Court added that the income tax department had malafidely supressed material facts …

Initiation Of Malicious Prosecution By Income Tax Dept. Abusing Power: Madras High Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Initiation Of Malicious Prosecution By Income Tax Dept. Abusing Power: Madras High Court

Live Law  

The Madras High Court bench of Justice G. Jayachandran has held that the suppression of material facts, the intentional suggestion of falsehood and the non-application of mind go to show that there was a malicious prosecution initiated by the Income Tax department by abusing its power. The complaint for prosecution filed by the Income Tax Department alleges that the petitioners …

Additions Cannot Be Made To Assessee's Income On Basis Of Document Declared By The CESTAT As 'Dumb Document': Ahmedabad ITAT
2 years, 7 months ago

Additions Cannot Be Made To Assessee's Income On Basis Of Document Declared By The CESTAT As 'Dumb Document': Ahmedabad ITAT

Live Law  

The Ahmedabad Bench of ITAT has ruled that additions cannot be made to assessee's taxable income under the Income Tax Act, 1961 on the basis of documents that are declared as 'dumb documents' by the CESTAT in the service tax proceedings before it. The Assessee Rajesh Sajjanraj Bafna submitted before the ITAT that additions were made by the authorities on …

Assessee Deprived Of Refund Due To Wrongful Withholding Of Amount By Income Tax Dept.: Bombay High Court Imposes 6% Interest
2 years, 7 months ago

Assessee Deprived Of Refund Due To Wrongful Withholding Of Amount By Income Tax Dept.: Bombay High Court Imposes 6% Interest

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court bench of Justice S.G. Mehare and Justice R.D. The petitioners contended that because 120 days had already passed, they were entitled to interest under Section 132 of the Income Tax Act of 1961. The department was liable to pay interest at the rate of 6% p.a., which shall run from the date immediately following the expiry …

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