Wednesday 6 January 2016

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INCOME TAX ACT
SECTION 9
INCOME - DEEMED TO ACCRUE OR ARISE IN INDIA
Treaty Shopping : SLP granted against High Court's ruling that where shares of Indian company were listed, income arising from any future transfer of those shares would itself be exempt by virtue of section 10(38) and, hence, no treaty shopping to be alleged on transfer of shareholding in it by company of one foreign country to its 100 per cent subsidiary company of another foreign country - [2015] 64 taxmann.com 337 (SC)

Business income : Where assessee purchased goods from its AE which did not have any PE in India, payments made for said off-shore sales was not liable to tax in India requiring deduction of tax at source - [2015] 64 taxmann.com 338 (Delhi - Trib.)

Purchase from AE : Article 24 read with Article 9 of Indo Japan DTAA prohibits deletion of enhancement of income due to making of transactions at ALP, but permits deletion of enhancement of income due to disallowance under section 40(a)(i) of Income-tax Act - [2015] 64 taxmann.com 338 (Delhi - Trib.)

SECTION 12A
CHARITABLE OR RELIGIOUS TRUST - REGISTRATION OF
Proviso : As long as objects a society were charitable in nature in years earlier to year in which registration under section 12AA was granted, and no adverse findings were given with regard to existence of assessee-society for charitable purposes benefit of exemption under section 11 was to be given - [2015] 64 taxmann.com 330 (Kolkata - Trib.)

SECTION 36(1)(iii)
INTEREST ON BORROWED CAPITAL
Interest free loans : Where capital of assessee was more than interest free short-term advances given to relatives/friends and Assessing Officer was not able to prove nexus between interest bearing loans having been diverted to interest free loans, no part of interest paid on loans could be disallowed - [2015] 64 taxmann.com 358 (Rajasthan)


SECTION 40A(3)
BUSINESS DISALLOWANCE - CASH PAYMENTS EXCEEDING PRESCRIBED LIMITS
Refunds of : Where in respect of refund of fees by assessee coaching institute in cash, additions were reduced by both appellate authorities after considering various materials, same was not to be interfered - [2015] 64 taxmann.com 358 (Rajasthan)

SECTION 80-IAB
DEDUCTIONS - PROFIT AND GAINS BY AN UNDERTAKING OR ENTERPRISES ENGAGED IN DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE
Condition precedent : Where assessee claimed deduction under section 80-IAB but failed to maintain separate books of account for eligible units, Assessing Officer shall compute deduction on reasonable basis - [2015] 64 taxmann.com 331 (Hyderabad - Trib.)

SECTION 92C
TRANSFER PRICING - COMPUTATION OF ARM’S LENGTH PRICE
Comparables and adjustments : Where assessee earned commission from its AE for co-ordinating buyers and sellers in capacity of agent, TPO could not make addition to assessee's income by adjusting financial result of said service segment and thereupon comparing it with trading segment - [2015] 64 taxmann.com 338 (Delhi - Trib.)

SECTION 148
INCOME ESCAPING ASSESSMENT - ISSUE OF NOTICE FOR
Issue of fresh notice : Where Assessing Officer initiated reassessment proceedings by issuing a notice under section 148, said proceedings should have been completed within time stipulated and till such time there was no occasion to initiate fresh reassessment proceedings by issuing another notice under section 148 - [2015] 64 taxmann.com 334 (Delhi)

SECTION 194A
DEDUCTIONS OF TAX AT SOURCE - INTEREST OTHER THAN INTEREST ON SECURITIES
Nodal agencies : Where assessee infrastructure corporation acted as a Nodal Agency for loan taken by Government organisations from other Government organisations, if payee had taken amount of interest received by it in computing its income and paid tax thereon, assessee would have no TDS obligation - [2015] 64 taxmann.com 331 (Hyderabad - Trib.)


CENTRAL EXCISE ACT
SECTION 5A
EXEMPTIONS - CENTRAL EXCISE – GENERAL
If 'excise exemption' is conditional upon 'customs exemption', conditions specific to customs exemption and meant for compliance by importers, cannot be forced upon domestic manufacturers; hence, excise exemption cannot be denied to domestic manufacturers for 'not complying conditions specific to importers' - [2015] 64 taxmann.com 317 (Bombay)


STATUTES
DIRECT TAX LAWS
Guidance Note on Implementation of Reporting Requirements under Rules 114F to 114H of Income-tax Rules, 1962 -PRESS RELEASE, DATED 31-12-2015

CORPORATE LAWS
Consultation paper for Guidelines for public issue of units of Real Estate Investment Trusts - PRESS RELEASE, DATED 2-1-2016

FEM (Export and Import of Currency) Regulations, 2015 - NOTIFICATION NO.FEMA 6(R)/RB-2015 [F.NO.1/31/EM-2015]/GSR 1004(E), DATED 29-12-2015

FEM (Realisation, Repatriation and Surrender of Foreign Exchange) Regulations, 2015 - NOTIFICATION NO.FEMA 9(R)/2015-RB [F.NO.1/31/EM-2015]/GSR 1005(E), DATED 29-12-2015

Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015 [NO.3 OF 2016] - PRESS RELEASE, DATED 2-1-2016

Payment of Bonus (Amendment) Act, 2015 [NO.6 OF 2016] - PRESS RELEASE, DATED 2-1-2016


Atomic Energy (Amendment) Act, 2015 [NO.5 OF 2016] - PRESS RELEASE, DATED 2-1-2016

Definition of Currency – Supersession of Notification No.FEMA 15/2000-RB, dated 3-5-2000 - NOTIFICATION NO.FEMA 15(R)/2015-RB [F.NO.1/31/EM-2015]/GSR 1008(E), DATED 29-12-2015

Post Office (Postal Orders/Money Orders) – Supersession of Notification No.FEMA 18/2000-RB, Dated 3-5-2000 -NOTIFICATION NO.FEMA 18(R)/2015-RB [F.NO.1/31/EM-2015]/GSR 1009(E), DATED 29-12-2015

Scheduled Castes and The Scheduled Tribes (Prevention Of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015 [NO.1 OF 2016] -PRESS RELEASE, DATED 2-1-2016

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 [2 OF 2016] - PRESS RELEASE, DATED 2-1-2016

Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division Of High Courts Act, 2015 [NO.4 OF 2016] - PRESS RELEASE, DATED 2-1-2016

INDIRECT TAX LAWS (ST.EX.CUS. & (CST & VAT))
Submission of Form DP-1 by all dealers latest by 31-1-2016 - NOTIFICATION NO.F.3(352)POLICY/VAT/2013/1201-21, DATED 31-12-20155

Thanks & Regards,
Meetesh Shiroya

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