Monday, 8 February 2016

Daily Updates and News

INCOME TAX ACT
SECTION 4
INCOME - CHARGEABLE AS
Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court said that corruption in India can be beaten if all work together. Calling corruption a "hydra-headed monster", the court asked citizens to not to pay taxes if the government fails to curb corruption - [2016] 66 taxmann.com 90 (Bombay)

SECTION 5
INCOME - ACCRUAL OF
Legal fees : Where assessee-solicitor received money from his client to meet out expenses incurred on behalf of client, solicitor remained liable to account by this money to his client, and, hence, it did not become income of assessee - [2016] 66 taxmann.com 13 (Kolkata - Trib.)

SECTION 68
CASH CREDITS
Share capital : Assessing Officer could initiate reassessment proceedings taking a view that having regard to net worth of assessee-company, huge premium received by it on issue of share capital represented unexplained cash credit which escaped assessment to tax - [2016] 66 taxmann.com 8 (Gujarat)

SECTION 80HHC
DEDUCTIONS – EXPORTER
Revision : Where in respect of section 80HHC deduction, Assessing Officer had adopted a view which was permissible in law, Commissioner could not exercise its revisionary power even if there was loss of revenue -[2016] 66 taxmann.com 38 (Allahabad)



INCOME TAX ACT
SECTION 4
INCOME - CHARGEABLE AS
Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court said that corruption in India can be beaten if all work together. Calling corruption a "hydra-headed monster", the court asked citizens to not to pay taxes if the government fails to curb corruption - [2016] 66 taxmann.com 90 (Bombay)

SECTION 5
INCOME - ACCRUAL OF
Legal fees : Where assessee-solicitor received money from his client to meet out expenses incurred on behalf of client, solicitor remained liable to account by this money to his client, and, hence, it did not become income of assessee - [2016] 66 taxmann.com 13 (Kolkata - Trib.)

SECTION 68
CASH CREDITS
Share capital : Assessing Officer could initiate reassessment proceedings taking a view that having regard to net worth of assessee-company, huge premium received by it on issue of share capital represented unexplained cash credit which escaped assessment to tax - [2016] 66 taxmann.com 8 (Gujarat)

SECTION 80HHC
DEDUCTIONS – EXPORTER
Revision : Where in respect of section 80HHC deduction, Assessing Officer had adopted a view which was permissible in law, Commissioner could not exercise its revisionary power even if there was loss of revenue -[2016] 66 taxmann.com 38 (Allahabad)

SECTION 195DEDUCTION OF TAX AT SOURCE - PAYMENT TO NON-RESIDENT
Section 172 falls in Chapter XV titled as 'Liability in Special Cases – Profits of Non-residents' and is referable to section 44B; sub-sections of section 172 specifies how to levy, assess and recover tax from shipping business of non-resident and thus, there is no warrant to apply provisions in chapter XVII for 'collection and recovery of the tax' and tax deduction at source vide section 195 - [2016] 66 taxmann.com 93 (Bombay)

SECTION 220
COLLECTION AND RECOVERY OF TAX - WHEN TAX PAYABLE AND WHEN ASSESSEE DEEMED IN DEFAULT
Stay : Where assessee was declared to be an assessee-in-default under section 220 and a demand of tax was made against it with allegation that it failed to make TDS under section 194H on brokerage/commission paid to its dealers, in view of fact that for earlier years issue whether discounts made by assessee to its dealers could be treated as brokerage/commission was pending before Supreme Court, Deputy Commissioner was directed not to take any coercive steps for recovery of disputed tax demand subject to assessee depositing 40 per cent of demanded amount - [2016] 66 taxmann.com 15 (Andhra Pradesh)


COMPANIES ACT
SECTION 433
WINDING UP - CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH A COMPANY MAY BE WOUND UP
Where petitioner had filed winding up petition against respondent company on alleged failure of respondent to pay its outstanding and, dispute raised by respondent company was a bona fide, reasonable and genuine dispute and there was no determined or a definite sum of money payable by respondent company to petitioner, petition for winding up of respondent company was not required to be admitted and entertained - [2016] 66 taxmann.com 44 (Gujarat)

WINDING UP - CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH A COMPANY MAY BE WOUND UP
Where respondent company had raised bona fide defence against claim of petitioner for construction work carried out by it and respondent was a going concern, winding up petition filed by petitioner against respondent was to be dismissed - [2016] 66 taxmann.com 21 (Gujarat)

CST & VAT
SECTION 4 OF CENTRAL SALES TAX ACT, 1956
SALE - WHEN IS A SALE OR PURCHASE OF GOODS SAID TO TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE A STATE
In case of sale of motor vehicle, seller or manufacturer/dealer is bound to transport motor vehicle to office of Registering Authority and only when it reaches there safe and sound, it can be said to be in a deliverable state and only then property in such a motor vehicle can pass to buyer - [2016] 66 taxmann.com 91 (SC)


Thanks & Regards,
Meetesh Shiroya







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