Monthly Archives: March 2025

Exemptions from Capital Gains AY 2025-26

By | March 19, 2025

Exemptions from Capital Gains AY 2025-26 [As amended by Finance (No. 2) Act, 2024] The Income-tax Act allows exemption from capital gains tax if the amount of capital gains or sale consideration, as the case may be, is further invested in specified new assets. These exemptions are provided as per the following sections: (a) Section… Read More »

No addition u/s 69 for cash deposits from liquor sales during demonetization, if properly accounted.

By | March 17, 2025

No addition u/s 69 for cash deposits from liquor sales during demonetization, if properly accounted. Issue: Whether cash deposits made in Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) during the demonetization period by a State Government undertaking engaged in liquor sales should be treated as unexplained investments under Section 69 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, and taxed under… Read More »

Reassessment Invalid Due to Full Disclosure by Assessee.

By | March 17, 2025

Reassessment Invalid Due to Full Disclosure by Assessee. Issue: Whether a reassessment initiated under Section 147 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, is valid when the assessee had fully and truly disclosed all material facts necessary for completing the original assessment. Facts: The assessee had given interest-free loans to related concerns and claimed interest on borrowed… Read More »

Post-Commencement Subsidy Deemed Revenue Receipt Under Section 28(iv).

By | March 17, 2025

Post-Commencement Subsidy Deemed Revenue Receipt Under Section 28(iv). Issue: Whether a subsidy received by an assessee-company engaged in manufacturing milk and milk products for developing an integrated cold chain facility, after the commencement of business, should be treated as a revenue receipt under Section 28(iv) of the Income-tax Act, 1961. Facts: The assessee-company, engaged in… Read More »

High Hostel Fees Disqualify Educational Institution from Tax Exemption.

By | March 17, 2025

High Hostel Fees Disqualify Educational Institution from Tax Exemption. Issue: Whether a charitable organization operating a pre-primary school and a residential hostel, charging high hostel fees, qualifies for exemption under Section 10(23C)(vi) of the Income-tax Act, 1961. Facts: The assessee, a charitable organization, operated a pre-primary school for tribal students and a residential hostel for… Read More »

Seized Assets Deemed Benami Due to Concealment and Retracted Statements.

By | March 17, 2025

Seized Assets Deemed Benami Due to Concealment and Retracted Statements. Issue: Whether transactions or arrangements relating to seized movable properties (cash and gold bullion) were Benami under Section 2(9)(b) of the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act (PBPTA), 1988, when a partnership firm claimed ownership but evidence suggested concealment of beneficial owners and later retracted… Read More »

 Extended Time Limit for ITC Claims Under Finance Act, 2024 Requires Reconsideration.

By | March 17, 2025

 Extended Time Limit for ITC Claims Under Finance Act, 2024 Requires Reconsideration. Issue: Whether the petitioner-assessee should be granted an opportunity to respond to a show cause notice regarding delayed filing of GST returns and claiming input tax credit (ITC) for the financial year 2018-19, considering the extension of time limits under Section 118 of… Read More »

Category: GST

14 IMPORTANT GST CASE LAWS 03.03.2025

By | March 17, 2025

14 IMPORTANT GST CASE LAWS 03.03.2025 Section Case Law Title Brief Summary Citation 11 Kerala Khadi & Village Industries Board v. Union of India Exemption from GST cannot be claimed based on pre-GST tax laws. Click Here 14 Firstmove Logistics (P.) Ltd. v. Union of India Revised normative rates can be applied retrospectively. Retrospective Revision… Read More »