Category Archives: Income Tax Judgments

No TDS on Property sale if total Sale consideration Exceeds Rs 50 Lakh : ITAT

By | May 18, 2019

No TDS is required to be deducted by purchaser even if consideration of property exceeds Rs 50 lakh but every co-owner share is less than Rs 50 Lakh:- ITAT Income Tax Appellant Tribunal ( ITAT), Delhi in case of  Vinod Soni Vs ITO ITA No 2736/Del/2015 has held that Each transferee is a separate income… Read More »

No reassessment after 4 years if Assessee disclosed material facts at the time of original assessment: HC

By | May 17, 2019

HIGH COURT OF MADRAS Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax v. Visvas Promoters (P.) Ltd. DR. VINEET KOTHARI AND MRS. T. KRISHNAVALLI, JJ. W.A. (MD) NO. 1051 OF 2011 MARCH  27, 2019 Mrs. S. Srimathy, Ld. Standing Counsel for the Appellant. Venkatesh and A. Shivaji for the Respondent. JUDGMENT Dr. Vineet Kothari, J. – The Revenue Department has filed this Intra Court Appeal against… Read More »

Amount received transfer of copyrighted software couldn’t be taxed as royalty: ITAT

By | May 13, 2019

Purchase of software being copyrighted article would not be covered by the term ‘royalty’ under section 9(1)(vi). Where the assessee did not acquire any copyright in the software, is not covered under Explanation 2 to section 9(1)(vi). Further; amended definition of ‘royalty’ under the domestic law cannot be extended to the definition of ‘royalty’ under DTAA, where… Read More »

No TDS u/s 194C on hiring charges of crane : ITAT

By | May 13, 2019

A simpliciter payment towards hiring charges of cranes cannot be brought within the sweep of the definition of the term “work” as envisaged in Sec. 194C of the IT Act. IN THE ITAT AMRITSAR BENCH Bhangal Construction Co. v. Income-tax Officer, Ward-1, Phagwara N.K. SAINI, VICE-PRESIDENT AND RAVISH SOOD, JUDICIAL MEMBER IT APPEAL NO. 587 (ASR.) OF… Read More »

No TDS u/s 195 on Commission paid to NR agents for export : ITAT

By | May 13, 2019

The assessing officer has disallowed the commission paid to foreign agents by holding that the income arising on account of commission paid to overseas agents was deemed to accrue or arise in India and was accordingly taxable under the provision of section 5(2)(b) r.w.s. 9(1)(i) of the act and the assessee has failed to make… Read More »

Notice issued in name of dead person isn’t binding on legal representative : ITAT

By | May 10, 2019

The issue of a notice under Section 148 of the Act is a foundation for reopening of assessment. The sine qua non for acquiring jurisdiction to reopen an assessment is that such notice should be issued in the name of the correct person. This requirement of issuing notice to a correct person and not to… Read More »

Cash deposited in old denomination notes was from fees collected from students, hence registration can not be cancelled : ITAT

By | May 9, 2019

IN THE ITAT JAIPUR BENCH St. Wilfred Educational Society v. Principal Commissioner of Income-tax (Central), Rajasthan VIJAY PAL RAO, JUDICIAL MEMBER AND VIKRAM SINGH YADAV, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER IT APPEAL NOS. 09 & 10 (JP) OF 2019[ASSESSMENT YEAR 2014-15] MARCH  18, 2019  Dilip Shivpuri, Adv. and Rohit Badaya, CA for the Appellant. Varinder Mehta, (IT-DR) for the Respondent. ORDER Vikram Singh Yadav,… Read More »

CIT(A) has no power to declare TDS return filed by assessee as not Valid: ITAT

By | May 8, 2019

CIT(Appeals) cannot travel beyond the subject matter of the appeal, which in the present case is as to, whether fee u/s. 234E of the Act can be levied or not; and not the question, whether the return of TDS filed by the assessee is non est in law? We are, therefore, of the view that the… Read More »

No Disallowance of Expenses for non deduction of TDS just because PAN of transporter not given to Income Tax dept. : ITAT

By | May 8, 2019

 In the instant case, once the assessee is in receipt of PAN and has not deducted TDS, it has complied with the first statutory obligation cast upon him and the assessee cannot be penalized for non-deduction of TDS. The provisions of section 40(a)(ia) which are deeming fiction relating to non-deduction of TDS have to be… Read More »