MAK Data P. Ltd vs. CIT [CIVIL APPEAL NO. 9772 OF 2013 (dated 30/10/2013)] – Supreme Court Background: Assessee filed his return of income for the AY 2004-05 declaring an income of Rs.16,17,040. During the course of assessment proceedings, AO sought specific information regarding the documents pertaining to share applications found in the course of survey, particularly, bank transfer deeds signed by persons, who had applied for the shares. The assessee made an offer to surrender a sum of Rs.40.74 lakhs with a view to avoid litigation and buy peace and to make an amicable settlement of the dispute. AO after verifying the details and calculations of the share application money completed the assessment and a sum of Rs.40,74,000/- was brought to tax, as “income from other sources”. The department initiated penalty proceedings for concealment of income and not furnishing true particulars of its income under Section 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act and imposed a penalty of Rs.14,61,547. The assessee challenged that order before the CIT (Appeals) which was dismissed.
Monthly Archives: October 2013
CIT v I.T.C. Ltd [IT APPEAL NO. 44 OF 2002 dated 4.09.13] – Allahabad High Court Background: Assessee was deducting tax on the estimated income of the employees including the travelling allowance upto January, 1993. For a period of two months, the assessee stopped deducting the amount on the ground that he held discussions with the Income Tax Officer. Assessee was treated as assessee in default u/s 201(1A) and was made liable to pay the interest on the amount of income tax, which was not deducted by the assessee from the conveyance allowance given to its employees under Section 192 (1) of Income Tax Act.
If tax is not deducted under a bonafide belief, payer cannot be treated as ‘assessee ...
CIT v Bikaner Cuisine Pvt Ltd [ITA No. 475/2013 dated 04.10.13] (Delhi HC) Background: Assessee – M/s Bikaner Cuisine Pvt. Ltd. was not a shareholder of BIPS Systems Ltd. The latter company i.e. BIPS Systems Ltd. had granted unsecured loan of Rs.49,25,000/- to the assessee. The Assessing Officer invoked provisions of section 2(22)(e) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and made an addition of Rs.33,84,290/- as deemed dividend in the hands of the assessee. The reason given was that the assessee and BIPS Systems Ltd. had common shareholder, namely, Narender Goel, who held more than 10% shares in BIPS Systems Ltd. and more than 20% voting rights in Bikaner Cuisine Pvt. Ltd. However, the accepted and admitted position is that the company is not a shareholder in BIPS Systems Ltd.
Deemed dividend provision is a legal fiction; but does not enhance the definition of shareholder ...
Cairn UK Holdings Ltd v DIT [2013] 38 taxmann.com 179 (Delhi) IT/ILT : Proviso to section 112(1) doesn’t deny benefit of lower tax rate of 10% on long-term capital gains from sale of listed securities to a non-resident investor availing benefit of exchange rate neutralization under first proviso to section 48. The said benefit of lower tax rate of 10% can’t be denied on the ground that indexation benefit under 2nd proviso is not applicable. It is incorrect to say that 10% rate under proviso to section 112(1) applies only where indexation benefit under 2nd proviso to section 48 applies and still assessee opts to not avail it
Benefit of first proviso to sec. 48 r.w. sec. 112 concessional rate is available to ...
ADIT v WNS North America Inc [ITA No 2944/Mum/2012 (Mum ITAT) dated 31.07.2013] Background: The assessee is a foreign company and tax resident of United State of America. The assessee is inter alia engaged in the business of rendering marketing and management services to WNS Global Services Pvt. Ltd. which is its associated enterprise in India. The assessee has entered into marketing and management services agreementwith WNS India. During the year under consideration the assessee has received an amount of Rs.68,15,11,339 towards marketing and management services rendered by it to WNS India. Since the assessee’s employees visited India for providing managerial services, therefore WNS India constitutes service PE under Article 5(2)(1) of Indo-USA DTAA. Accordingly an amount of Rs.6,52,13,074/- has been attributable to such service PE for managerial service rendered in India and which has been declared by the assessee in its return of income for the year under consideration.