RECENT INCOME TAX CASE LAWS IN INDIA

We are Posting here on Regular Basis Recent Judgements on Direct Tax delivered by Supreme Court, High Court and Tribunals.

Peak Credit and telescoping theories in assessment proceedings under Income Tax

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:13 PM PST

There may be some cases under Income Tax Assessment proceedings where there are a large number of unexplained credit and debit enteries of a person standing in books of account of an assessee. In such case the AO may tend to add all the aggregate...

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Some Helpful Tips for Filing Income Tax Returns

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 08:29 AM PST

Income-tax return is a legal document and it should be filed by the assessee with due care and caution. There should be no corrections or overwriting and it should be properly signed and verified by the person authorized to do so under the...

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How to calculate Interest U/s. 234A, 234B, 234C; Return Due Date and Consequences of Late Filing

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 08:02 AM PST

CONSEQUENCES OF SUBMISSION OF RETURN AFTER DUE DATE- If a return is submitted after the due date, the following consequences will be applicable: 1. The assessee will be liable for penal interest under section 234A. 2. A penalty of Rs 5,000 may be...

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Assessment of Charitable Trusts and Institutions

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 07:30 AM PST

Article discusses about Structure of atx Authorities, Charitable Purpose, Charity, Advancement Of Any Other Object Of General Public Utility, Advancement Of Any Other Object Of General Public Utility, Assessment Of A Charitable Trust Or...

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Applicability of Income Tax on Co Operative Credit Society & Pat Pedhis

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 06:51 AM PST

In In terms of sub-section (2) of Section 22 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (As Applicable to Cooperative Societies), the primary (urban) cooperative banks existing in the country as on March 1, 1966, (when some banking laws were applied to...

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Taxability of Capital Gain Under the Income tax Act, 1961

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 06:31 AM PST

The word 'income' has special meaning with reference to income-tax. It inter alia includes gains derived on transfer of a capital asset. Since these are not annual accruals, these are treated on a different footing for taxation purpose. The basic...

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Salary income – Taxation of Perquisites

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 05:35 AM PST

Perquisites taxable in the hands of the employee as a part of salary income Broadly, in this system, the perquisites taxable in the hands of the employee as a part of salary income include: 1) Value of rent-free or concessional rent...

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Income Tax Ombudsman Origins, Current Status, Procedure, Power, Duties, Nature of Proceedings – Awards, Check List and Grievance you can Complain

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 04:47 AM PST

As a taxpayer, you may have some very legitimate grievances relating to your income-tax matters or settlement of your claims. You may, for example, feel that the Income-tax Department owes you a certain refund of tax but it is not doing enough to...

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No Excise Duty Exemption if conditions mentioned in Exemption Notification of Excise Rules not complied – SC

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:50 PM PST

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd Vs CCE (SC) - The language of Rule 192 of Chapter X of the Central Excise Rules, 1944 is clear that for availing concession from excise duty on excisable goods used in a specified industrial process, a person must obtain a...

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Excise Duty – Tailor made machines – Manufacture not complete till it meets the contractual specifications and subjected to individual testing

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:31 PM PST

Flex Engineering Limited Vs CCE (SC) - , If a product is not saleable, it will not be marketable and consequently the process of manufacture would not be held to be complete and duty of excise would not be leviable on it. The corollary to the above...

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Excise Duty – Process of mixing polymers and additives with bitumen does not amount to manufacture

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 08:45 PM PST

CCE Vs M/S Osnar Chemical Pvt. Ltd. (SC) -Process of mixing polymers and additives with bitumen does not amount to manufacture. Both the lower authorities have found as a fact that the said process merely resulted in the improvement of quality of...

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Govt asks I-T officials to file immovable property returns by month-end

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 08:30 PM PST

After IAS and IPS officers, the government has now turned its heat on Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) officers asking them to mandatorily furnish their immovable property returns by this month-end failing which they would be denied promotions....

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EU officials criticise downgrade of Credit ratings

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 08:30 PM PST

The top economic official of the European Union has criticised a decision by Standard and Poor's to downgrade the credit ratings of nine euro zone countries. Economic Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said the move was inconsistent as the euro zone was...

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ICSI – Introduction of New Syllabus & Pattern for Foundation Programme Examinations from December, 2012 Session

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:19 PM PST

The Foundation Programme being the entry level to the Company Secretaryship Course and gateway to the profession of Company Secretaries, the Syllabus Review Committee based on the feedback received from various stakeholders has completed the...

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