Monday, December 31, 2018

Provisions of Limitation Act are applicable to proceeding filed before Debt Recovery Tribunal

FEMA & BANKING : Provisions of limitation Act 1963 are applicable to proceedings/application filed under section 19 before DRT; DRT has power to condone delay in respect of proceedings under section 19

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ITAT remanded matter to examine whether payment made for acquiring software licence was royalty

IT/ILT: Where assessee, engaged in business of software development paid annual maintenance charges to various Non-Resident companies which was regarded as fee for technical services taxable in India, in view of fact that revenue authorities did not go into question whether non-resident companies made available any technical knowledge to assessee through AMCs, impugned order was to be set aside and, matter was to be remanded back for disposal afresh

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Revisional order justified as reference to TPO was mandatory in scrutiny cases selected on TP risk parameters

IT/ILT: Where assessee's case was selected for scrutiny on transfer pricing risk parameter, same fell under para 3.2 of circular dated 10-3-2016 which required reference to TPO by Assessing Officer mandatorily

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Reassessment justified as assessee didn't file relevant details related to huge advance made to one party

IT: Where reassessment proceedings were initiated against assessee on ground that assessee had advanced several crores of rupees to a party but source of such amount was not explained, since assessee had not filed balance sheet or statement of affairs related to such advance, impugned reassessment proceedings were justified

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Embassy Blackstone Reit gets Sebi nod

Embassy Blackstone Reit gets Sebi nod

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PE Funds Seek to Enter Insurance from Mauritius

PE Funds Seek to Enter Insurance from Mauritius

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Sebi Got Many Things Right, but Missed Some Marks, Too

Sebi Got Many Things Right, but Missed Some Marks, Too

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RBI Decides Not to Touch Valuation Gain

RBI Decides Not to Touch Valuation Gain

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RBI says haste in easing norms for banks harmful to economy

RBI says haste in easing norms for banks harmful to economy

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US-India industry body calls FDI guidelines for e-tailers 'regressive'

US-India industry body calls FDI guidelines for e-tailers 'regressive'

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RBI plans to set up portal to supervise cybersecurity measures of PSPs

RBI plans to set up portal to supervise cybersecurity measures of PSPs

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Sebi clarifies on use of segregated portfolio by mutual fund industry

Sebi clarifies on use of segregated portfolio by mutual fund industry

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Sebi's new OFS norms come into play

Sebi's new OFS norms come into play

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Higher Capital Needed for Likely Loan Losses: RBI

Higher Capital Needed for Likely Loan Losses: RBI

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Amazon Studying FDI Rules, Says it’s Committed to India

Amazon Studying FDI Rules, Says it’s Committed to India

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Strengthen NCLT Infra to Speed Up Resolutions: RBI

Strengthen NCLT Infra to Speed Up Resolutions: RBI

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Small Online Sellers Doubt Impact of Revised Ecommerce FDI Policy

Small Online Sellers Doubt Impact of Revised Ecommerce FDI Policy

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Gain on sale of share taxable as STCG if assessee maintained separate portfolio for 'trading'

IT: Where AO took a view that profit arising from sale of shares was taxable as business income, in view of fact that investment in shares were made out of assessee's own funds and, moreover, assessee had maintained two protfolios, one for 'investment' and other for 'trading', mere fact that assessee held those shares for a short period, would not convert capital gain into business income and, thus, amount in question was to be taxed as short term capital gain

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SEBI permits creation of segregated portfolio of debt and money market instruments by mutual fund sc

The market regulator, SEBI has permitted for creation of segregated portfolio of debt and money market instruments by mutual fund schemes in order to ensure fair treatment to all investors

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Saturday, December 29, 2018

Attachment order under Money Laundering Act was null & void as property wasn't acquired out of proceeds of crime

FEMA & BANKING : Where properties attached by Adjudicating Authority under PMLA were mortgaged with bank and were not acquired out of any proceeds of crime, attachment was contrary to law and null and void

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Friday, December 28, 2018

Bank-led Resolution of NPAs Set to Begin

Bank-led Resolution of NPAs Set to Begin

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RBI says it Prefers to Keep Liquidity in ‘Slight Deficit’

RBI says it Prefers to Keep Liquidity in ‘Slight Deficit’

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Sidbi to Use Rs. 1kcr Corpus to Fund Micro Lenders

Sidbi to Use Rs. 1kcr Corpus to Fund Micro Lenders

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2018 Witnesses Highest FPI Registrations in Four Years

2018 Witnesses Highest FPI Registrations in Four Years

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Ecomm Rule Tweak Not Change in Law: Govt

Ecomm Rule Tweak Not Change in Law: Govt

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Lenders to SBQ Steels prefer liquidation route

Lenders to SBQ Steels prefer liquidation route

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New e-commerce FDI norms to bring 'level playing field': Domestic retailers

New e-commerce FDI norms to bring 'level playing field': Domestic retailers

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New draft policy on e-commerce to fix loopholes, set general rules of biz

New draft policy on e-commerce to fix loopholes, set general rules of biz

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Govt. releases operational guidelines for 7.75% Savings Bonds, 2018

The Reserve Bank of India has released Operational Guidelines with regards to 7.75% Savings (Taxable) Bonds, 2018. This new Saving Bonds, with effect from January 10, 2018, shall replace the 8% Savings Bonds Scheme, also known as RBI Bonds Scheme.

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No Sec. 12A registration as trust intended to distribute properties acquired from Grants amongst private members

IT: Where Commissioner (Exemptions) had a valid and reasonable apprehension that in case of dissolution, properties of trust created and constituted out of 100 per cent grants given by Government, may be distributed amongst private individual members of trust, application of trust for registration under section 12A had been rightly rejected

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Thursday, December 27, 2018

No cancellation of trust's registration merely because it didn't carry out any charitable activity during the year

IT: Assessee-trust did not carry and any charitable activity during relevant period, could not be a ground to cancel registration granted earlier under section 12AA

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CBDT notifies India-Hong Kong DTAA

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified all the provisions of the agreement entered into between India and Hong Kong for he avoidance of the double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on Income. The agreement was signed on 19-03-2018.

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Identifying customers for retail products of banks classifiable as business auxiliary service

GST/Excise/ST/VAT : Where assessee had entered into a contract with a Bank for identifying eligible consumers for retail products of Bank and was also required to provide certain services related to issuance of credit across as described in contract, services provided by assessee would fall under category of 'business auxiliary service'

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Reassessment proceedings couldn’t be initiated merely on basis of audit objections; SLP dismissed

IT: Where High Court set aside reassessment proceedings on ground that said proceedings were based on mere audit objection that there was undervaluation of closing stock, SLP filed against said order was be dismissed

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No disallowance for non-deduction of tax on provisions made for royalty payment to Russian Co.

IT/ILT: Where assessee sold network security product to AEs and in some cases realization of bills was beyond 90 days, in view of fact that assessee had allowed credit period beyond 90 days in case of Non-Associated Enterprises as well, transactions with non-AE constituted valid Internal CUP and ALP adjustment in respect of interest on account of realisation of bills beyond 90 days from AEs was not justified

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RBI Launches Payment Survey in Six Cities

RBI Launches Payment Survey in Six Cities

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Bimal Jalan to Head Panel on RBI Reserves

Bimal Jalan to Head Panel on RBI Reserves

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Bimal Jalan-led committee to decide on RBI reserves transfer

Bimal Jalan-led committee to decide on RBI reserves transfer

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Govt tightens FDI norms for e-com firms

Govt tightens FDI norms for e-com firms

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No sec. 68 additions towards high share premium if relevant details of shareholders filed before AO

IT : Where assessee company had received share premium and filed sufficient evidences such as share allotment details, annual return, details including name, address and PAN of shareholder who had subscribed to its shares and same was not negated by Assessing Officer, merely because Assessing officer felt that share premium received by assessee was high, genuineness of transaction could not be doubted for purpose of section 68

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ITAT slams AO for not allowing bad debts claim in case co-operative bank didn't have any rural branches

IT : A co-operative bank is entitled to claim deduction of bad debts provided in first part of section 36(1)(viia)(a) being 7.5 per cent of total income even in absence of rural branches

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Service of removal of ash deposited in pond of power plant not taxable as cleaning service

GST/IDT: where assessee was engaged in removal of ash deposited in pond of power plant, said service would not fall under category of 'cleaning activity'

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No denial of exemption just because educational institution collected part of fees in Foreign exchange abroad

IT: Where assessee educational institution existed solely for purpose of education and its receipts were applied only for educational purpose and Assessing Officer also did not make any charge against same, assessee could not be denied exemption under section 10(22) merely on ground that it was receiving fees from foreigner students in foreign exchange abroad by way of an arrangement with an educational organisation abroad

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HC was right in not interfering with sec. 148 notice as assessee didn't challenge its validity before ITAT: SC

IT: Where High Court took a view that since assessee did not challenge validity of reassessment proceedings before Tribunal and, thus, in absence of any concluded facts being available on record, it was not appropriate to interfere with impugned notice issued under section 148, SLP filed against decision of High Court was to be dismissed

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'Naptha' couldn't be as classified as 'Motor spirit' : CESTAT

GST/EXCISE/ST/VAT: Where assessee was engaged in manufacture of various petroleum products and during manufacture of LPG, certain bottom end products were produced which assessee had classified as 'Naptha' under Heading No. 2710 14 (prior to 1-3-2005) and under Heading No. 2710 11 19 (after 1-3-2005), said product would be classifiable under Heading No. 2710 14 (prior to 1-3-2005) and under Heading No. 2710 11 19 (after 1-3-2005)

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CBDT releases Explanatory Notes to provisions of the Finance Act, 2018

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has released the explanatory notes to the provisions of the Finance Act, 2018. These explanatory notes describe the substance of the provisions/amendments made by the Finance Act, 2018 relating to Income-tax.

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Mediators were to be appointed from panel as parties failed to have consensus for settlement: NCLT

CL: Where during pendency of section 241 petition, parties consented to refer dispute for mediation, but they failed to reach consensus in relation to mediator to whom matter could be referred for mediation, mediators were to be appointed from Mediation and Conciliation Panel as displayed in website of MCA

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Wednesday, December 26, 2018

​Extending the due date for furnishing of report under section 286 (4) of the Income-tax Act, 1961

Publish Date : Wednesday, December 26, 2018


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​Explanatory Notes to the Provisions of the Finance Act, 2018​

Publish Date : Wednesday, December 26, 2018


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Order of arrest after lapse of period specified in order under Cos. Act, 2013 was illegal: HC

CL : Where Competent Authority vide its order dated 20-6-2018 directed SFIO to conduct an investigation under section 212 into affairs of subject entities, i.e., 120 companies in public interest and period specified by Competent Authority in said order lapsed on 19-9-2018, but SFIO was unable to complete its investigation into affairs of subject entities, within period of three months stipulated therein, order of arrest of applicants by SFIO on 10-12-2018 when period specified in said order date

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HC quashed locker search warrant as Add. DIT failed to prove that such locker contained undisclosed income

IT : Where during search conducted upon premises of assessee's cousin, key belonging to assessee's locker was found and search warrant was issued in respect of said locker, since Additional Director had not disclosed any material or information on basis of which he had entertained belief that said locker contained valuable jewellery or other articles representing undisclosed income, impugned search warrant was unjustified

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Identifying customers for retail products of banks not classifiable as business auxiliary service

GST/Excise/ST/VAT : Where assessee had entered into a contract with a Bank for identifying eligible consumers for retail products of Bank and was also required to provide certain services related to issuance of credit across as described in contract, services provided by assessee would fall under category of 'business auxiliary service'

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HC directs CBDT to consider Sec. 119 application filed by assessees in Kerala

IT : CBDT to consider applications under section 119(2)(a)/(b) by assessees in Kerala towards claim of deductions/exemptions/refunds or waiver of interest/penalty, taking note of flood situation that affected State of Kerala

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Refusal to register transfer of share was justified as it was transferred to an outsider with an intent to harm co.

CL: Where shareholder of company had transferred its shares in company to an outsider with an intention to cause prejudice to interests of company, refusal by company to register said transfer of shares was justified

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Construction of non-commercial buildings would not be taxable as works contract services: SC

GST/IDT : Where assessee received two works contracts for construction of a hostel for girls students and a hospital for public and High Court held that construction activities undertaken by assessee were purely social activities and were excluded from tax liability under 'works contract service', SC granted SLP

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Cos Get Tax Demands on ‘High’ Premia in FDI, M&A & Share Allotment Deals

Cos Get Tax Demands on ‘High’ Premia in FDI, M&A & Share Allotment Deals

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Big Jump in Number of Cases Settled by Sebi in Past 3 Years

Big Jump in Number of Cases Settled by Sebi in Past 3 Years

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GIFT Investors Seek PAN Exemption to Invest in AIF Funds

GIFT Investors Seek PAN Exemption to Invest in AIF Funds

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RBI UNIONS PLAN STIR IN 2019 ON PENSION ISSUE

RBI UNIONS PLAN STIR IN 2019 ON PENSION ISSUE

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DRT and DRAT are empowered to determine matters in respect of debt recovery; Jurisdiction of Civil Court is barred

FEMA & BANKING: In view of restriction set out in section 34 of SARFAESI, a Civil Court is barred from entertaining any suit and proceeding in respect of matters which Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT) and Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal (DRAT) are empowered to determine under Act

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Determination of income in respect of godown receipts on estimated basis was a plausible view; SLP dismissed

IT: Where High Court upheld Tribunal's order that while determining assessee's income in respect of godown receipts on estimate basis, AO had adopted a plausible view and, thus, revisional order passed by Commissioner on said issue was not sustainable, SLP filed against decision of High Court was to be dismissed

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Rule 6A for export of taxable service is ultra vires to charging section of FA, 1994; SC granted SLP

EXCISE/ST/VAT: Where Indian tour operators were engaged in business of arranging tours to foreign tourists visiting India and High Court held that rule 6A(1), read with rule 6A(2), of Services Tax Rules, 1994 is ultra vires Finance Act, 1994 and in particular section 94(2)(f) and is, therefore, invalid, Supreme Court granted SLP

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Parties had right of notice and hearing only after consideration of report of DG: CCI

Competition Act: Where CCI issued directions to DG to cause investigation for alleged violation, it is only after consideration of report of DG, aggrieved/affected parties gain a specific right of notice and hearing

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Monday, December 24, 2018

CBDT allows manual filing of Form for non-deduction or lower deduction of TDS

In order to remove genuine hardship being faced by certain applicants in filing of online application in Form no. 13 for non-deduction or lower deduction of TDS, The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has allowed non-resident Indians and resident applicants to file manual application in Form no. 13 before the TDS office or ASK Centers.

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Receipt over and above registered sales consideration won’t be taxed under the head ‘Capital Gains’: ITAT

IT : Nature of receipt of income over and above registered sale consideration in hands of seller of property will not fall under head 'Capital Gains' but 'income from other sources'

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ITAT disallowed hedging loss as assessee failed to bring any record of contract entered into to guard price fluctuation

IT : Where there was no specific details brought in by assessee which could show that assessee had entered into a contract for hedging of forward trading of its goods to guard against loss through price fluctuation which might arise from contracts for delivery of goods, hedging loss arising from alleged contracts did not fall under proviso (a) of section 43(5); therefore, alleged hedging loss claimed by assessee was to be disallowed

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Service of intra-connectivity through WAN not taxable as 'Online information & database access service'

GST/Excise/ST/VAT : Where assessee, namely, Philips Electronics entered into agreements with its overseas group entity in Netherlands to avail infrastructure services which were in nature of providing intra connectivity between Philips locations worldwide through Wide Area Network of internet protocol, said services would not fall under category of 'on-line information and database access or retrieval'

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No reassessment to disallow employee’s PF contribution deposited within due date of ITR filing

IT : Where Assessing Officer initiated reassessment proceedings against assessee for purpose of disallowing its claim of deduction in respect of deposit of employee's contribution to provident fund as same was made after a delay, since assessee, during original assessment, had already shown in its tax audit report that employee's provident fund was deposited within due date for filing return under section 139(1), assessee was entitled to deduction in respect of same and; therefore impugned reass

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Incentivise, Not Tax, Angel Investors: Kant

Incentivise, Not Tax, Angel Investors: Kant

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Concerns Arise as Taxman Invokes GAAR to Question Domestic Deals

Concerns Arise as Taxman Invokes GAAR to Question Domestic Deals

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No ´ angel tax´ likely for start ups accredited by DIPP

No ´ angel tax´ likely for start ups accredited by DIPP

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RBI cancels registration of 1,490 NBFCs in 2 years

RBI cancels registration of 1,490 NBFCs in 2 years

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‘OPPO’ didn’t abuse its dominant position due to presence of other players in market: CCI

Competition Act: Where OP 'OPPO' had entered into a sub-distributorship agreement with Informant and informant alleged that on claiming of outstanding dues, OP had sought to terminate said agreement on ground of violation of different clauses of agreement and according to it said clauses were anti-competitive in view of fact that impugned clauses neither created any barriers to entry in market, nor drive existing competitors out of market, clauses of said agreement could not be said to be anti-c

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Services provided to railways on work contract basis not taxable as ‘management, maintenance or repair services’

GST/Excise/ST/VAT : Where assessee rendered services to Railways on works contract basis as well as provided materials related to those services, said services would not fall under category of 'management, maintenance or repair services' nor could they be charged under 'works contract services' in view of specific exclusion given to services rendered to Railways

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Saturday, December 22, 2018

No sec. 68 additions if assessee proved genuineness of transaction of sale of shares resulting in LTCG

IT : Where Tribunal, without considering material placed on record by assessee, upheld additions under section 68 made to income of assessee in respect of bogus creditors and further such additions resulted in huge gross profit ratio which could not arise in type of business of assessee, impugned additions were unjustified and matter was to be reconsidered afresh by Tribunal

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No assessment could be made in hands of a merged entity; SC dismissed SLP

IT: Where High Court upheld order passed by Tribunal holding that in case of assessee's merger with another company, subsequent assessment order passed in name of assessee company was a nullity, SLP filed against said decision was to be dismissed

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No denial of exemption just because payer-co. didn't pay DDT on distribution of dividends

IT: Even if payer company had not paid tax on dividend distribution under section 115-O, exemption would be allowed to receiver in terms of section 10(34)

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SLP dismissed against HC’s ruling upholding rejection of rectification application on sec. 68 additions

IT: Where High Court upheld Tribunal's order rejecting assessee's application for rectification of order on ground that while making addition under section 68, assessee was not given an opportunity to cross examine person who allegedly gave accommodation entries, SLP filed against decision of High Court was to be dismissed

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Allotment of shares was to be declared null and void when co. failed to produce docs regarding issue of shares

CL: Where amount lent by shareholder to company to repay loan had been converted into equity and company failed to produce any evidence regarding issue of notice offering shares to any shareholder and acceptance of impugned shares by shareholder, said allotment was to be held null and void

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MNC Units, Indian Firms Get Tax Notices for Receiving FDI

MNC Units, Indian Firms Get Tax Notices for Receiving FDI

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Sebi´s move on expense ratio puts paid to Avendus IDFCMF deal

Sebi´s move on expense ratio puts paid to Avendus IDFCMF deal

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Sebi modifies interim order in Fortis Healthcare case

Sebi modifies interim order in Fortis Healthcare case

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RBI cuts faculty allowance as guv appeals for calm

RBI cuts faculty allowance as guv appeals for calm

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Govt moves to re-open IL and FS group's balance sheets for suspected corruption

Govt moves to re-open IL and FS group's balance sheets for suspected corruption

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Gain arising from sale of shares by Spanish Co. not taxable in India by virtue of Article 14(6) of India-Spain DTAA

IT/ILT: In case of assessee, a Spain based company, engaged in real estate development activities in India, capital gain arising from sale of shares of various companies was not taxable in India by virtue of article 14(6) of India-Spain DTAA

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Technical know-how obtained for product manufacturer-foreign co. taxable as franchise service

GST/IDT: Where assessee had entered into an agreement with one 'T', a foreign company located in USA, to avail proprietary technical information, know-how, etc. for manufacture of products and for service of products and it was also required to represent 'T' to his customers in such a way that it would be known only by identity of 'T', services availed by assessee from 'T' would be classifiable under 'franchise service'

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Action against Illegal Operations of Shell Companies

Action against Illegal Operations of Shell Companies

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MCA delegates its powers and functions related to Alteration of Articles to Regional Directors

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has delegated its power related to Alteration of Articles of Association of companies to the Regional Directors at Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Shillong.

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Rejecting candidature as Presiding Officer Tribunal is not a subject matter of appeal before court

FEMA & BANKING: Where candidature of appellant recommended by Selection Committee for appointment as Presiding Officers of DRT was placed before Appointing Authority (ACC) for final decision and based on IB report, ACC declined same, final decision taken by ACC on basis of assessment of materials before it was not a subject matter of appeal before writ court

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RBI notifies regulations for lending and borrowing under FEMA

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has notified the regulation for lending and borrowing under FEMA wherein the provisions related to borrowing by authorized Dealer or its branch office and Lending in foreign Exchange by person resident in India and so on.

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Conversion of CCPSs into equity shares couldn't be considered as transfer within meaning of sec. 2(47): ITAT

IT: Conversion of cumulative compulsory convertible preference shares (CCPS) into equity shares could not be considered as transfer within meaning of section 2(47)

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Re-packing & re-labelling of spare parts tantamounts to manufacture: Mumbai CESTAT

GST/EXCISE/ST/VAT : Where assessee procured spare parts falling under Heading Nos. 3208, 8536 and 8539 of Central Excise Tariff Act, i.e., covered under Third Schedule of Central Excise Act from vendors and after repacking them into unit containers and re-labelling of unit containers cleared unit containers to dealers, activity of repacking/re-labelling amounted to manufacture

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Dispute related to credit score by CIBIL didn't raise any competition concern: CCI

Competition Act: Dispute regarding reducing informant's credit score by CIBIL due to which credit card approval and other services applied for by informant were denied by Bank did not raise competition concern

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Friday, December 21, 2018

Loan of HDFC Ltd. purchased by HDFC Bank couldn't be held as ‘Specified Domestic Transaction’

IT : Petitioner purchased loans of HDFC Ltd. of more than Rs. 5,000 Crores, and authorities held that said transaction entered into by Petitioner is “Specified Domestic Transactions” (“SDTs”) as per section 92BA(i) and Arms Length Price of said transactions is required to be determined.

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Sum received by Canadian Co. for grant of licence to use technology for internal purpose only wasn't royalty

IT/ILT: Where payment was made for CMG's membership by ONGC for non-exclusive and non-transferable licence to use technology only for internal business purpose, since there was neither sale nor licence of copyright in any kind of software or technology, such payment could not be held to be reckoned as royalty

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Govt Introduces Bill to Amend Companies Act

Govt Introduces Bill to Amend Companies Act

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Irda Asks Indiabulls to Bring in Rs. 1,200-cr Investments for Life Insurance Licence

Irda Asks Indiabulls to Bring in Rs. 1,200-cr Investments for Life Insurance Licence

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Angels Needn’t Fear to Tread, Experts to Frame Tax Norms

Angels Needn’t Fear to Tread, Experts to Frame Tax Norms

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Govt wants RBI to give Rs. 100 bn interim payout

Govt wants RBI to give Rs. 100 bn interim payout

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Religare files complaint against Singh brothers, Sunil Godhwani with MCA

Religare files complaint against Singh brothers, Sunil Godhwani with MCA

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Sebi planning sandbox framework for innovations in capital markets

Sebi planning sandbox framework for innovations in capital markets

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No coercive action against start ups fornow: CBDT

No coercive action against start ups fornow: CBDT

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SC grants SLP against order of HC for classification of bakery shortening under residual entry

GST/IDT : Where assessee was engaged in manufacture of 'bakery shortening' and High Court held that said product would fall under Heading No. 1517, i.e., under Residual Entry of S.R.O. No. 82/2006 of Kerala VAT Act, Supreme Court granted SLP

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HC acquits all accused officers of SBI in Harshad Mehta case

CL/SEBI : Where case was registered against accused persons who were mainly officers of SBI, Main Branch Mumbai and SBI Caps for conspiring together for benefit of accused-Harshad Mehta, prosecution having failed to prove its case against all accused beyond reasonable doubt all accused were to be acquitted

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CIT was to renew sec. 10(23C) approval from year in which earlier approval has expired

IT: Where assessee temple was granted approval under section 10(23C)(v) in year 1989 and same was renewed from time to time till assessment year 2014-15 and, thereafter, Commissioner (Exemptions) granted fresh approval from assessment year 2016-17, since apprvoal was granted from 1989 and assessee was seeking only renewal of earlier approval, Commissioner (Exemptions) was unjustified in restricting approval from assessment year 2016-17 and approval ought to be renewed from assessment year 2015-1

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OP didn't abuse dominant position by denying access to its telecom sites on basis of unresolved issue b/w parties

Competition Act: Where BSNL alleged that OP being licensed infrastructure provider of Dept of Telecommunication was denying it access to its telecom sites (passive infrastructure), in view of fact that sites for which access was pending, there were certain unresolved issues between parties which were germane for provision of services as sought by BSNL, no case within provisions of section 4 had been made out against OP

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Thursday, December 20, 2018

MCA notifies Companies (Incorporation) Fourth Amendment Rules, 2018

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has notified the Companies (Incorporation) Fourth Amendment Rules, 2018 wherein form related to declaration at the time of commencement of business and application for change in financial year have been discussed.

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Amendment of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 to provide the time limit for furnishing of report by constituent entity of an international group, resident in India, under sub-section (4) of section 286 of the Income-tax Act, 1961

Publish Date : Tuesday, December 18, 2018


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Construction activities carried out by Nirmithi Kendra won't qualify for sec. 11 exemption

IT : Where State Government accredited Nirmithi Kendra, formed with objectives of generating and propagating innovative housing ideas, carried out construction activities in lieu of supervisory charges and said activity became its principal activity, exemption could not be allowed

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SLP granted against ruling that sec. 68 additions not justified if AO failed to do necessary enquiries

IT: Where High Court upheld Tribunal's order deleting addition under section 68 in respect of amount received by assessee from various depositors on ground that necessary enquiries relating to identity and creditworthiness of said depositors had not been done by AO, SLP filed against decision of High Court was to be granted

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New IT notices to Start-ups; DIPP takes matter up with Dept. of Revenue to avoid harassment

As per the recent media reports, the Income-tax dept. is issuing new notices to Start-ups asking them copies of tax returns, bank statements, correspondence and ledger details of their investors. DIPP has taken up this matter of issue of notices with Department of Revenue so that there is no harassment of angel Investors or Start-ups.

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Govt. introduces Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2018 in Lok Sabha

In order to assuage regulatory framework and ease of doing business, the companies (Amendment) Bill, 2018 has been introduced in Lok Sabha which seeks to amend the Companies Act, 2013. The Bill shall replace the Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018 which was promulgated by the legislature on November 02, 2018. Moreover, the bill provides to amend various section related to charges, incorporation, penalty provisions and different financial years.

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10% penalty leviable even on suo motu disclosure of undisclosed income & specifying its manner of earning

IT : Where assessee, in course of search, made a statement under section 132(4) in which he admitted an undisclosed income and specified manner in which such income was earned and had also paid tax along with interest, assessee would be liable to pay penalty at rate of 10 per cent in terms of clause (a) of section 271AAB(1) but not under clause (c) at 30 per cent of section 271AAB

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Assessee wasn't entitled to interest on interest which was awarded as compensation on delay of grant of refund: HC

IT: Where assessee's claim for refund of excess tax collected was withheld and refunded by department after a huge delay merely on ground of pendency of appeal filed by revenue, since there was no stay granted by Appellate Authorities, assessee would be entitled to compensation by way of interest for such delay but assessee would not be entitled to interest on interest which was awarded as compensation

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Centre to seek interim payout from Reserve Bank: Subhash Chandra Garg

Centre to seek interim payout from Reserve Bank: Subhash Chandra Garg

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I-T Dept Takes Steps to Stop Bogus Refunds

I-T Dept Takes Steps to Stop Bogus Refunds

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HC Stays I-T Notices on Aircel, Dishnet Wireless

HC Stays I-T Notices on Aircel, Dishnet Wireless

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Change the Math for Angel Tax Valuation, Cos tell Govt

Change the Math for Angel Tax Valuation, Cos tell Govt

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Will Startups be Rid of Angel Tax Demons? CBDT to Clarify

Will Startups be Rid of Angel Tax Demons? CBDT to Clarify

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Sebi to take a leaf out of US dual-class structures

Sebi to take a leaf out of US dual-class structures

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Notices only to startups not recognised by DIPP: IT dept

Notices only to startups not recognised by DIPP: IT dept

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Product 'Zymegold' containing nitrogen & chlorine classifiable as fertilizers under heading no. 3105

GST/IDT : Where assessee was engaged in manufacture of a product 'zymegold' containing nitrogen and chlorine, said product would be classifiable as 'fertilizer' falling under Heading No. 3105

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Service of room renting to hotel guest not taxable as mandap keeper service: SC

GST/IDT : Where Tribunal held that assessee was not liable to pay service tax under category of 'Mandap Keeper Service' in respect of room rent received from hotel guest, SC dismissed appeal filed by revenue

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Payment realization suit filed in HC was taken off as there was forum selection clause in agreement between parties

CL: Where plaintiff supplied goods to defendant and demanded payment through invoices in which there was a clause stating 'subject to Raipur/Nagpur jurisdiction only', but on non-realisation of dues, plaintiff instituted suit in Calcutta High Court, in view of fact that there was no material to show that parties had agreed to modify forum selection clause, suit filed by plaintiff was to be taken off from file of Calcutta Court

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No additions towards deposits found in foreign bank a/c just relying on note received from French Govt.

IT: Where additions were made to income of assessee, who was a non-resident since 25 years, since, no material was brought on record to show that funds were diverted by assessee from India to source deposits found in foreign bank account, impugned additions were unjustified

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Notice could be issued for production of documents even if proceedings under ST weren't pending: HC

GST/IDT: Where petitioner had not opted for centralized registration for service tax and had 88 service tax registrations in different Commissionerates and consequently submitted separate service tax returns and Directorate General of Central Excise (Intelligence) informed petitioner that Additional Director General, Lucknow had been authorised to investigate case of service tax evasion by all branches of petitioner, Central Board of Excise & Customs had powers to authorize centralised or pan In

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Wednesday, December 19, 2018

No sec. 68 additions if it resulted in huge GP ratio which wasn't acceptable in assessee's type of business

IT: Where transaction of sale of shares was made by assessee through registered stock broker through Bombay Stock Exchange, after remitting STT and all payments were transacted through bank and shares were held in Demat account; and assessee had furnished all primary evidence in form of bills, contract notes, demat statements and bank account to prove genuineness of transaction relating to purchase and sale of shares resulting in LTCG, entire share transaction which yielded high capital gain sto

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Advance salary received by employee towards his household expenses couldn't be considered as benami transaction

IT/Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act: Where appellant mess employee of college clarified that he received Rs. 50000 from Chairman of Trust running said college as advance salary which was entirely consumed by him towards his household expenses and no amount was deposited by him in his bank account, I.O. was unjustified in holding that amount was given by Chairman to deposit and retain his own money in demonetised currency in guise of loan which was to be repaid after some time in n

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Directors can only be liable when they are responsible for conduct of business of company

Competition Act : Officers / Directors can only be liable if CCI were to come to conclusion that they were key persons who were In-charge and responsible for conduct of business of Company.

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Deemed dividend couldn't be assessed if assessee wasn't a shareholder in lender company: ITAT

IT: Deemed dividend can be assessed only in hands of a person who is a shareholder of lender company and not in hands of a person other than a shareholder

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Govt Orders Cadre Review, I-T Dept Rejig; Panel Set Up

Govt Orders Cadre Review, I-T Dept Rejig; Panel Set Up

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RBI Policy Transmitted Better Via Short-term Rates: Study

RBI Policy Transmitted Better Via Short-term Rates: Study

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Sebi Sets Up Panel to Look into Issue of DVRs

Sebi Sets Up Panel to Look into Issue of DVRs

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NSE Gets Sebi Nod to Launch Weekly Options on Nifty50

NSE Gets Sebi Nod to Launch Weekly Options on Nifty50

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RBI to Purchase Rs. 50,000 crore of Bonds in Jan

RBI to Purchase Rs. 50,000 crore of Bonds in Jan

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New Promotion Policy Causes Heartburn at RBI

New Promotion Policy Causes Heartburn at RBI

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Sebi asks MFs to beef up risk management

Sebi asks MFs to beef up risk management

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CCI can probe Monsanto, says Delhi High Court

CCI can probe Monsanto, says Delhi High Court

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Restructuring of I-T dept on cards, govt forms panel

Restructuring of I-T dept on cards, govt forms panel

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Govt strikes off names of 100,000 companies this FY

Govt strikes off names of 100,000 companies this FY

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RBI to inject Rs. 600 billion more liquidity by January

RBI to inject Rs. 600 billion more liquidity by January

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Start-ups face wave of new angel tax notices

Start-ups face wave of new angel tax notices

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Services of transporting, booking & dispatching of goods by port trust classifiable as business auxiliary service

GST/IDT : Where assessee, a port trust, entered into an agreement with erstwhile South Eastern Railway to provide services of receiving and delivering, transporting, booking and dispatching goods originating in vessels in port and intended for carrying by neighbouring railways or vice versa, activity undertaken by assessee would be classifiable under head 'Business auxiliary service'

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Rounding off actual base fares for online booking of rail tickets by railways tantamounted to abuse of dominance

Competition Act: Practice of Railways to round off base price to next higher multiple of Rs. 5 for tickets booked Online amounts to abuse of dominant position

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Polyester roller blinds fabric classifiable as curtains of synthetic fibres under excise law

GST/Excise/ST/VAT : Where assessee had imported polyester roller blinds fabric and PVC coated roller fabric (component of roller blind) of respective size in roll forms, said goods would be classifiable under Heading No. 6303 92 00

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Market price of goods couldn't be compared with FoB price in case of export of goods to AE

IT/ILT : In case of export of goods to AE, market rate of goods could not be compared with FoB rate

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NCLT has jurisdiction to deal with issue related to non-compliance of further issue of share capital

CL: Issue related to non-compliance of procedure prescribed under section 62 while allotting further shares of company constitutes mismanagement of company and Tribunal had jurisdiction to deal with said issue

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Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Revision petition filed after limitation period challenging service of notice was rightly dismissed

IT : Where assessee filed revision petition challenging additions made in reassessment proceedings on ground that notice of reassessment and opportunity of hearing was not granted to it, in view of fact that in revision petition assessee clearly admitted that not only were notices received, even reassessment order was received but assessee did not care to appeal against it; and later on revision petition was filed after expiry of period of limitation, Commissioner was justified in dismissing sai

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Bank statements aren't books of account; sum credited thereon can’t be treated as unexplained cash credit

IT : Where certain credit entries were reflecting cash deposit in bank account of assessee, but assessee failed to substantiate her claim for source of such cash deposit and, therefore, same was treated as undisclosed income, bank statement not being considered as books of account, any sum found credited in bank passbook cannot be treated as an unexplained cash credit

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Non-veg preparations served in butter paper, paperboard or in tray not classifiable under heading no. 1601.10

GST/IDT : Where assessee, a restaurant, served non vegetarian preparations to customers for consumption in restaurant in butter paper, paperboard, tray, pouches, paperboard cones or any other paperboard boxes, said products not classifiable under Heading No. 1601.10

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Promoter Stake Case: HC Refuses Interim Relief to Kotak Bank

Promoter Stake Case: HC Refuses Interim Relief to Kotak Bank

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Transfer of excess reserves may pull down RBI´s credit rating, says Rajan

Transfer of excess reserves may pull down RBI´s credit rating, says Rajan

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Staffers expect Das to bring old RBI back

Staffers expect Das to bring old RBI back

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No interim relief for Kotak Mahindra Bank from Bombay HC

No interim relief for Kotak Mahindra Bank from Bombay HC

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Machinery embedded in earth to provide 'wobble free operation' won't qualify as immovable property

GST/Excise/ST/VAT: Where machinery or equipment is permanently fastened or embedded to earth, it qualifies as immovable property, however, if machine is fastened merely to provide a 'wobble free operation', it would not qualify as immovable property for purpose of grant of cenvat credit

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Bombay HC set-aside directions issued by AO to assessee to get its accounts audited again

IT : Where reassessment proceedings were pending against assessee and audit report submitted by assessee was also on record, impugned notice issued by revenue under section 142(2A) directing assessee to get its accounts audited again, deserved to be set aside

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MCA issues draft amendment related to Co.’s name availability during incorporation

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has issued draft amendment to Rule 8 of the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014. The purpose of this amendment is to bring clarity to the rules related to name availability.

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SEBI proposes early warning mechanism to prevent diversion of client’s securities

In order to tackle issues related to diversion of client securities, the market regulator, SEBI has decided to put in place an early warning mechanism which will help to sharing information between the stock exchanges, depositories and clearing corporations to detect the diversion of client’s securities.

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SEBI reviews risk management framework for Equity Derivatives Segment

The Market Regulator, SEBI has reviewed the risk management framework for equity derivatives segment wherein it has been clarified that Margin Period of Risk (MPOR) may be increased to 2 days as compared to current MPOR of 1 day.

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Attachment order was to be set aside when mortgaged properties were not proceeds of crime

FEMA, BANKING : Where properties in question had been mortgaged with appellant bank much prior to date of alleged offence which showed that no 'proceeds of crime' were involved in acquiring of those properties, same could not be attached

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Monday, December 17, 2018

SEBI amends regulations for Mutual Funds

The Market Regulator, SEBI has notified the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Mutual Funds) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2018 wherein new proviso has

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No denial of exemption on incurring part of exp. towards non-objects if sec. 13 conditions not violated by BCCI

IT : Where assessee charitable trust was engaged in promotion of cricket and Assessing Officer denied its entire claim for exemption under section 11 on grounds that a part of expenditure incurred by assessee was not for object of trust, since assessee had not violated any of conditions of section 13, assessee's claim for exemption could not be disallowed fully but it had to be disallowed only to extent of such part of expenditure which was not incurred for object of trust

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16 yrs amended time limit for re-assessment can’t be applied to assessments concluded before that amendment

IT : Re-assessment for assessment year 1998-99 on assessee-individual (who was non-resident for subject assessment year) could not be reopened beyond 31-3-2005, as it was barred by limitation under section 149

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FTS should be taxable as per Article 7 in case there is no FTS clause in India-Philipines DTAA: ITAT

IT/ILT : There being no provision in DTAA to tax fees for Technical Services, payment made by assessee to avail technical service of its AE, would be taxed as per article 7 but in absence of PE in India, said income was not chargeable to tax in India

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Belated payments of employees contribution not allowable as deduction as per sec. 43B

IT : Scope of section 43B and section 36(1)(va) are different and thus, there is no question of reading both provisions together to consider as to whether assessee-employer is entitled to deduction in respect of sum belatedly paid towards employee contribution, and therefore, for considering such question, application of section 36(1)(va) read with section 2(24)(x) alone is proper course

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Complete Overhaul Needed for RBI Board to Emulate Fed, BoE: Acharya

Complete Overhaul Needed for RBI Board to Emulate Fed, BoE: Acharya

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Lenders Await NCLAT Ruling on IL and FS Debt

Lenders Await NCLAT Ruling on IL and FS Debt

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Court Order Trips Tax Hounds in Hunt for Secret Foreign Assets

Court Order Trips Tax Hounds in Hunt for Secret Foreign Assets

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Delhi HC dismisses Vodafone plea for tax refund of over Rs 47.59 billion

Delhi HC dismisses Vodafone plea for tax refund of over Rs 47.59 billion

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RBI waves ED threat to bring exporters in line

RBI waves ED threat to bring exporters in line

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Advance salary received by employee for his personal use couldn't be considered as Benami transaction

IT/Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act: Where employee of college run by Trust had received advance salary of Rs. 50000 from Chairman of Trust and same was returned immediately to employer upon insistence of I.T. Department, I.O. was unjustified in holding that amount was given to bring demonetized money into circulation

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Activities of toll collection would be covered under definition of business auxiliary service

GST/Excise/ST/VAT : Where assessee was awarded a contract for purpose of operation and maintenance of a Toll Road with following scope : collect toll and maximize collection of toll, maintain facility against damage or deterioration, ensure that all services provided under contract comply with prudent utility practices, activities undertaken by assessee in respect of toll collection would be covered by definition of 'Business auxiliary service'

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Accepting fares from pricing device couldn’t be collusive as there was no agreement between aggregators & drivers

Competition Act: Where drivers who uses ola/uber App., instead of competing on price, accept fare which was outcome of ola/uber pricing algorithm, same would not amount to collusion between drivers

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Provisions of sec. 40(A)(2) not applicable in case of co-operative society

IT : Provisions of section 40A(2) are not applicable to co-operative society

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Application for compounding of offence couldn't be accepted when trial of same offence was pending before SC

CL: Where criminal case against applicant for being a director of more than 20 companies was pending against applicant before Special Court, Bangalore, Tribunal at Kolkata had no jurisdiction to consider application of compounding of offence merely because applicant shifted registered offices of some companies from Bangalore to Kolkata

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Saturday, December 15, 2018

No need to process Vodafone’s refund based ITRs on likelihood of arising huge demands: HC

IT : Writ Petition is filed by petitioner-Vodafone on account of inaction on part of Assessing Officer in not processing income tax returns for four Assessment Years 2014-15 to 2017-18 which will result in issuance of refunds aggregating to Rs. 4759.74 crores

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No escape from penalty though tax was deducted by bank on interest income before close of financial year

IT : In terms of section 194A(1), time of deduction of tax is undisputedly time at which interest is to be credited to account of payee or when it is paid in cash/cheque or draft therefore, deduction of tax at source on interest income before close of financial year concerned as provided under section 194A(4) would not absolve assessee bank from penalty for not deducting tax at source at time of credit of said income in payee's account

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No lapse in not processing refund based ITRs if substantial demands were pending against Vodafone: HC

IT : Writ Petition is filed by petitioner-Vodafone on account of inaction on part of Assessing Officer in not processing income tax returns for four Assessment Years 2014-15 to 2017-18 which will result in issuance of refunds aggregating to Rs. 4759.74 crores

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Benefit of exemption for next exam was rightly denied to CMA student as he failed in 3 consecutive attempts

IT/ICWAI Regulation: Restriction of three attempts granted to a CMA student having secured 60 per cent in a paper from appearing in that paper in subsequent attempts having been exhausted, he would not be entitled to further exemption in view of amendment carried out in Regulation 41(2) of Cost and Works Accountants (Amendment) Regulations, 2012

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Allegation of concerted action could not be sustained as there were variations in price quotations: CCI

Competition Act : Where in tenders floated by CLW, DLW and DMW for supply of oil cooler rediators (OCR) there were variations in price quotations by three parties viz., OP-1, OP-2 and 'T', allegation of informant of concerted action on part of OPs in bidding process could not be sustained and, therefore, no case of contravention of provisions of Act was made out against OPs

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Allow LTCG on Stocks Held for 3 Yrs, Brokers Urge FM

Allow LTCG on Stocks Held for 3 Yrs, Brokers Urge FM

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RBI Board Takes Stock of All Issues on Agenda, but Makes No Announcement

RBI Board Takes Stock of All Issues on Agenda, but Makes No Announcement

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Sebi ban on F6 Finserve, F6 Commodities and 8 directors to continue

Sebi ban on F6 Finserve, F6 Commodities and 8 directors to continue

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Usha Martin's MD under ED scanner for alleged FEMA violations

Usha Martin's MD under ED scanner for alleged FEMA violations

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RBI to further examine governance framework

RBI to further examine governance framework

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Deposits made under Senior Citizen Welfare Fund during FY 2018-19 shall bear 7.90% interest rate: Fi

The Ministry of Finance has notified the deposits made under the Senior Citizens Welfare Fund w.e.f 01-04-2018 to 31-03- 2019 shall bear interest at 7.90% rate.

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Details of total Direct Tax and Indirect Tax collected over the last 3 years released

Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla, Minister of State for Finance has released the component-wise details of total Direct Tax and Indirect Tax collected over the last three years.

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Number of e-Returns filed by the individual tax payers sees big jump to 28.4%

Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla, Minister of State for Finance in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha has stated the number of income-tax returns filed and the annual growth rate during the last four financial years. There has been 28.4% growth in the number of e-Returns filed the Individual taxpayers during the last four years.

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HC slams AO for adopting cash accounting system if mercantile accounting system was consistently followed

IT: Where assessee, engaged in business of land development, had been consistently following mercantile system of accounting in respect of all its projects, assessee was not justified in adopting cash system of accounting in respect of only one project

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Dispute related to notice to creditors could be irrelevant when they had given no objection to amalgamation scheme

CL: Where Tribunal accepted scheme of amalgamation of transferor company with transferee company and appellants claimed to be creditor of transferee company alleged that no notice of said scheme was given to them, but, from affidavit of appellants submitted by transferee company it was found that appellants in capacity of creditor's of transferor company had given no objection to said scheme, there was no substance in grievance raised by appellants

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Friday, December 14, 2018

MCA relaxes additional fees payable by Cos. on Cost Audit Report in XBRL format up to Dec. 31, 2018

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has decided to relax the additional fees payable by companies on CRA-4 (Cost Audit Report in XBRL format) up to Dec. 31, 2018

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VAT collected on behalf of State Govt. not an income just because it was routed through P&L a/c

IT : Retention of a part of VAT at multi-purpose barrier collected by assessee-society as per section 34 of VAT Act, 2005 till process of determination of its actual expenditure incurred on collection, followed by deposit of balance surplus amount in Government Treasury for onward transmission to State Government, cannot be treated as 'real income' in hands of assessee for purpose of IT Act, 1961

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HC justified sec. 68 additions as assessee failed to explain huge cash sales only in 1 month during year

IT: Where assessee had sold a new product launched by it on test market basis over and above its counter sale but failed to explain as to how and why such cash sales of huge amount effected only in one month of a year, Assessing Officer was justified in making additions in respect of such unexplained sales under section 68

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CCI can form prima facie view without taking evidence under Competition Act

Competition Act: It is not incumbent upon CCI to first take evidence under section 36(2) or regulation 41 before forming a prima facie view, which it is required to form in terms of section 26

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HC directed co. to hold meeting of members for approval to introduce funds for scheme of arrangement

CL : Where management had promised to infuse funds and a bank guarantee of Rs. 6 crore had already been placed on record, proposed scheme of arrangement between respondent company, its members and creditors appeared to be a plausible mechanism to move forward and try and complete project so that interest of allottees was taken care off

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Sebi eases norms for clubbing investment limits by FPIs

Sebi eases norms for clubbing investment limits by FPIs

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Govt banks seek easing of loan recast norms

Govt banks seek easing of loan recast norms

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Imposition of 'Take or Pay' liability by GAIL on customers won't amount to abuse of dominant position: CCI

Competition Act: Where OP supplied Re-gasified Liquefied Natural Gas to informant, act of OP, such as, imposition of 'Take or Pay' liability to neutralize losses due to non take off by customer, suspension of supply due to non-submission of letter of credit, invocation of letter of credit for recovering 'Take or Pay Liability' would not amount to abuse of dominant position

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ITAT set-aside TP additions as allocation of exp. was based upon global agreement supported by CPA certificate

IT/ILT: Where TPO rejected ALP of cost allocated to assessee and made additions by stating that assessee failed to produce supporting documents/evidence to substantiate that services were rendered by AE, however, it was found that assessee's allocation of expenses was based upon a global agreement between AEs and was supported by CPA certificate, additions so made were to be set aside

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Time limit for filing e-form NFRA-1 will be 30 days from date of deployment of form: MCA

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has explicated that the time limit for filing Form NFRA-1 will be 30 days from the date of deployment of this form on the website of Ministry/National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA).

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Thursday, December 13, 2018

Payment of advance salary to defeat purpose of demonetisation won't come under purview of benami transaction

IT/Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act: Payment of advance salary by employer to its employee to defeat purpose of demonetisation didn't come under purview of Benami Transaction

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Compensation awarded under Motor Vehicles Act isn't income chargeable to tax: HC

IT: Compensation awarded under Motor Vehicles Act or Employees' Compensation Act in lieu of death of a person or bodily injury suffered in a vehicular accident, is a damage and not an income and cannot be treated as taxable income

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No deduction towards acquisition of satellite distribution rights if films weren't exhibited on commercial basis

IT: Where assessee's claim for deduction under rule 9B(4) in connection with acquisition of satellite distribution rights of three Malayalam films was rejected on ground that there was no exhibition of films on commercial basis during period of acquisition or in next year, in view of fact that feature films were never exhibited and there was no amount credited in profit and loss account of assessee as amount received on exhibition of films, impugned disallowance, was to be confirmed

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SEBI issues clarification on clubbing of investment limits of Foreign Portfolio Investors

The market regulator, SEBI has issued clarification on clubbing of investment limits of Foreign Portfolio Investors wherein it has been decided that clubbing of investment limit for FPIs will be on the basis of common ownership of more than 50% or based on common control

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Payment of advance salary to defeat purpose of demonization won't come under purview of benami transaction

IT/Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act: Payment of advance salary by employer to its employee to defeat purpose of demonization didn't come under purview of Benami Transaction

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Debt Recovery tribunal has power to condone delay in filing securitization application: HC

FEMA/BANKING : Provisions of Limitation Act, 1963 are applicable to proceedings under section 17 of SARFAESI before DRT; DRT has power to extend period in filing Securitisation application

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Winding up proceedings under SICA will continue in HC until parties file an application for transfer to NCLT

CL : Under scheme of Section 434 (as amended) and Rule 5 of Companies(Transfer of Pending Proceedings)Rules,2016 all proceedings under Section 20 of the SIC Act pending before High Court are to continue as such until a party files an application before High Court for transfer of such proceedings post 17.08.2018. Once this is done,

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Everstone, GLP to Launch Dollar 500-M Investment Platform for Logistics

Everstone, GLP to Launch Dollar 500-M Investment Platform for Logistics

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Sebi Examining Whistleblower Complaint Against Sun Pharma

Sebi Examining Whistleblower Complaint Against Sun Pharma

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NBFCs Rise as Markets Hope for a Softer Liquidity Stance

NBFCs Rise as Markets Hope for a Softer Liquidity Stance

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Sebi Allows Mfs to Segregate Distressed Assets, Eases Listing Norms for Startups

Sebi Allows Mfs to Segregate Distressed Assets, Eases Listing Norms for Startups

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Governor promises to uphold RBI autonomy

Governor promises to uphold RBI autonomy

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No concealment penalty just because an inadmissible claim of deduction was raised

IT: Where assessee engaged in re-financing of loan given for purchase of residential houses, disclosed all particulars relating to claim of deduction under sec. 36(1)(viii), mere fact that AO opined that since assessee was not directly engaged in providing long-term finance for construction of purchase of houses and thus assessee's claim was inadmissible, could not be a ground to pass a penalty order under sec 271(1)(c)

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Cost plus method couldn't be rejected merely because assessee used 'PBIT' terminology instead of 'GP' as PLI

IT/ILT: Where assessee, engaged in purchase and sale of software application services with AE, applied CPM to benchmark its international transactions, mere fact that by mistake assessee used terminology 'profit before interest and tax' (PBIT) instead of gross profit (GP) as PLI, could not be a valid ground to reject assessee's method and to determine ALP by applying TNMM

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Promotion & auxiliary services related to lottery business classifiable as business auxiliary service

GST/IDT : Where assessee was engaged in lottery business and it was undertaking entire process of operating lottery business which included promotion, marketing and all auxiliary and incidental support services, activity undertaken by assessee would fall under category of 'business auxiliary service'

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Approval was to be granted for revising board's report as there was no financial effect

CL : Where revision sought to be made in Report of Board pertained to procedural documents attached with financial statement or disclosures and ROC found that there would be no financial effect if revision was made in Report of Board and further, company undertook to pay tax dues, approval was to be granted for revising said Report of Board

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SEBI proposes to create segregated portfolios by Mutual Funds

The Market Regulator, SEBI has proposed to allow Mutual Funds to create Segregated Portfolios with respect to debt and money market instruments subject to various safeguards. This facility will be available to Mutual Funds based on credit events. Creating Segregated Portfolio may be optional for mutual funds, but approval of trustees is necessary for activating such portfolio.

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ITAT allowed assessee to declare profit on redemption of mutual fund unit as short-term capital gain

IT : Where assessee declared profit on redemption of units of mutual fund as short term capital gain, in view of fact that only few such transactions took place during relevant year and no borrowed funds were utilised to purchase units of mutual fund, impugned order holding that profit in question was liable to tax as business income, was to be set aside

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Flipkart didn't abuse its dominant position due to presence of other players in e-commerce segment

Competition Act: Where other than OP1 'Flipkart', multiple players like Paytm Mall, SnapDeal, Shopclues etc. were present in online marketplace platforms for selling goods and as per data available in public domain, presently Amazon was biggest competitor of Flipkart, Flipkart could not be said to be dominant in relevant market

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Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Notification No. 86/2018 [F.No.370133/34/2016-TPL (Part)] / SO 6054(E)

Publish Date : Thursday, December 6, 2018


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Notification No.85/2018 [F.No.370133/34/2016-TPL] / SO 6053(E)

Publish Date : Thursday, December 6, 2018


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Amendment to sec. 2(14) providing aerial distance for determining agricultural land has no retro-effect

IT: Provisions of item (b) of sub-clause (iii) of section 2(14) which provides for considering distance of land from municipal limits aerially, not by road, and which have been substituted by Finance Act, 2013 with effect from 1-4-2014 are prospective in operation

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IRDAI notifies regulations on Re-insurance, effective from January 1, 2019

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has notified the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Re-insurance) Reguations, 2018. These regulations shall come into effect from 1st January, 2019

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Merger of sister concern with assessee couldn't be a ground to reject claim for sec. 10B exemption

IT: Where assessee's claim for exemption under section 10B was rejected on ground that its sister concern get merged with it, in view of fact that both firms were doing same business and, moreover, assessee's sister concern was also an EOU, impugned order rejecting assessee's claim was to be set aside

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Forex gains to be treated as part of operating profits for the purpose of ALP computation

IT/ILT: Foreign exchange gains are required to be treated as part of operating profits

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RBI Bought Dollar 3.4b of US T-bills in Sept

RBI Bought Dollar 3.4b of US T-bills in Sept

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Apple accused by Egypt of violating competition laws

Apple accused by Egypt of violating competition laws

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Fund managers focus on RBI moves after election fever

Fund managers focus on RBI moves after election fever

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Shaktikanta Das named RBI guv

Shaktikanta Das named RBI guv

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Attachment of bank account could only be made after adjudication order showing exact ST payable: HC

Service Tax : Where a notice was issued to assessee under section 73(1) for short payment of service tax, as long as an adjudication order was not passed in pursuance of said notice determining exact amount of service tax payable, no notice could be issued under section 87(b)(i) seeking attachment of bank account of assessee

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Exp. allowable if assessee was responsible for warranty towards engines supplied to IAF manufactured by Russian Co.

IT : Where in terms of tripartite agreement entered into between assessee, a Russian company and Indian Air Force, assessee had to supply engines of aircrafts to Indian Air Force manufactured by Rusian company, in view of fact that warranty in respect of engines so supplied was responsibility of assessee for a specified period, assessee's claim for deduction of warranty expenses was to be allowed

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Tuesday, December 11, 2018

No additions on basis of TDS claimed if corresponding income not taxable due to cash system of accounting

IT: In terms of Rule 37BA, revenue could not, merely because credit for tax deducted at source was erroneously claimed by assessee, bring corresponding professional receipts to tax, if such receipts were otherwise not assessable as income in accordance with law

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Removal of scrap generated during manufacturing process from premises not taxable as business support services

GST/Service Tax : Where assessee was engaged in removal of scrap and slag generated during manufacturing process from premises of steel manufacturer, said activity would not fall under head 'business support service'

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CCI notifies norms for authorizing an advocate to accompany any person summoned by DG

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has notified the Competition Commission of India (General) Amendment Regulations, 2018 wherein new proviso has been inserted after Regulation 46 which specified norms for authorizing an advocate to accompany any person summoned by Director General.

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Bankers Hope for a More Pragmatic RBI Under New Governor

Bankers Hope for a More Pragmatic RBI Under New Governor

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PATEL OUT ; OVER TO GOVT

PATEL OUT ; OVER TO GOVT

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Govt ups NPS contribution to 14%, withdrawal now tax free

Govt ups NPS contribution to 14%, withdrawal now tax free

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In line: Direct tax collection rises by 15.7%

In line: Direct tax collection rises by 15.7%

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Kotak Bank move court against RBI

Kotak Bank move court against RBI

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Patel quites, markets on edge

Patel quites, markets on edge

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Sec. 269T not applicable in respect of payment of interest; ITAT deleted sec. 271E penalty

IT : Where assessee builder could not prove expenditure incurred with relevant books and vouchers, estimation of income at rate of 11 per cent was reasonable

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HC couldn't question reassessment if similar issue pertaining to subsequent AY was pending before CIT(A)

IT: Where in case of assessee, a public charitable trust, reassessment proceedings were initiated on ground that it did not offer anonymous cash donations to tax under section 115BBC and, validity of said reassessment proceedings were challenged by filing a writ petition, in view of fact that a regular appeal on similar issue pertaining to subsequent assessment year was already pending before Commissioner (Appeals), it was not appropriate for Court to give its opinion in respect of validity of r

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Amount lying in FDR of appellant's son couldn't be appropriated towards penalty for FEMA violations

FEMA : Where Adjudicating Authority did not pass any confiscation order of FDR standing in name of appellant's son for violating provisions of section 3, he could not appropriate said amount towards penalty under any provisions of Act

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Monday, December 10, 2018

No denial of registration merely on ground that secretary was getting lease rent for land given to society

IT: Where assessee educational society, set up with various aims and objects including improvement in standard of education of backward students of rural areas, was running a school and Commissioner had not doubted genuineness of its aims and objects, application under section 12A could not be rejected merely on ground that secretary of society was getting lease rent for land given to society for running school or his wife who had requisite qualification was teaching in school and was being paid

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Disallowance of indexed cost of improvement was justified if assessee failed to prove quantum of exp. incurred

IT: Where assessee, while computing long-term capital gain on sale of an immovable property, claimed deduction of indexed cost of improvement incurred by it in said property, since assessee had not submitted any documentary evidence to prove quantum of expenditure incurred on improvement, Assessing Officer was justified in disallowing claim made by assessee

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Exemption available even if DPS made profits from its joint venture with satellite schools; SLP dismissed

IT: SLP dismissed against High Court ruling that where assessee society was set up with object of imparting education and it had entered into franchise agreements with satellite schools and also used gains arising out of these agreements in form of franchisee fees for furtherance of educational purposes, it fulfilled requirements to qualify for exemption under section 10(23C)(vi)

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SLP granted against ruling that income from letting out shops in shopping malls taxable as business income

IT : Where High Court upheld Tribunal's order holding that income earned by assessee from letting out various shops/stalls in shopping malls constructed by them was to be treated as business income and not as income from house property, SLP filed against said decision was to be granted

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CBDT lays conditions to avail benefit of Sec. 115JG where Indian branch of a foreign bank converts i

The CBDT has notified certain conditions for availing of the benefit of Sec. 115JG where Indian branch of a foreign bank is converted into its Indian Subsidiary Company.

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CBDT sets rule to compute holding period of an asset where Indian branch of foreign bank converts in

The CBDT has amended the Rule 8AA of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 to provide that in case of conversion of an Indian branch of a foreign bank into its Indian Subsidiary, the period for which the asset was held by the Indian branch shall also be considered while calculating the period of holding of such an asset in the hands of the Indian Subsidiary.

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Reassessment valid if ITAT made only first holder liable for tax on income earned from joint investments

IT: Where Assessing Officer reopened assessment of assessee on basis of information received in form of observation of Tribunal in case of assessee's son that certain investments made in mutual funds jointly by assessee and her son should be taxed in hands of assessee as she was first holder, further, assessee failed to explain source of such investments while filling her return under section 139(1), impugned reopening of assessment was justified

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No sec. 54B exemption if new agricultural land was purchased prior to sale of old agriculture land

IT : Where assessee purchased a piece of agricultural land prior to sale of agricultural land owned by him, assessee's claim for deduction under section 54B in respect of land so purchased was to be rejected

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India will retain highest position among world’s top remittance recipient countries: World Bank

The Indian economy is proliferating by leaps and bounds whilst providing new avenues and poising us in the top position among other developing countries in the remittance sector.

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No denial of sec. 10(23C) relief just because society promoting education had devised fee structure to earn money

IT : Where assessee's claim for exemption under section 10(23C)(vi) was rejected on ground that it had disproportionate fee structure which was devised to earn maximum money, in view of fact that dominant object of assessee was to impart education and not to earn profit, impugned order passed by authorities below was to be set aside

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Sebi Plans Uniform Leverage Norms

Sebi Plans Uniform Leverage Norms

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RBI Mulls Live Video Authentication

RBI Mulls Live Video Authentication

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OFS route may be extended to more firms

OFS route may be extended to more firms

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Service of transportation of excavated materials within mine area would qualify as mining services

GST/Service Tax: Where assessee, under a contract, was engaged in excavation and transportation of excavated materials from mines to crushing plant, transportation of overburden to dump yard within mine, crushing and screening of excavated materials, and transportation of finished products to stock yard within mine, said activities would fall under category of 'mining services'

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CBDT advises banks not to deduct TDS if interest paid to senior citizens doesn’t exceed Rs. 50,000

The CBDT has clarified that no tax is required to be deducted under section 194A in case of senior citizens where the amount of interest paid or payable during a financial year doesn’t exceed Rs. 50,000

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Web hosting charges paid to Amazon for using its servers for providing e-services not taxable as royalty

IT/ILT : Where assessee, engaged in distribution of recharge pens of various DTH providers via online network, paid web hosting charges to US based company for using its servers, since assessee did not possess and did not have any control over server or severs space being deployed by said company while providing e-services as per agreement, there was no scope to conclude that e-service charges paid to US company amounted to royalty

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No ST on service of setting-up temporary camps on occasion of Gur-ta-Gaddi Tercentenary celebration

GST/IDT : Where assessee had set up temporary camps at South Nanded and Nerli on occasion of Gur-ta-Gaddi Tercentenary Celebration, in terms of Circular No. 79/9/2004-ST, dated 17-9-2004, service provided by assessee was not liable to be charged to service tax

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RPM is MAM in case of distribution activities undertaken by assessee

IT/ILT: Where assessee imported finished goods from its Associated Enterprises (AEs) and resold same to non-AEs without any value addition, RPM was most appropriate method in respect of distribution activities undertaken by assessee

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No denial of sec. 10(23C) exemption if an educational trust also carried some allied charitable activities

IT : Where assessee-trust was established pre-dominantly with an object of providing education to all sections of society, mere fact that it spent a meagre amount of its total income on some allied charitable activities such as providing food and clothing to relatives of poor students, would not stand in way of denying benefit to it under section 10(23C)(iiiad)

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Co. wasn't allowed to handover original share certificates to appellant as matter was pending before HC

CL: Where shares held by appellant in R1 company were kept with R1 as security for R1's corporate guarantee against loan taken by company in which appellant was director and said loan had to be paid by R1, claim of appellant for delivery of shares was not true and original share certificates could not be handed over to appellant

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Friday, December 7, 2018

TDS deduction under section 194A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 in case of Senior Citizens

Publish Date : Thursday, December 6, 2018


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Format for disclosing details of significant beneficial owners of shares by listed cos. unveiled

Vide SEBI Circular No. CIR/CFD/CMD/13/2015 dated November 30, 2015, a format has been prescribed for disclosure of holding of specified securities and shareholding pattern under Annexure-I to the circular.

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SEBI sets up Cyber Security Operation Center to tackle cyber security breaches

Recognizing the need for a robust Cyber Security and Cyber Resilience framework at Market Infrastructure Institutions (MIIs), i.e., Stock Exchanges, Clearing Corporations and Depositories, vide SEBI Circular CIR/MRD/DP/13/2015 dated July 06, 2015, a detailed regulatory framework on cyber security and cyber resilience was prescribed.

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HC confirmed sec. 14A disallowance towards dividend earned on specified securities purchased on RBI directions

IT : Where pursuant to directions of RBI, assessee invested certain amount in specified securities, bonds etc. in order to continue its licence to carry on business as a residuary non-banking financial company, said securities/bonds could not be regarded as trading assets of assessee and, thus, impugned disallowance made under section 14A in respect of dividend income earned on said securities was to be upheld

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Assessee couldn't challenge constitutional validity of proviso to Rule 9A during pendency of appeal: HC

IT : Where during pendency of appeal against assessment order passed under section 143(3), assessee filed a petition challenging constitutional validity of proviso to rule 9A, since assessee's appeal was pending before Commissioner (Appeals) on merits, interest of justice would be served by not examining presently issue of constitutional validity and legality of proviso to rule 9A

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Provision of sec. 43B couldn't be invoked with regards to duty & surcharge collected by state electricity board

IT: Section 43B could not be invoked for making assessment of liability of assessee State Electricity Board with regard to amount of electricity duty and surcharge collected by it as an agent of State of Kerala

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FPIs want Sebi to make Life easier

FPIs want Sebi to make Life easier

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RBI may cut rates by 0.25% in Feb or April: BofAML

RBI may cut rates by 0.25% in Feb or April: BofAML

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Dep. was allowable on public roads by treating them as buildings; SLP dismissed

IT : Where High Court upheld order passed by Tribunal allowing assessee's claim of depreciation on public roads treating same as building, SLP filed against said order was to be dismissed

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SEBI allows 1 year to comply with mutual fund shareholding norms if such norms are inadvertently vio

Regulation 7B of SEBI (Mutual Fund) Regulations, 1996 is amended to provide 1 year time to sponsors of the mutual funds to comply with norms for shareholding and Governance of Mutual funds where they inadvertently acquire shares or voting rights due to merger or acquisition

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NCLAT holds transfer of shares without notice as illegal and restores name of respondent in register of members

CL: Where appellant's shares in respondent-company were transferred to respondent No. 3 without notice, transfer of shares in name of respondent No. 3 was illegal and appellant's name was to be restored in register of members

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HC upheld winding up of broker co. as it received money from trader, however made transaction in name of third party

CA : Where broker of NSEL received money from trader but made transactions in name of third party while creating false impression that same were done in name of said trader, broker should either pay trader impugned amount or it should be wound up

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Amendment to sec. 200A empowering AO to levy sec. 234E fees on delayed filing of TDS return has no retro-effect

IT : Amendment to provisions of section 200A with effect from 1-6-2015 empowering Assessing Officer levying fees under section 234E has prospective operation and, therefore, Assessing Officer while processing TDS statements for period prior to 1-6-2015, was not empowered to charge fees under section 234E

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Thursday, December 6, 2018

No denial of exemption in absence of proof that assessee introduced unaccounted money to earn LTCG;

IT : Assessing Officer received information from DGIT (Inv.), Kolkata that some companies were engaged in business of issuing penny stocks for which there were large number of beneficiaries claiming bogus long term capital gain - Assessing Officer, based on said information,

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No denial exemption in absence of proof that assessee introduced unaccounted money to earn LTCG

IT : Assessing Officer received information from DGIT (Inv.), Kolkata that some companies were engaged in business of issuing penny stocks for which there were large number of beneficiaries claiming bogus long term capital gain - Assessing Officer, based on said information,

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Karta was eligible to claim TDS credit wrongly deposited in his name if HUF hadn't availed benefit of such TDS

IT : Where due to mistake, TDS related to HUF of assessee whereof assessee was karta was credited to assessee's TDS account, assessee could claim refund of such TDS credit, provided HUF had not availed benefit of such TDS certificate

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No sec. 68 additions towards trade advances if these were adjusted against subsequent sales; SLP dismissed

IT : Where High Court upheld Tribunal's order to delete addition made under section 68 in respect of trade advances on ground that said advances were adjusted against sales made in subsequent years, SLP filed against said decision was to be dismissed

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ITAT deleted additions as amount deposited in assessee's Foreign Bank a/c didn't belong to him

IT: Where addition was made to income of assessee on account of amount deposited in foreign bank account through a trust owned by an NRI, since it was found that said amount in foreign bank account was actually owned by said NRI and he had also admitted some, impugned addition was unjustified

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There is statutory bar on issuance of SCN under FEMA for offence completed under FERA regime

FEMA: Once issue of Show Cause Notice of offence completed in FERA regime no Show Cause Notice could be issued after 1-6-2002 under FEMA, 1999 because of statutory bar under FEMA, 1999

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SC dismissed plea of Jio & CCI seeking probe against Idea, Airtel and Vodafone

CCI : Where Reliance Jio had filed an information alleging anti-competitive agreement/cartel having been formed by three major telecom operators, namely Idea, Airtel and Vodafone and allegations, in effect, pertained to violations of Interconnect Agreements and obligations under TRAI Regulations by these three operators against Jio, which fell with specialized domain of TRAI(Telecom Regulatory Authority of India),

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Once issue of SCN of offence completed in FERA regime on SCN can be issued after under FEMA due to statutory bar

FEMA: Once issue of Show Cause Notice of offence completed in FERA regime no Show Cause Notice could be issued after 1-6-2002 under FEMA, 1999 because of statutory bar under FEMA, 1999

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RBI Holds Rates, But Hints at Future Easing

RBI Holds Rates, But Hints at Future Easing

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RBI may Go Back to 'Neutral' in Feb

RBI may Go Back to 'Neutral' in Feb

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Pre-Filled ITR Forms in the Works, says CBDT Chief

Pre-Filled ITR Forms in the Works, says CBDT Chief

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RBI Proposes Expert Panel to Study MSME Distress

RBI Proposes Expert Panel to Study MSME Distress

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AO can’t disallow cost of improvement merely relying on enquiries made with assessee’s neighbour: ITAT

INCOME TAX : Where assessee had purchased a flat and incurred expenditure of Rs. 23 lakhs for purpose of renovating house and Assessing Offi...