Income Tax Judgements

Larger Bench of High Court deciding a bunch of Appeals vide a significant ruling has ruled that power to impose penalty under Section 271 of the Act depends upon the satisfaction of the Income Tax Officer in the course of the proceedings under the

There was a general investigation by the Investigation wing regarding a fake gift racket. There was no information with the AO when the assessee voluntarily surrendered the income, that gifts or credits received by assessee were fake. In the assessme

Income tax - Search u/s 132 - assessee is a tax consultant - Revenue conducts a search - finds papers related to bogus TDS certificates and refund collected from Revenue -

Income tax - Sec 56 - assessee was a partner in a firm - Firm reconstituted after the death of one of the partners - assessee continued to be a partner in the new firm -

Swamiji in jail - His income cannot be treated as income of TRUST - amounts which have 'come in' are income - the amounts received by the writ petitioner constituted income since it was profits and gains arising out of his vocation, profession or bus

Income Tax - set off of the loss suffered in any of the previous year in the block period against the income assessed in other previous years in the block period is not prohibited:

Section 143, read with section 36(1)(vii), of the Income-tax Act, 1961 - Assessment - Prima facie adjustments - Assessment year 1994-95 - Whether as section 36(1)(vii) does not authorise granting of deduction of any debt unless it is written off in a

The assessee has written off 1/5th of deferred revenue expenditure in its books of account and claimed the expenditure on deferred basis in its return of income.

Case Fact: Whether, allowing exemption for children education and leave travel on the basis of declaration and affidavits given by the employees, the Tribunal was justified in law?

Income Tax Act, 1961 - Sections 17 and 192 - Free meals coupon issued to employees - Some of them misusing the same - Whether company is liable to deduct TDS from the value of such free coupons provided – Held, No.