Income Tax Judgements

Section 115JB, read with section 154, of the Income-tax Act, 1961 - Minimum Alternate tax - Assessment year 2002-03 - Whether deferred tax liability is neither income-tax ‘paid’ or ‘payable’ nor a ‘provision’ against same, but it is nevertheless an a

Section 12AA, read with section 12A, of the Income-tax Act, 1961 - Charitable or religious trust - Registration procedure - Whether it is mandatory for Commissioner to dispose of application for registration under section 12A within six months from e

Section 5, read with sections 28(v) and 145, of the Income-tax Act, 1961 - Income - Accrual of - Assessment years 1998-99 to 2002-03 - Whether mere withdrawal by partners cannot be considered to be a method of accounting and amount, which is made unc

Held by the Hon`ble Court that, in the absence of any definition of the word manufacture one should appreciate the meaning as commonly understood by a reasonable person, form this point of view conversion of blank disc to a software loaded disc is cl

THIS is a rare case where the assessee lost consistently at all stages from AO, through, Commissioner (Appeals), ITAT, High Court and now the Supreme Court. For the assessment year 1992-93, the assessee appellant had claimed deduction under

Block assessment - notice u/s 158BC(a) cannot be equated with that of notice u/s 148; Defects in notice protected under umbrella of Sec 292B : Bombay HC

Held by the Hon`ble Bench that, the scope of section 147 of Income-tax Act, is not for reversing the earlier order suo motu. Therefore reassessment is not permissible on the basis of change of opinion.

Can double benefits u/s 10B and Sec 80HHC be allowed on exports of same goods? - Can Revenue deny Sec 80HHC benefits if exports are made from third country? - Tribunal says YES in first case and NO in second

Need for notice u/s 143(2) cannot be dispensed with in a case where AO proceeds to make inquiry for assessment, and determination of taxes payable after issuing notice u/s 143(1) as well : ITAT