Income Tax Judgements

A bare reading of section 68 suggests that there has to be credit of amounts in the books maintained by assessees; that such credit has to be of a sum during the previous year; and that the assessees offer no explanation about the nature and source o

Primary burden of proof, therefore, is on the revenue. The statute requires satisfaction on the part of the Assessing Officer. He is required to arrive at a satisfaction so as to show that there is primary evidence to establish that the assessee had

The Act is concerned only with the profits earned in India and, therefore, a method is to be found out to ascertain the profits arising in India and the only way to do so is by treating the Indian PE as a separate profit centre vis-a-vis the foreign

Determination of liability of income-tax under the provisions of the Act for the purpose of computation of income of an assessee, inter alia, for carrying on business in insurance is governed by section 44 thereof and rule 5(a) of the First Schedule

“the income-tax has laid down certain rules to be applied in deciding how the tax should be assessed and even if the result is to tax as profits what cannot be construed as profits, still the requirements of the income-tax must be complied with. Wh

Proceedings in search cases cannot be used as an opportunity to either reopen concluded assessment or to reassess returned income:ITAT

Held by the Hon`ble Bench that as per section 55(2) clause (aa) in case assessee becomes entitled to an additional financial asset by virtue of original holding of shares the cost of acquisition of the original shares cannot be spread over for calcul

proportionate lease rent paid by the mining lessee for acquiring leasehold right for extracting minerals from mineral bearing land would be a capital expenditure.

The companies having accumulated profits and the companies in which substantial voting power lies in the hands of the person other than the public (controlled companies) are required to distribute accumulated profits as dividends to the shareholders.