No Opportunity of Cross-Examination under Income Tax Litigations

No Opportunity of Cross-Examination under Income Tax Litigations In law, cross-examination is the interrogation of a witness called by one’s opponent. Section 138 of the Indian Evidence Act 1872 provides that a witness will be...

Submission in cases of Alleged Bogus Purchases

In many instances, there are allegations from Income Tax Department that the tax payer has made BOGUS PURCHASES in order to reduce the Income Tax Liability although the assessee has furnished the invoices which...

Streedhan, Pin Money and NRI Savings during Demonetization period.

When PM Modi announced that Rs with the denomination of 500/- and 1000/- would cease to be the legal tender from 9th of Nov, the whole country was stunned. This decision caused sensation in...

Is the present State of Economy manmade or Natural ?

If the whole world is looking upto India as their prospective market, then how can our Indian economy crash?Is the slow down of economy man-made or natural ? During Demonetisation , I had tried to...

Taxability in case of Insurance Policies in the nature of Pension Fund

In FY 2018-19 and 2019-2020, many taxpayers have received notices from Income Tax Department proposing to tax the total surrender value received on account of Designated Unit linked insurance policies in the nature of...

High Court allowed set-off of credit availed on construction of an immovable property against GST payable on rent income

Safari Retreats Private Limited (“Company”) Vs Chief Commissioner of Central Goods & Service tax (Orissa High Court) The Company is mainly carrying on business activity of constructing shopping malls for the purpose of letting out...

Tax Incentive for Employment Generation under Section 80JJAA of Income Tax Act

Section 80JJAA of Income Tax Act Background Section 80JJAA of income tax act was introduced to provide incentives to industries to generate employment for semi-skilled and unskilled labours. It was amended by Finance Act, 2016...

Supreme Court Ruling on applicability of PF on allowances

Background The Supreme Court verdict dated 28 February 2019 in the case of Regional Provident Fund Commissioner West Bengal v. Vivekananda Vidayamandir and others reiterated the salutary principles of ascertaining components of salary to be...

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