Delhi ITAT holds assessee-individual (transferee) not liable to deduct TDS u/s. 194-IA as the property purchase consideration qua assessee was only Rs. 37.50 lakhs being less than Rs. 50 lakhs threshold prescribed u/s. 194-IA(2), quashes TDS default proceedings u/s. 201(1)/(1A) for AY 2014-15; Assessee had jointly purchased an immovable property with other family members vide single registered sale deed, noting that the total consideration as per sale deed was Rs. 1.5 Cr. (of which assessee’s share was Rs. 37.50 lakhs, being 1/4th un-divided equal share of the property), AO had held assessee in default u/s. 201(1) for not deducting TDS @ 1% as per Sec. 194IA; ITAT holds that Sec. 194-IA (as introduced by Finance Act, 2013) is applicable only with respect to the amount related to each transferee and not with reference to the amount as per sale deed, cites Memorandum explaining Finance Bill, 2013 provisions; States that each transferee is a separate income tax entity therefore, the law has to be applied with reference to each transferee; Since the sale consideration w.r.t. each transferee is less than Rs. 50 lakh, ITAT concludes that Sec. 194-IA was not applicable.:ITAT
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Taxation of Intangible assets acquired through business restructuring.
1. Background 1.1 When a company aims to acquire another company's business through amalgamation or demerger, assets or ...
-
A new website launched for TDS related matters www.tdscpc.gov.in TRACES – T DS R econciliation A nalysis and C orrection E nabling S yste...
-
LEASE-DEED (A brief Introduction) Lease defined. A lease of immovable property is a transfer of a right to enjoy such property, mad...
-
Particulars in Part 1 and Part 2 of Step-2 of registration form are required to be exactly the same as reported in the TDS statement. Plea...
-
Introduction It's important for taxpayers to have a clear understanding of the available allowances and deductions, as they can grea...
-
· Mumbai ITAT in the case of Mukesh Harilal Mehta held that Exemption U/S 54 cannot be denied merely due to mistake by the developer.
-
Earlier this year, the Mauritius Government approved the amendment to the India – Mauritius tax treaty, aligning it with the proposal of th...
-
Slump sale is transfer of one or more business undertakings for a lump sum consideration, without assigning individual values to the each...
-
This Tax Alert summarizes a recent instruction issued by the SEZ Division, Department of Commerce, clarifying various concerns relating t...
-
This Tax Alert summarizes a recent judgement of the Delhi High Court (HC) [1] dealing with the issue of denial of input tax credit (ITC) ...
-
An eminent concern within the GST framework pertains to the entitlement of Input Tax Credit (ITC) concerning expenditures associated with In...
No comments:
Post a Comment