{"id":617,"date":"2015-11-21T12:53:25","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T12:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carajput.com\/blog\/?p=617"},"modified":"2021-11-19T13:02:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T07:32:16","slug":"617","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carajput.com\/blog\/617\/","title":{"rendered":"CORPORATE AND PROFESSIONAL UPDATE, 20TH NOVEMBER 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_58 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Page Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69d04cc21d664\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 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PROFESSIONAL UPDATE, 20TH NOVEMBER 2015<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/carajput.com\/blog\/617\/#PROFESSIONAL_UPDATES\" title=\"PROFESSIONAL UPDATES\">PROFESSIONAL UPDATES<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/carajput.com\/blog\/617\/#_Direct_Taxes\" title=\"\u00a0Direct Taxes:\">\u00a0Direct Taxes:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/carajput.com\/blog\/617\/#Indirect_Taxes\" title=\"Indirect Taxes:\">Indirect Taxes:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/carajput.com\/blog\/617\/#FAQ_on_Company_Law\" title=\"FAQ on Company Law:\">FAQ on Company Law:<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/carajput.com\/blog\/617\/#New_Online_filing_eForm_DIR-3_eKYC_Directors\" title=\"New Online filing eForm DIR-3 eKYC Directors\">New Online filing eForm DIR-3 eKYC Directors<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/carajput.com\/blog\/617\/#CLOSURE_OF_SUBSIDIARY_COMPANY\" title=\"CLOSURE OF SUBSIDIARY COMPANY\">CLOSURE OF SUBSIDIARY COMPANY<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carajput.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Untitled24A.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1590\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1590\" src=\"https:\/\/carajput.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Untitled24A-300x194.png\" alt=\"Untitled24A\" width=\"677\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carajput.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Untitled24A-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/carajput.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Untitled24A.png 557w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">REGULAR\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CORPORATE_AND_PROFESSIONAL_UPDATE_20TH_NOVEMBER_2015\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>CORPORATE AND PROFESSIONAL UPDATE, 20TH NOVEMBER 2015<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"PROFESSIONAL_UPDATES\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">PROFESSIONAL UPDATES<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"_Direct_Taxes\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Direct Taxes:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">147: Reopening only on the basis of information received that the assessee has introduced unaccounted money in the form of accommodation entries without showing in what manner the AO applied independent mind to the information renders the reopening void-<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u00a0(Pr. CIT vs. G &amp; G Pharma India Ltd (Delhi High Court).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">14A Rule 8D does not apply to shares held as stock-in-trade. AO cannot apply Rule 8D to make a disallowance without showing how the assessee&#8217;s disallowance is wrong-\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">(DCIT vs. G. K. K. Capital Markets (P) Ltd. (ITAT Kolkata).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Transfer pricing adjustment &#8211; CUP method as the Most Appropriate Method for determination of ALP for international transactions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The assessee is also directed to furnish the comparables based on independent TP study for adoption of CUP method and produce such other evidences and documents before the Learned TPO \/ AO to ensure quick disposal of this set aside proceedings-\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">(Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects PC Versus DCIT (IT) Circle \u2013 1 (2), ITAT KOLKATA).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Transfer pricing adjustment &#8211; TNMM has almost become the \u2018default\u2019 method for taxpayers in recent years. &#8211; As such, the TNMM often proves easier to apply than, say, the Cost Plus or RPM methods, and TNMM is less sensitive to minor differences in the products being sold-\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">(Gemstone Glass Pvt Ltd Versus Joint Commissioner of Income Tax Mehsana Range, Mehsana,\u00a0ITAT AHMEDABAD).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Penalty u\/s 271(1)(c) &#8211; for such lump-sum disallowance out of wages on the basis of presumption, no penalty u\/s 271(1)(c) is leviable-\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">(The Dy. Commissioner of Income-tax, Circle-1, Surat Versus M\/s. Abhishek Exim Pvt Ltd &#8211; ITAT AHMEDABAD).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addition u\/s 68 &#8211; cessation of liability u\/s. 41(1) &#8211; there is nothing on record to show that there was either remission or cessation of liability of the assessee-\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">(The Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Circle 1 (1) , Bangalore. Versus M\/s. Alvares &amp; Thomas, ITAT BANGALORE).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Indirect_Taxes\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Indirect Taxes:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Notification of All Industry Rates (AIR) of Duty Drawback w.e.f. 23.11.2015.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Introducing amendment to The Customs, <a href=\"https:\/\/carajput.com\/services-excise-consultancy.php\">Central Excise Duties<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/carajput.com\/services-tax-registration.php\">Service Tax<\/a> Drawback Rules 1995.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Seeks to amend notification No.22\/2015-ST dated the 6th November, 2015 so as to specify that Swachh Bharat Cess will be calculated on abated value.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Seeks to provide that provisions of notification No. 30\/2012 &#8211; Service Tax dated the 20th June,2012 shall be applicable for the purposes of Swachh Bharat Cess.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Seeks to provide composition rate for Swachh Bharat Cess as applicable to ST under sub-rules 7,7A,7B,7C of rule 6 of STR, 1994.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Option to avail full exemption or partial exemption with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caindelhiindia.com\/blog\/changes-in-cenvat-credit-rules-2004\/\">CENVAT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/carajput.com\/services-vat.php\">Credit<\/a> &#8211; appellant-assessees cannot be forced to pay duty as per serial No. 90 of Notification 4\/2006 and they have option to pay the duty under other numbers, viz. 91 and 93-<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u00a0(Balkrishna Paper Mills Ltd, Laxmi Board And Paper Mills Ltd, Commissioner Of Central Excise, Thane-I Versus Commissioner Of Central Excise, Thane \u2013I And Laxmi Board And Paper Mills Ltd, CESTAT MUMBAI).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Benefit of CENVAT credit &#8211; Credit availed on the basis of debit notes &#8211; There is no justification for the Revenue to take a period of 4 years to issue the show-cause notice that too without verification of the documents submitted by the appellant-\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">(Federal Mogul Tpr (India) Ltd Versus Commissioner of Central Excise, Service Tax And Customs Bangalore-II &#8211; 2015 (11) TMI 209 &#8211; CESTAT BANGALORE).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Leviability of service tax &#8211; franchise service &#8211; franchisee was obliged not to open any school with any name in the existing premises\/building operational area of the school.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In other words, the franchisee was free to open any school with any name in a &#8220;different premises\/building operational area of the school&#8221; &#8211; no service tax is leviable under franchise service prior to 16.6.2005-\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">(M\/s Saani And Savera Educational Welfare Trust Versus Commissioner of Service Tax, Delhi,\u00a0CESTAT NEW DELHI).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Advertising Agency service or sponsorship service &#8211; Import of service &#8211; The service rendered by sports bodies abroad could possibly be covered under the head of &#8216;Sale of Space or Time for Advertisement and Sponsorship Services&#8217;, which became taxable with effect from 01.07.2006.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, taxable services in relation to sponsorship services specifically excluded sponsorship of sport events-\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">(M\/s. Hero Motocorp Ltd. Versus C.S.T., Delhi,\u00a0CESTAT NEW DELHI).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"FAQ_on_Company_Law\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">FAQ on Company Law:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Query:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>If the date of the adjourned meeting is decided at the original meeting itself, are companies still required to give notice for an adjourned meeting? What if the date of the adjourned meeting is not decided at the original meeting?<\/p>\n<p>Read our articles:<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"New_Online_filing_eForm_DIR-3_eKYC_Directors\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/carajput.com\/blog\/new-online-filing-eform-dir-3-ekyc-directors-for-fy-2019-20\/\">New Online filing eForm DIR-3 eKYC Directors<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CLOSURE_OF_SUBSIDIARY_COMPANY\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/carajput.com\/blog\/closure-of-subsidiary-company\/\">CLOSURE OF SUBSIDIARY COMPANY<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carajput.com\/blog\/compliance-for-foreign-subsidiary-companies-in-india\/\">Compliance for Foreign Subsidiary Companies in India<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Answer:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>Yes, even if the date of adjourned meeting is decided at the original meeting, the Notice should be given. If the date of adjourned meeting is not decided at the original meeting, the adjourned meeting should be held only after minimum 7 days, thereby making provision for fresh 7 days Notice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Query:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0A company wants to extend a housing loan of Rs. 50 lakh at the interest of 2% p.a. to Mr. A, a whole-time director of the company. The company has been extending this facility to all the employees as part of the conditions of service. Advice the company on the compliance required in respect of the housing loan to be extended to Mr. A?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Answer:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>Section 185(1) of Companies Act 2013 provides that a company can grant loan to a managing director or whole-time director as a part of the conditions of service extended by the company to all its employees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the company has been extending this facility to all the employees as part of the condition of service. Thus, the company may extend a housing loan of Rs. 50 lakh on an interest of 2% p.a to Mr. A, who is whole-time director of the company.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Query:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0How will companies which were incorporated quite some time back (for example 25-30 years ago) and where old Board Minutes are not available, ensure compliance with Para 1.2.1 of SS 1?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0In case companies are unable to count and give continuous numbering from their incorporation, they may start giving serial numbers from Meetings held on or after 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0July, 2015. Otherwise, they may choose to follow any other system of numbering as given above.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances; Hope the information will assist you in your Professional\u00a0endeavors. For query or help, contact:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:singh@carajput.com\">singh@carajput.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0or call at 9555555480<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>REGULAR\u00a0 CORPORATE AND PROFESSIONAL UPDATE, 20TH NOVEMBER 2015 PROFESSIONAL UPDATES \u00a0Direct Taxes: 147: Reopening only on the basis of information received that the assessee has introduced unaccounted money in the form of accommodation entries without showing in what manner the AO applied independent mind to the information renders the reopening void-\u00a0(Pr. 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