Goods purchased for sales promotions, such as “Gold coins” and “T-shirts,”  Vs. Input Tax Credit (ITC) admissibility Vs Alternate Way Out

Goods purchased for sales promotions, such as “Gold coins” and “T-shirts,”  Vs. Input Tax Credit (ITC) admissibility Vs Alternate Way Out   The recent Madras High Court judgment in the case of ARS Steels and Alloy International WP 31/2022 has significant implications for businesses engaging in sales promotional activities. The court ruled that Input Tax… […]

GST on intra-group corporate guarantees – Bombay HC Grants Stay 

GST on intra-group corporate guarantees – Bombay HC Grants Stay    The Bombay High Court has delivered a crucial interim relief by way of stay to Vedanta Ltd., staying the operation of Circular No. 204/16/2023-GST, which treated corporate guarantees (CG) provided by parent companies to subsidiaries as a taxable “supply of service” under Schedule I… […]

Sale of Plot after dividing it in Parts– Taxable as Capital Gain & Not as Business Income

Sale of Plot after dividing it in Parts– Taxable as Capital Gain & Not as Business Income   Recently, ITAT Delhi in Asstt. CIT  Vs. Himanshu Garg, ITA No. 819/Del/2020 has held that the land doesn’t become business assets or stock in trade simply because the piece of land has been bifurcated into five different parts to make it saleable after a… […]

New Floor, New Rules? How Home Extensions Fit Into Capital Gains Exemptions

New Floor, New Rules? How Home Extensions Fit Into Capital Gains Exemptions   Query 1] I have read in your earlier issue of The Tax Talk that the tax on LTCG from sale of equity shares can be saved U/s 54F by investing the sale proceeds for purchase of another house property. Please guide whether… […]

Extension of house is also eligible for capital gain exemption.

Extension of house is also eligible for capital gain exemption.   Recently ITAT Chennai in the case of Chandra Bhavani Sankar Vs. ITO, ITA No. 101/Chny/2024, has concluded that extension of house is also eligible for capital gain exemption. In this case, it was held that the assessee having constructed the first floor on the existing ground… […]