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<h1>Tribunal rules share income belongs to all partners, investments sourced from partnership funds</h1> <h3>BHAGWAN DASS. Versus INCOME TAX OFFICER.</h3> The Tribunal allowed the appeal by the assessee, determining that the share income from M/s. Modern Construction Co. should be considered the profit of ... - Issues:1. Whether the share income of the assessee from M/s. Modern Construction Co. should be assessed as his individual income or as income of the partners of M/s. Sangathan Weekly.2. Whether the investment made by the assessee in M/s. Modern Construction Co. came from the funds of M/s. Sangathan Weekly.Detailed Analysis:Issue 1:The assessee contended that the share income from M/s. Modern Construction Co. belonged to the partners of M/s. Sangathan Weekly and not solely to him. The WTO added the entire share income of the assessee in M/s. Modern Construction Co. to his total income. The AAC upheld this view, stating that the income earned by the assessee from M/s. Modern Construction Co. was his personal income. The counsel for the assessee argued that the profits should be assessed as the profits of all partners of M/s. Sangathan Weekly. The Tribunal examined the partnership deeds and agreements, concluding that the income earned by the assessee in M/s. Modern Construction Co. was the profit of all partners of M/s. Sangathan Weekly. The Tribunal deleted the addition made to the total income of the assessee.Issue 2:The counsel for the assessee argued that the investment in M/s. Modern Construction Co. came from the funds of M/s. Sangathan Weekly. The Tribunal analyzed the agreements and found that the capital provided by the assessee as a partner of M/s. Modern Construction Co. was indeed from the firm M/s. Sangathan Weekly. The Tribunal held that the investment made by the assessee in M/s. Modern Construction Co. was in accordance with the agreements and shared among all partners of M/s. Sangathan Weekly. Therefore, the addition to the total income of the assessee was deleted.In conclusion, the Tribunal allowed the appeal by the assessee, holding that the income earned from M/s. Modern Construction Co. should be treated as the profit of all partners of M/s. Sangathan Weekly and that the investment made by the assessee in the firm came from the funds of M/s. Sangathan Weekly.