ITAT adjudicated a tax dispute involving annual letting value...

ITAT adjudicated a tax dispute involving annual letting value (ALV) and transfer fee. For let-out property, the tribunal affirmed municipal rateable value as the appropriate benchmark for computing annual value, rejecting lower actual rental income. The tribunal consistently upheld that actual rent received from different tenants cannot retroactively determine rental valuation for prior assessment years. Regarding transfer fee, the tribunal followed Supreme Court precedent, determining that transfer fee/amenities fee receipts are non-taxable income for the assessee. The decision reinforces established principles of property income assessment, prioritizing municipal valuation and exempting specific cooperative society transfer-related receipts from taxation.

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