Co-operative society's mandatory reserve and share capital fixed deposits with banks-interest treated as business income under 80P(2)(a)(iii) deductio...
Income tax reassessment reopening after four years on investigation tip, without s.147 proviso disclosure failure, struck down as borrowed satisfactio...
Whether fees paid to speakers via booking agents constitute "event management service": held that taxability depends on whether the contract falls within the statutory definitions of "event management"/"event manager"; a mere booking of speakers does not involve planning, promoting or organizing the event and thus does not qualify - outcome: levy cannot be sustained. Reasoning: strict interpretation of the charging provision; statutory definitions; Circular dated 8.8.2002 and common-parlance test confirm that individual speaker-booking contracts are not event-management contracts - outcome: impugned demand set aside and appeal allowed. - SC
Whether fees paid to speakers via booking agents constitute "event management service": held that taxability depends on whether the contract falls within the statutory definitions of "event management"/"event manager"; a mere booking of speakers does not involve planning, promoting or organizing the event and thus does not qualify - outcome: levy cannot be sustained. Reasoning: strict interpretation of the charging provision; statutory definitions; Circular dated 8.8.2002 and common-parlance test confirm that individual speaker-booking contracts are not event-management contracts - outcome: impugned demand set aside and appeal allowed. - SC
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