TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2020 (1) TMI 294
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....ief facts of the case are as follow: The assessee is a co-operative society registered under the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act, 1969. For the assessment year 2013-2014, the return of income was filed on 08.01.2015 declaring income of Rs.Nil, after claiming deduction u/s 80P of the I.T.Act. The Assessing Officer passed order u/s 143(3) of the I.T.Act, disallowing the claim of deduction u/s 80P of the I.T.Act. The reasoning of the Assessing Officer to disallow the claim of deduction u/s 80P(2) of the I.T.Act was that the assessee was doing the business of banking, and therefore, in view of insertion of section 80P(4) of the I.T.Act with effect from 01.04.2007, the assessee will not be entitled to the deduction u/s 80P(2) of the I.T.Act. ....
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....ave considered that the issue whether the assessing officer shall probe into the activities of a Co-operative society to find out whether it is eligible for deduction u/s 80P of the Income Tax Act 1961 or will it be hit by Section 80P(4) is a matter to be decided by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the appeals [SLP (Civil) Diary No. 27628/2019) filed by the Co-operative Societies in Kerala, against the reference order dated 19-03- 2019 of the full bench of Hon'ble High Court of Kerala in the case Mavilayi Service Co-operative Bank Ltd., vs Income Tax Officer, Kannur and that the Apex court has issued notice on the prayer for stay of the order of High Court. B. The Commissioner (Appeals) Kottayam as well as the assessing Officer ought ....
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....yan Nagri Sahakari Pat Sanstha Ltd. reported in 24 Taxmann.com (Pune Tribunal) 127 (h) ITAT, Ahamadabad - Jafari Momin Vikas Co-Op. Credit society on 31 October, 2012 (i) ITAT, Indore - Bhee Thrift & Credit Co- operative society on 6 August, 2012 (j) ITAT, Bangalore - Yeshwantpur Credit cooperative Society on 11 April, 2012 (k) ITAT, Ahmedabad-Sarvoday Credit cum Consumers Co-operative Society on 3 May, 2013 (l) ITAT, Pune - Jain Nagri Sahkari Pat Sanstha Department Of Income Tax on 14 September, 2012 (m) ITAT, Pune - Dharasur Mardini Nagar Sahakari on 20 November, 2012 (n) ITAT, Pune - Vardhman Nagari Sahakari Path Sansta on 22 November, 2012 (o) ITAT, Delhi- Palhawas Primary Agriculture Co-op. Society Ltd. Palhawas Distt.,....
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....t when a certificate has been issued to an assessee by the Registrar of Co-operative Societies characterizing it as primary agricultural credit society, necessarily, the deduction u/s 80P(2) of the I.T.Act has to be granted to the assessee. However, the Full Bench of the Hon'ble Kerala High Court in the case of The Mavilayi Service Co-operative Bank Ltd. v. CIT (supra) had reversed the above findings of the Hon'ble Kerala High Court in the case of Chirakkal Service Co-operative Co-operative Bank Ltd. v. CIT (supra). The Larger Bench of the Hon'ble Kerala High Court in the case of The Mavilayi Service Co-operative Bank Ltd. v. CIT (supra) held that the Assessing Officer has to conduct an inquiry into the factual situation as to the activiti....
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....s Primary Agricultural Credit Societies by the competent authority under the KCS Act, it has necessarily to be held that the principal object of such societies is to undertake agricultural credit activities and to provide loans and advances for agricultural purposes, the rate of interest on such loans and advances to be at the rate to be fixed by the Registrar of Co-operative Societies under the KCS Act and having its area of operation confined to a Village, Panchayat or a Municipality and as such, they are entitled for the benefit of sub-section (4) of Section 80P of the IT Act to ease themselves out from the coverage of Section 80P and that, the authorities under the IT Act cannot probe into any issues or such matters relating to such soc....
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....ieties for which the deduction is provided, even if it was eligible in the initial years." 7.1 The CIT(A) had initially allowed the appeal of the assessee and granted deduction u/s 80P(2) of the I.T.Act. Subsequently, the CIT(A) passed order u/s 154 of the I.T.Act, wherein the claim of deduction u/s 80P of the I.T.Act was denied, by relying on the judgment of the Larger Bench of the Hon'ble jurisdictional High Court in the case of The Mavilayi Service Co-operative Bank Ltd. v. CIT (supra). The CIT(A) ought not to have rejected the claim of deduction u/s 80P(2) of the I.T.Act without examining the activities of the assesseesociety. The Full Bench of the Hon'ble jurisdictional High Court in the case of The Mavilayi Service Co-operative Ban....