DCIT, CIR-7(1), KOLKATA, KOLKATA vs. M/S C. D. EQUISEARCH PVT. LTD., KOLKATA

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ITA 554/KOL/2015Status: DisposedITAT Kolkata11 May 2018AY 2007-20083 pages

In favour of the assessee: the Revenue's appeal was dismissed. From the AI summary of this appeal.

AI SummaryDismissed

What did the Tribunal hold?

The Tribunal held that since the consequential assessment order itself was subsequently found to have no legal standing, the rectification proceedings based on it also had no basis.

What were the facts?

The Revenue appealed against an order that accepted the assessee's rectification, reversing the Assessing Officer's order. This appeal stemmed from consequential assessment proceedings following a revision order under Section 263.

What were the issues?

Whether rectification proceedings can survive when the original consequential assessment order is rendered invalid. The allocation of common business expenses and the allowability of stock valuation loss were also raised.

Which sections of the Income-tax Act were involved?

Section 154,Section 263,Section 143(2)

AI-generated summary — verify with the full judgment below

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, KOLKATA BENCH “B” KOLKATA

Before: Shri S.S.Godara & Dr. A.L. Saini

O R D E R

PER S.S.Godara, Judicial Member:

1.

- This Revenue’s appeal for assessment year 2007-08 arises against the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals)-3, Kolkata’s order dated27.02.2015 in case No.112/CIT(A)-3/Cir-7(1)/14-15(13-14)/Kol, accepting assessee’s rectification, thereby reversing the Assessing Officer’s order dated 28.05.2013, in proceedings u/s 154/263/143(2) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (in short ‘the Act’). Heard both the parties. Case file perused.

2.

The Revenue pleads the following substantive grounds in its instant appeal:- “1]”Whether under the law in the facts and circumstances of the case, was the Ld. CIT(A) correct in allocating the common business expenses with the turnover of each segmental business of the assessee company instead of net income as credited to P&L account? A.Y. 2007-08 DCIT Cir-7(1) Kol. Vs. M/s C.D. Equisearch Pvt. Ltd. Page 2 2[“Whether under the law in the facts and circumstances of the case, was the Ld. CIT(A) correct in considering the proportional allocation on the basis of total sales/turnover of share trading proprietary business instead of the net brokerage as credited to P&L account?” 3]”Whether under the law in the facts and circumstances of the case, was the Ld. CIT(A) correct in allowing the loss on valuation of stock of Mutual Fund thereby resulting diminution in value of Mutual Fund Units in the order u/s 154 of the IT Act, 1961 despite the fact that the diminution in the value of investment in units of MF as on close of the financial year is not allowable as per IT Act as the profit/loss on units of MF arises on redemption of such units only?” 4] “That the appellant craves leave to add, delete, alter, modify or take new grounds of appeal”.

3. It emerges at the outset that the instant lie is emanates from CIT-III Kolkata’s order dated 29.03.2012 reversing the regular assessment in question framed in assessee’s case on 24.12.2009. A co-ordinate bench affirmed the said revision order in decided on 30.12.2013 as well both parties are ad idem during the course of hearing that the instant lis is an off-shoot of the consequential assessment proceedings only. Learned representatives thereafter inform us that the assessee had filed its Miscellaneous Application MA No.13/Kol/2015 before this tribunal. A co- ordinate bench’s order dated 06.11.2015 modified its earlier order (supra) and directed the Assessing Officer to consider the issue on merits as per the Hon'ble Delhi High Court’s decision in case CIT vs. DLF Commercial Developers Ltd.(ITA No.94 of 2013 dated 11.07.2013). We are lastly taken to this tribunal’s subsequent common order dated 03.02.2016 as in assessee’s appeals in ITA No.356-359/Kol/2015 concluding that all subsequent orders passed in consequence to CIT u/s. 263 directions read with tribunal’s order dated 30.03.2013 have no leg to stand therefore. It is evident to us that impugned rectification proceedings relate to said former consequential order dated 28.03.2013 only. We therefore follow the above co-ordinate bench’s decision to hold that once the consequential assessment order itself does not ITA No.554/Kol/2015 A.Y. 2007-08 DCIT Cir-7(1) Kol. Vs. M/s C.D. Equisearch Pvt. Ltd. Page 3 survive, the impugned rectification has no legs to stand. The Revenue’s grievance is therefore declined in above terms.

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