Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Ltd. v. DCIT

394 ITR 449Supreme Court of India2017#81 most cited

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Expenditure can only be disallowed under Section 14A if the income is exempt and not part of the total income. The Assessing Officer must first record dissatisfaction with the assessee's accounts or computation before proceeding to make a disallowance under Section 14A or applying Rule 8D.

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Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Ltd. v. DCIT · Section 14A disallowance · exempt income expenditure · dividend income disallowance · Assessing Officer satisfaction · Rule 8D application · condition precedent for disallowance · income not includible in total income · AO recording dissatisfaction · 394 ITR 449

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Shardul Securities Ltd, Mumbai vs. Dy CIT Range 3 (3)(1), Mumbai

The appeal stand partly allowed

ITA 354/MUM/2020[2015-16]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai02 Aug 2021AY 2015-16

Bench: Hon’Ble Shri Amarjit Singh, Jm & Hon’Ble Shri Manoj Kumar Aggarwal, Am (Hearing Through Video Conferencing Mode) आयकरअपील िं./ I.T.A. No.354 & 355/Mum/2020 (धििाारण वर्ा / Assessment Year: 2015-16 & 2016-17) M/S Shardul Securities Ltd. Dcit Range- 3(3)(1) बिाम/ 6Th Floor, R. No. 609 G-12, Tulsiani Chambers Free Press Road 212 Aayakar Bhavan, M. K. Road, Vs. Nariman Point, Mumbai-400 021 Mumbai-400 020. स्थायीलेखा िं./ जीआइआर िं./ Pan/Gir No. Aaacs-7141-R (अपीलाथी/Appellant) (प्रत्यथी / Respondent) : Assessee By : Shri Anuj Kisnadwala– Ld. Ar Revenue By : Shri Vijay Kumar Menon– Ld. Dr ुनवाई की तारीख/ : 28/07/2021 Date Of Hearing घोषणा की तारीख / : 02/08/2021 Date Of Pronouncement आदेश / O R D E R Manoj Kumar Aggarwal () 1. The Only Grievance Of The Assessee In Aforesaid Appeals For Assessment Year (Ay) 2015-16 & 2016-17 Is Disallowance U/S 14A. The Facts Are Pari-Materia The Same In Both The Years & Therefore, The Appeals Were Heard Together & Are Now Being Disposed-Off By Way Of This Common Order For The Sake Of Convenience & Brevity. 2. The Ld Ar Submitted That Ld. Ao Did Not Recorded Objective Satisfaction Before Applying Rule 8D & Therefore, The Disallowance

For Appellant: Shri Anuj Kisnadwala– Ld. ARFor Respondent: Shri Vijay Kumar Menon– Ld. DR
Section 115JSection 14A

…nd Ld.AO straightway proceeded to compute disallowance as per Rule 8D. The application of Rule 8D, in our considered opinion, was not mechanical or automatic. 5. The Hon’ble Apex Court in the cited case of Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co. Ltd. V/s DCIT (2017 394 ITR 449) held that sub- sections (2) and (3) of Section 14A of the Act read with Rule 8D of the Rules merely prescribe a formula for determination of expenditure incurred in relation to income which does not form part of the total income under the Act in a situation where the Assessing Officer is not satisfied with the claim of the assessee. Whether such…