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2022 (7) TMI 162

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..... report, allowed the claim of the Assessee qua deduction u/s. 80IB(10) of the Act. Therefore, we are of the considered view that the contention with regard to the non-fulfilling of twin conditions for the eligibility of deduction u/s. 80IB(10) of the Act and not making any enquiries regarding correctness and genuineness of the completion certificates submitted by the Assessee, is not tenable and hence, the same is dismissed. On the aforesaid analyzations and considerations, the appeal of the Revenue is liable to be dismissed, as the order under challenge does not suffer from any perversity, impropriety and/or illegality. Appeal filed by the revenue department stands dismissed Validity of Completion certificates of the projects, on whi .....

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..... ppeal of the Revenue department for the assessment year 2005-06. 3.1 In the instant case, the Assessee had claimed deduction u/s. 80IB(10) of the Act for a sum of Rs.2,43,22,929/- qua eligible projects, that is (i) East End Housing Project Rs.4,46,538/- (ii) AvantikaAakiriti Housing Project Rs.33,73,860/- (iii) Golf Link-I Housing Project Rs.51,25,834/- (iv) Golf Link-II Housing Project Rs.39,03,429/- (v) Green Glace-II Housing Project Rs.80,39,006/- (vi) .....

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..... de any enquiry regarding the correctness and +genuineness of the completion certificates submitted by the Assessee and has merely verified the same on test check basis during the remand proceedings. Secondly, the Assessing Officer, in his order u/s. 254/143(3) dated 27.11.2017 categorically stated that the completion certificates had not been produced during the assessment proceedings as well as during the appellate proceedings. Further, the ld. Commissioner did not discuss about fulfilling all the conditions for the eligibility of deduction u/s. 80IB(10) of the Act other than verification of completion certificates. 6 We observe that in the assessment year 2004-05, identical issue was involved, wherein the Revenue department against the .....

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..... odself has directed the undersigned to examine the documents filed by the assessee vide letter dated 13.11.2018. The assessee company has been given an opportunity of being heard vide letter dated 22.11.2018. In response to the same, Assessee s AR appeared and the issues involved have been discussed. The completion certificates in respect of the following projects have been verified on testcheck basis and the same has been found to be in order : (i). East End Housing Project; (ii). AvantikaAkriti Housing Project; (iii). Golf Link-I Housing Project; (iv). Golf Link-II Housing Project; (v). Green Glade-I Housing Project; and (vi). Green Glade-II Housing Project 5.2 The learned Commissioner, while considering .....

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..... /s. 254/143(3) of the Act, disallowed the deduction claimed only on the ground that completion certificates were not produced during the assessment proceedings as well as during the appellate proceedings in the office of the CIT(Appeals), hence, no relief in this regard is being allowed. 6.2 We find that while allowing the claim u/s. 80IB of the Act to the Assessee, the ld. Commissioner sought the remand report from the Assessing Officer, who in the remand proceedings verified the completion certificates on test check basis and found the completion certificates in order and accordingly, the ld. Commissioner while relying upon the remand report, allowed the claim of the Assessee qua deduction u/s. 80IB(10) of the Act. Therefore, we are of .....

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..... nd has been found the same in order, however, declined to allow the claim of deduction u/s. 80IB of the Act on the ground thatin the present case, Hon ble ITAT has directed the A.O. to verifiy the completion certificates. Inthe operating part of the order, Hon ble ITAT has allowed the appeal of the Revenue without any direction. 7.2 The controversy in the instant case revolves around the completion certificates of the projects, on which the Assessee has claimed deduction u/s. 80IB(10) of the Act. Once, the completion certificates on test check basis found to be in order in the remand proceedings conducted by the Assessing Officer on the direction of the ld. Commissioner, and the same has been accepted by the ld. Commissioner as it re .....

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