N.R. GULATI TRUST , Mumbai V. DY COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX CPC, BANGALURU

ITA 262/MUM/2023

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The case involves N. R. Gulati Trust, a private family trust, which appealed against the order of the National Faceless Appeals Centre (NFAC) for the Assessment Year 2017-18. The primary issue was the non-grant of a TDS refund of Rs. 39,414, which the trust claimed was due. The return filed by the trust was accepted with NIL income, but the TDS refund was not granted due to a mismatch between the trust's claim and the Form No. 26AS uploaded by the deductor. After the trust's rectification application was rejected, it appealed to the CIT (A), which also upheld the non-grant of the refund. Dissatisfied, the trust approached the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, which directed the Assessing Officer to consider the updated Form No. 26AS and grant the refund accordingly.

• Counselvise Citation: [2023] 140 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 123232 (ITAT-MUMBAI)
• Duration Of Justice: 3 month(s) 18 day(s)
• Appeal Type: Income Tax Appeal
• Pronouncement Date: 14-05-2023
• Appeal Filed By: Assessee
• Order Result: Allowed
• Bench Allotted: B
• Next Hearing Date: 28-03-2023
• Assessment Year: 2017-2018
• Appeal Filed On: 26-01-2023
• Laws Referred To: Income Tax Act, 1961
• Result in Favour of: Assessee
• Court: TRIBUNAL
• Keywords: TDS
• Section: 143(1); 250

Judgement Text

IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL MUMBAI BENCH “B”, MUMBAI BEFORE SHRI KULDIP SINGH, JUDICIAL MEMBER AND SHRI GAGAN GOYAL, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER ITA No. 262/Mum/2023 (A.Y. 2017-18) N. R. Gulati Trust C/o G. P. Mehta & Co., 807, Tulsiani Chambers, Nariman Point, Mumbai-400 021 PAN: AAATN0381M ...... Appellant Vs. DCIT, CPC Bengaluru, Karnataka-560 500 ..... Respondent Appellant by : Shri G. P. Mehta, CA Respondent by : Shri Chetan M. Kacha, Sr. AR Date of hearing : 29/03/2023 Date of pronouncement : 15/05/2023 ORDER PER GAGAN GOYAL, A.M: This appeal by assessee is directed against the order of National Faceless Appeals Centre; Delhi (for short ‘NFAC’) dated 28.11.2022 u/s. 250 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (for short ‘the Act’) for A.Y. 2017-18. The assessee has raised the following grounds of appeal: 2 ITA No.262/MUM/2023 N. R. GULATI TRUST “1. The orders passed by the learned lowered authorities are bad in law and bad in facts. 2. The learned lower authorities have grossly erred in not allowing credit of TDS claimed at Rs. 39,414/- and have further erred in not granting refund of Rs. 39,414/- 3. The appellant being a private family trust having determinate share of beneficiaries provisions of section 161 of the IT Act, 1961 are applicable and consequently the refund amount of Rs. 39,414/- ought to have been allowed. 4. Having regard to the facts of the case, provisions of law & judicial propositions, the refund in question ought to have been allowed. 5. The appellant may please be permitted to raise any additional or alternative ground on or before the hearing of appeal.” 2. Brief facts of the case are that assessee is a private family trust Filed its return of income on 17.02.2018, declaring NIL income and claiming credit for T.D.S. of Rs. 39,414/-. Return of the assessee was processed u/s. 143(1) of the Act, vide Dated: 15.06.2019 accepting the return income at Rs. NIL, but claim of T.D.S. as refund was not granted to the assessee. Against this intimation Dated: 15.06.2019, assessee preferred a rectification application u/s. 154 of the Act vide dated: 12.09.2019. This rectification application was disposed off by the CPC, Bengaluru vide order dated: 26.09.2019 with assigning the reasons for non-grant of refund, i.e., Non reflection of T.D.S. amount in form no. 26AS. Being aggrieved with this order u/s. 154 assessee preferred an Appeal before the Ld. CIT (A). In his order Ld. CIT (A) addressed this issue vide para nos. 6.11, 6.12 and 6.13 of his order u/s. 250 dated: 28.11.2022. 3. Assessee still not satisfied and preferred this appeal before us. We have gone through the order of CPC, Bengaluru and order of Ld. CIT (A) 3 ITA No.262/MUM/2023 N. R. GULATI TRUST mentioned (supra) along with the copies of form no. 26AS submitted by assessee before us. It is observed that figure of income declared, status of the assessee is not under challenge before the authorities below. The only grievance of the assessee is non-grant of refund against T.D.S. deducted. Apparently, this issue cropped up because of mismatch in the claim of the assessee and form no. 26AS uploaded by deductor. As assessee has submitted before us, latest form no. 26AS updated till 21.03.2023 which clearly reflects deduction and consequent credit available to the assessee. 4. In view of this, we direct the Jurisdictional AO to verify and take cognizance of latest form no. 26AS and grant the refund to the assessee based on copy of form no. 26AS submitted by the assessee. In these terms grounds raised by the assessee is allowed. 5. With the above directions, appeal of the assessee is allowed. Order pronounced in the open court on 15 th day of May, 2023. Sd/- Sd/- (KULDIP SINGH) (GAGAN GOYAL) JUDICIAL MEMBER ACCOUNTANT MEMBER Mumbai, दिन ांक/Dated: 15/05/2023 Mahesh R. Sonavane Copy of the Order forwarded to: 1. अपील र्थी/The Appellant , 2. प्रदिव िी/ The Respondent. 3. आयकर आयुक्त(अ)/The CIT(A)- 4. आयकर आयुक्त CIT 5. दवभ गीय प्रदिदनदि, आय.अपी.अदि., मुबांई/DR, ITAT, Mumbai 4 ITA No.262/MUM/2023 N. R. GULATI TRUST 6. ग र्ड फ इल/Guard file. BY ORDER, //True Copy// (Dy. / Asstt. Registrar) ITAT, Mumbai