The article explains how the ITAT allowed deduction of abandoned software project costs as revenue expenditure. The ruling clarifies that no capital asset arises when a project is permanently abandoned.
The article explains how Section 80M applies only to domestic dividends, leaving foreign subsidiary dividends fully taxable in India. This creates economic double taxation for Indian parent companies.
The article explains the Supreme Court’s landmark 2024 ruling that broken period interest on debt securities is capital in nature. The judgment rejects the Revenue’s attempt to tax such receipts as interest income.
The article explains how Sections 115BAA, 115BAB, 115BAC, and 115BAE have reduced the importance of traditional deduction-based tax planning. It highlights the shift toward strategic and substance-driven tax optimization.
The article explains how Section 115BAE offers newly established co-operative societies a concessional 15% tax rate for manufacturing activities. It highlights the provision’s potential to transform co-operatives into industrial growth engines.
The ITAT Surat held that revision under Section 263 was invalid because the Assessing Officer had already conducted inquiries and examined relevant records. Mere discrepancies in Insight Portal GST data were held insufficient to render the assessment order erroneous.
ITAT Surat restored reassessment appeals to the CIT(A) after observing that the assessee should receive one final opportunity to present evidence. The Tribunal imposed costs due to partial compliance before the appellate authority.
Delhi ITAT directed exclusion of a comparable company engaged in video conferencing solutions after noting that the DRP had already found it functionally incomparable to the assessee’s software distribution business.
Lucknow ITAT held that disallowance under Section 14A read with Rule 8D cannot exceed the exempt dividend income earned by the assessee. The Tribunal restricted the addition to the actual exempt income amount.
The Tribunal held that the first appellate authority should reconsider the matter after the jurisdictional High Court decides pending cases concerning alleged bogus purchase bills by rice millers.
