Jewellers Get ITAT Relief: Inventory Software Unaccounted Income. ITAT Chennai restricts profit on unaccounted sales to 2.5% for Mohanlal Jewellers; deletes additions on Ghat, MC Khata, Byaj, and Vatav. Corroboration is key.
Chennai ITAT set aside the assessment for exceeding the limited scrutiny scope and disallowing 80P without a speaking order or SCN. Remanded the case for fresh, compliant adjudication.
Chennai ITAT rules Dividend Distribution Tax (DDT) is a company tax and not covered by DTAA, rejecting the refund claim. Separately, it capped the TDS disallowance at 30% under Section 40(a)(ia).
SCIPL Vs DCIT: ITAT Delhi deletes huge additions, ruling that WhatsApp Excel sheets are dumb documents. Suspicion isnt evidence; corroboration is mandatory in search assessments. Deletions on alleged foreign fund diversion & bogus expenses upheld.
ITAT Chennai allowed Lotus Footwear’s 100% SEZ deduction u/s 10AA for Unit-2, ruling it was a new undertaking established with fresh capital and not a splitting of the existing unit
The ITAT Delhi remanded the ₹3.94 Cr unexplained cash deposit addition against commission agent Manoj Kumar to the CIT(A). The Tribunal ordered a fresh verification of the taxpayer’s cash flow, noting the lack of agreements and reconciliation of deposits with books.
The ITAT Delhi quashed the reassessment against Lombard Portfolio Pvt. Ltd., ruling the Section 148 notice was time-barred. Following the Supreme Court’s mandate in the Ashish Agarwal case.
ITAT Delhi ruled that salary paid to expatriates on local contracts is deductible and that CSR expenditure disallowed under Section 37(1) remains eligible for deduction under Section 80G.
The ITAT Delhi allowed Manpower Services India Pvt. Ltd. a ₹24.16 Cr deduction u/s 80JJAA, ruling that fixed-term employees qualify under the amended law if PF/ESI conditions are met.
The ITAT Mumbai struck down a PCIT’s Section 263 revisionary order against Hampi Expressways, ruling it void because it was passed without issuing a show cause notice or hearing the taxpayer on the final day of the two-year limitation period.
