The ITAT Patna ruled that an assessee’s investment in property cannot be taxed as unexplained in the year of registration if the full payment was made in the previous financial year.
The ITAT Hyderabad dismissed an appeal by an assessee due to an inordinate delay of over six years, finding the reasons provided for the delay to be insufficient and lacking credible evidence.
The ITAT Bangalore deleted additions and expense disallowance for an agriculturist, holding that they are not required to maintain books and their substantiated agricultural income cannot be treated as unexplained.
The ITAT Hyderabad ruled that a penalty for under-reported income was invalid because the assessing officer made no fresh additions beyond the disallowance already made by the CPC.
The ITAT Hyderabad ruled that a registered document’s operative date is its signing and presentation for registration, not scanning, invalidating the tax authority’s reopening of assessment for AY 2017-18.
The ITAT Bangalore has quashed a reassessment order, ruling that a tax addition based on documents seized in a third-party search must be made under Section 153C, not 147.
ITAT Bangalore deletes ₹150+ crore additions, quashing assessment due to lack of incriminating material and multiple jurisdictional defects in the proceedings.
ITAT Bangalore condones a 224-day delay in an unexplained cash deposit case, remitting it to the AO for a fresh assessment with a token penalty.
ITAT Bangalore remits a trust’s 80G approval case back to the CIT(E), citing a violation of natural justice for rejecting the application without a proper hearing.
Bangalore ITAT rules large companies like Infosys BPM & Tech Mahindra cannot be comparables for small captive service providers. Loss set-off also directed.
