The dispute examined whether loan interest used to buy virtual digital assets could be deducted. The ruling held that such interest forms part of cost of acquisition and is allowable despite Section 115BBH restrictions.
The tribunal held that any adjustment while processing a return under Section 143(1) requires prior intimation to the assessee. Disallowance made without issuing such notice is invalid in law.
ITAT Lucknow ruled that Golden Harvest Scheme benefit is a sales discount, not interest u/s 2(28A); hence no TDS u/s 194A applies and 201(1)/(1A) demand was quashed.
The tribunal held that large cash deposits in bank accounts cannot be taxed as unexplained income when the assessee proves he acted only as a commission agent. Only commission income, and not gross deposits, is taxable in such cases.
ITAT Ahmedabad held that repayment of a shareholder’s own deposit, even if used for political donation, is not deemed dividend u/s 2(22)(e) as no company funds were advanced.
The Tribunal held that club expenses of a corporate assessee cannot be disallowed on estimation or presumption. Entire addition was deleted as the expenditure was held to be wholly allowable.
The issue was dismissal of appeals for non-payment of admitted tax without hearing on merits. The Tribunal restored the appeals, holding that the assessee deserved an opportunity to explain advance tax liability.
The Tribunal held that late filing of Form 10DA is a procedural lapse and cannot justify denial of deduction when substantive conditions of Section 80JJAA are fulfilled. Deduction was directed to be allowed as the form was filed before return processing.
The Tribunal held that a plea of defective return due to unpaid tax cannot be accepted without examining the underlying income. The matter was remanded to verify whether the income was correctly reported or belonged to another year.
The ITAT ruled that once the assessee establishes the source of investment, addition for unexplained investment cannot survive. Direct payment by a financier through demand draft explained the transaction.
