The ITAT Ahmedabad has set aside a CIT(A) order that deleted a Rs. 99.5 lakh cash deposit addition, citing a procedural error for not obtaining a remand report from the Assessing Officer.
The ITAT Chennai has restored a charitable trust’s appeal for 80G approval back to the CIT(E), pending a CBDT decision on its condonation request for a 90-day delay in filing.
ITAT Mumbai ruled that forfeited share application money is a capital receipt, not taxable under Section 68. It also confirmed interest on business funds and disallowed ad-hoc expense additions.
ITAT Mumbai rules SBI is not an assessee in default for TDS on foreign remittances if payees have paid taxes. Explains implications for MasterCard, Visa, and interest liability.
The ITAT Ahmedabad ruled that a fall in gross profit alone cannot justify the rejection of an assessee’s audited books of account without the AO pointing out specific defects.
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.
