The ITAT Bangalore ruled that a CIT(A) cannot make additions on grounds not specified in the original reopening notice, setting aside additions on share trading deposits.
ITAT Delhi deleted transfer pricing adjustments made to Sony India, ruling that the intensity adjustment is an invalid substitute for the Brightline Test and that royalty payments were commercially justified.
The ITAT Bangalore ruled that income from sun-dried raisins is agricultural income, exempt from tax, if a farmer uses traditional methods without machinery.
The Mumbai ITAT set aside a PCIT’s revisionary order against Procter and Gamble, ruling the AO’s original inquiry was adequate and not a basis for revision.
ITAT Mumbai ruled that capital gains from a property sale were taxable in the year the sale deed was executed, not the year of the MoU, due to a prior bank lien. The court also clarified tax rates and acquisition costs.
The ITAT Mumbai restricted a bogus purchase addition to the profit element, distinguishing the case from a prior ruling because the assessee provided a source for the payments.
The ITAT Mumbai deleted a penny stock addition, ruling that the income tax department’s reliance on suspicion and a general investigation report was insufficient to dislodge the assessee’s proof of genuine transactions.
The ITAT Mumbai has ruled that brought-forward business losses cannot be set off against short-term capital gains from the sale of depreciated assets, upholding the disallowance.
ITAT Delhi upheld the disallowance of setting off brought-forward business losses against short-term capital gains from the sale of depreciated assets, clarifying the inapplicability of Section 41(2).
The ITAT Mumbai quashed a penalty against an assessee, ruling that the penalty order was time-barred as it was issued beyond the limitation period specified under Section 275(1)(c).