ITAT Chennai upheld that immovable property transfers within family through registered settlement deeds are exempt under Section 56(2)(x). The AO’s view that such transfers were non-bona-fide was rejected.
The ITAT Chennai allowed a charitable trust to rectify its mistake of applying for provisional 80G registration, remanding the case for reconsideration under the correct clause for a five-year registration.
ITAT Chennai held that mere CRS data without corroborative evidence cannot justify taxing balances in foreign trusts as undisclosed assets when the assessee has not contributed funds or derived income.
ITAT Chennai granted relief, holding that reversal of a provision for liquidated damages, which was disallowed and subsequently taxed under VSV Scheme in earlier years, cannot be taxed again under Section 41(1). This prevents double taxation.
Tribunal held that filing of Form 10B is a procedural requirement, not a mandatory condition for exemption under Section 11, allowing relief to a charitable trust despite a four-day delay in uploading audit report.
ITAT Chennai set aside the rejection of an 80G registration application, holding that the prescribed timelines are directory, not mandatory. The Tribunal directed the CIT(E) to process the delayed application on its merits under the amended law.
ribunal held that a delayed application filed after the CBDT deadline could be treated as filed under the new clause (iv)(B) of Section 80G(5), introduced by the Finance Act, 2024. The matter was remanded to CIT(E) for reconsideration.
ITAT Chennai allowed the appeal of MLS Enterprises for statistical purposes, subject to a ₹10,000 cost, restoring the matter to the CIT(A). The central issue is the prospective nature of the Section 234E penalty levied under Section 200A.
ITAT Chennai deleted additions made in search assessments (u/s 153A), ruling that Income Tax Department cannot make additions without specific, incriminating material seized during search. Following Supreme Courts ruling in Abhisar Buildwell, Tribunal held that search assessments are not fishing expeditions and must be strictly limited to evidence found post-search.
Tribunal restored issue of validity of reassessment under Section 148 for AY 2015-16 to CIT(A) for fresh adjudication, noting that assessee raised legal ground for first time before ITAT.
