In present facts of the case, the ITAT observed that Guess work or estimation or extrapolation of income is not permissible unless there are strong evidences to suggest otherwise. The additions are to be based solely on tangible material and not on the basis of estimations or extrapolation theory
ITAT Chennai held that there is no obligation to deduct tax at source u/s 195 of the Income Tax Act as payment made to sister concern in USA is purely reimbursement of expense and does not involve any element of income.
ITAT Chennai held that in case of banking companies were shares & securities are held as stock in trade, dividend income is considered as business income, and consequently, provisions of Sec.14A of the Act, cannot be applied.
ITAT Chennai held that penalty u/s 271D and 271E of the Income Tax Act duly leviable as reasonable cause for accepting loans and advances in cash in contravention of provisions of Sec.269SS & 269TT not explained.
ITAT Chennai held that payment of rental or ocean freight for ships is covered by Article 8 of India-Korea DTAA. Accordingly, the assessee is not liable to deduct TDS and therefore, disallowance invoking provisions of section 40(a)(i) of the Income Tax Act unsustainable.
ITAT Chennai held that provisions of section 73 doesnot apply in view of specific exclusions of the arbitrage/jobbing transactions from the purview of speculative transaction u/s 43(5) of the Income Tax Act.
ITAT Chennai held that assessee failed furnish any evidences to prove that there are negotiations between assessee and AEs with regard to marketing strategy, sales targets, credit period, etc. Accordingly, TPO/AO has rightly bench marked payment of agency commission as ‘nil’.
Analyzing ITAT Chennai’s decision in the S. Saroja Vs DCIT case, focusing on the ruling that no penalty should be levied for inadvertent mistakes in reporting house property value by an accountant.
The ITAT Chennai in Jamal Mohideen Haroon Imran Khan Vs ITO case allows a delay of 227 days in appeal filing due to the death of assessee’s advocate during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The ITAT Chennai confirmed that the late payment of EPF and ESI contributions could not be claimed alternatively under Section 37(1) of the Income Tax Act, marking a significant precedent for late payment disallowances.
