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ITAT Deletes Section 68 Addition Because Cash Deposits Were Supported by Recorded Sales

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that cash deposits during demonetisation cannot be treated as unexplained when backed by audited books, invoices...

May 15, 2026 342 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 270A Penalty Due to Defective Notice and Bona Fide Reliance on Form 16

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that non-specification of the precise statutory charge under sections 270A(2) and 270A(9) violated principles o...

May 15, 2026 240 Views 0 comment Print

Fee-Based Receipts Cannot Defeat Charitable Status for Environmental Activities: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The Delhi ITAT held that institutions engaged in preservation of environment fall under a specific charitable limb under Section 2...

May 14, 2026 201 Views 0 comment Print

CIT(A) cannot enhance income on issues not examined by AO: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that CIT(A) cannot enhance income under Section 251 on matters not considered by the Assessing Officer during as...

May 10, 2026 537 Views 0 comment Print

Section 54F Deduction Cannot Be Denied Without Adequate Opportunity to Furnish Evidence

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore restored the Section 54F claim after noting that medical issues and portal difficulties prevented timely filing of ...

May 7, 2026 501 Views 0 comment Print


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CAAS Moves Supreme Court on ITAT Vacancies

Income Tax : The issue concerns massive backlog in ITAT caused by unfilled positions and delayed appointments. The intervention highlights that...

April 18, 2026 408 Views 0 comment Print

Representation for enhancement of monetary limit for SMC cases before ITAT

Income Tax : A representation seeks doubling the SMC threshold due to inflation and higher dispute values. The key takeaway is that increasing ...

April 4, 2026 1008 Views 0 comment Print

Raj Kundra Gifted Shilpa Shetty ₹12.5 Crore. Now Tax Tribunal Wants to Know How

Income Tax : The tribunal held that a gift deed alone cannot establish legitimacy under Section 68. It directed fresh scrutiny of the donor’s...

March 20, 2026 1077 Views 0 comment Print

Income from Vessel Operations Taxable Under India-Norway DTAA: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : Delhi ITAT allows Sanco Holding, a Norwegian company, to compute income from bareboat charter of seismic vessels under Article 21(...

October 17, 2025 780 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Indore Hybrid Hearing Guidelines from October 9, 2023

Income Tax : Learn about hybrid hearing guidelines of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Indore Bench, effective from October 9, 2023, offeri...

October 4, 2023 1512 Views 0 comment Print


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ITAT Sets Aside CIT(A) Order for Ignoring Bombay HC Interim Relief on Section 10(23C) Exemption Claim

Income Tax : The Mumbai ITAT held that the appellate authority failed to consider pending writ petitions and interim directions of the Bombay H...

May 16, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

Delayed Form 10B Filing Not Enough to Deny Section 11 Exemption Exemption

Income Tax : The ITAT Chennai held that exemption under Section 11 cannot be denied merely because Form 10B was not filed along with the return...

May 16, 2026 78 Views 0 comment Print

Buyback Gains Taxable Under Section 46A as Section 47(iv) Conditions Not Met: ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : The ITAT Bangalore held that gains arising from buyback of shares are taxable under Section 46A because the conditions prescribed ...

May 16, 2026 144 Views 0 comment Print

WhatsApp Chats without proof of completed transactions Cannot Justify Section 69A Additions: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that incomplete WhatsApp chats without proof of completed transactions cannot justify additions under Section 69A...

May 16, 2026 1434 Views 0 comment Print

Section 271AAC Penalty Unsustainable After Assessment Is Quashed: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that penalty under Section 271AAC cannot survive once the underlying Section 153C assessment is quashed. The Tribu...

May 16, 2026 105 Views 0 comment Print


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SOPs for sending notice to parties for hearing of cases before ITAT Bench

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi has revised its hearing notice protocols. Physical notices will now be sent only once, with subsequent dates availa...

July 25, 2025 1164 Views 0 comment Print

ITO doesn’t have jurisdiction to issue notice to NRI: ITAT Chandigarh

Income Tax : ITAT Chandigarh held that ITO Ward-3(1), Chandigarh had no jurisdiction to issue notice to an NRI and hence consequently the asses...

April 11, 2025 5808 Views 0 comment Print

Govt appoints Shri G. S. Pannu as President of ITAT

Income Tax : Central Government is pleased to appoint Shri G. S. Pannu, Vice-President of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, as President of th...

September 6, 2021 2166 Views 0 comment Print

Appointment as ITAT Member- Disparity with CAs

Income Tax : Ministry of Finance notified rules for appointment of members in various tribunals on 12.02.2020 in which practice of judicial and...

June 30, 2021 19944 Views 6 comments Print

Notice issued by officer having no jurisdiction of assessee is null & void

Income Tax : Bhagyalaxmi Conclave Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Kolkata) In the remand report, the AO clearly stated that notice u/s 143(2) of the Ac...

February 3, 2021 9957 Views 0 comment Print


Appeal barred by limitation as reasons for condonation doesn’t come under reasonable cause

March 18, 2023 1305 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Hyderabad held that there is delay of 3047 days in filing of an appeal and reasons stated for condonation are not proper and casual in nature and accordingly doesn’t come under reasonable cause. Hence, appeal dismissed as barred by limitation.

When books of accounts are not maintained, levying penalty u/s 271B for not getting books audited unjustified

March 18, 2023 2043 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur held that where no books of account are maintained, penalty should be imposed for non-maintenance of books of account u/s 271A of the Income Tax Act. However, in such circumstances imposing penalty u/s. 271B for not getting books of accounts audited is not justifiable.

Denial of exemption u/s 80P of Income Tax Act just because of belated filing of return not justifiable

March 18, 2023 9945 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Rajkot held that denying the exemption under Section 80P of the Income Tax Act merely on the ground of belated filing of return by the assessee is not justifiable.

Appellate authority is empowered to entertain any new claim not made before AO

March 18, 2023 2364 Views 1 comment Print

Aggreko Energy Rental India Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Pune) ITAT Pune held that appellate authority has power to entertain any new claim for the first time though not made before the Assessing Officer as the intention of the revenue would be to tax real income. Accordingly, revised claim of depreciation on goodwill made otherwise […]

Section 56(2)(x) not attracted to trust created for benefit of members/relative of settler identified as beneficiaries

March 18, 2023 8307 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that provisions contained in section 56(2)(x) of the Income Tax Act are not attracted in case of the trust created for the benefit of the members / relatives of the settler who have been identified as beneficiaries.

Initiation of reassessment proceeding by mere putting a seal as approving statement not sufficient

March 18, 2023 1248 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that by mere putting a seal as approving statement is not sufficient for initiation of reassessment proceedings u/s 147. It proves that approving authority has granted the approval in mechanical manner without application of mind and hence initiation of reassessment proceedings invalid.

If provisions of DTAA more beneficial then it supersedes provisions of income tax

March 17, 2023 3330 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that the provisions of a DTAA (Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement) supersedes the provisions of the income tax Act in case their application is more beneficial.

Matter restored to CIT(A) and cost imposed for continuous non-compliance to notice of CIT(A)

March 17, 2023 1422 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Hyderabad restore the issue to file of CIT(A)-NFAC as non-appearance before CIT(A)-NFAC due to unavoidable circumstance. Further, due to continuous non-compliance to the statutory notices issued by CIT(A)-NFAC, cost of INR 10,000 imposed to be paid to PM’s Relief Fund.

Revision order u/s 263 rightly passed as AO failed to examine cash deposited during demonetization

March 17, 2023 2835 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai held that as cash deposited by assessee received from petty shop owners on account of sale of its product during demonetization period was not examined by AO during assessment. Accordingly, PCIT rightly passed revision order u/s 263 directing AO to carry out necessary verification.

Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) not leviable as disallowance of expense doesn’t mean incorrect furnishing of income

March 17, 2023 5391 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur held that disallowance of expenses per se cannot mean that the assessee has furnished incorrect particulars of income. Accordingly, penalty under section 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act not leviable.

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