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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 786 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


Latest Judiciary


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 60 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 147 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


Latest Notifications


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


Invocation of section 263 justified as AO allowed deduction u/s 54B without necessary inquiry

February 1, 2023 729 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that invocation of provisions of section 263 of the Income Tax Act justified as AO allowed deduction u/s 54B without necessary inquiry about applicability of the same.

Expense towards purchase of off-the-shelf software products doesn’t qualify as Royalty

February 1, 2023 1290 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai held that the expenditure incurred towards the purchase of the off-the-shelf software products is not in the nature of Royalty for use of copyright in the software and thus not liable for withholding of tax u/s.195 of the Act.

Loss on sale of unusable old/ obsolete inventory allowable

January 31, 2023 6420 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that loss on sale of unusable old/ obsolete inventory allowed as there is nothing on record to suggest that such inventories was part of the Fixed Assets of the appellant company and the appellant has claimed depreciation on such Inventories earlier.

Consideration towards right to use of brand name/ trademark taxable as royalty

January 31, 2023 7464 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that consideration for permitting the licensee the right to use of brand name or trademark has to be treated as Royalty in terms of section 9(1)(vi) of the Act read with Article 12 of the tax treaty. Accordingly, the same will be taxable.

Tax audit mandatory as gross receipts above prescribed limit

January 31, 2023 3885 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune held that bonafide belief that as there is no sales there is no need of tax audit is not acceptable as Gross receipt of the assessee is more than INR 1 Crore. Accordingly, penalty u/s 271B imposable for default in not getting books audited.

Mere passing off project specific architectural, drawings and design not taxable as Fee for Technical Services

January 31, 2023 1560 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that mere passing off project specific architectural, drawings and designs with measurements does not amount to making available technical knowledge, experience, skill, knowhow or processes. Accordingly, cannot be brought to tax as Fee for Technical Services.

Denial of exemption u/s 10(23C) alleging bogus donation without evidence is unsustainable

January 31, 2023 2199 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that denial of exemption under section 10(23C) of the Income Tax Act on allegation of bogus donation unsustainable in absence of evidence that donation made by assessee to those trust are bogus.

Reduction of adhoc disallowance of miscellaneous expense from 15% to 5% justified

January 31, 2023 1119 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata held that reduction of adhoc disallowance of miscellaneous expenditure from 15% to 5% justified as 1st Appellate Authority has exercised discretion in working out the adhoc disallowance.

Excise duty and sales tax to be excluded from total turnover for deduction u/s 80HHC

January 31, 2023 1062 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that excise duty and sales tax is to be excluded from total turnover while claiming deduction under section 80HHC of the Income Tax Act.

No disallowance if Free Samples given to Doctors recognized under UCPMP Guidelines

January 30, 2023 4077 Views 0 comment Print

While allowing deduction to pharma company, the free samples provided to doctors recognized under Uniform Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices by The Department of Pharmaceuticals (UCPMP) guidelines were not violative of Indian Medical Council (MCI) Rules and distribution of free samples was directly related to business promotion activity of the pharmaceutical company. Thus it was wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the business of the company and could not be disallowed.

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