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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 1440 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


Section 194I TDS not applicable on AC maintenance, housekeeping, security & common area maintenance charges

November 25, 2022 11400 Views 0 comment Print

Kamal Jafferali Wadhwania Vs ITO (ITAT Mumbai) Section 194I is applicable only in case of rent may be on plant and machinery (@ the rate of 2%) and for the use any land or building or land appurtenant to a building. In this case assessee is paying a rent/lease charges for the office premises which […]

Deduction not allowable for Referral Fees to Doctors & Nursing Homes

November 25, 2022 2787 Views 0 comment Print

Fidelity Diagnostics P. Ltd Vs DCIT (ITAT Pune) The issue in the present appeal relates to allowability of referral fees paid to doctors and nursing home by the appellant company. The Assessing Officer was of the opinion that the payment of referral fees to doctors and nursing home would amount to violation of the provisions […]

ITAT allowed deduction of PF/ESI/EPF deposited late but paid before ITR filing

November 25, 2022 3609 Views 0 comment Print

Ajashy Engineering Sales Pvt. Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) ITAT held that AO was not justified in denying the deduction claimed by the assessee on account of late deposit of PF/ESI/EPF, albeit before filing the return of income. Admittedly in the matter, the Revenue had not contended that the assessee has deposited the contribution after […]

Revision proceedings cannot be sustained if assessee opted to settle dispute under DTVSV Scheme

November 24, 2022 2562 Views 0 comment Print

In present facts of the case, the ITAT observed that proceedings under Section 263 of Income Tax Act, 1961 cannot be sustained if the tax payer had opted to settle the dispute under the Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Act, 2020.

 Deposit of money in bank a/c  preceded by withdrawal of money from very same bank a/c – ITAT accepts Source 

November 24, 2022 9474 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee, a retired bank employee earning pension, deposited   Rs.15 lakhs cash  in his bank account on 13.11.2016 which he explained as withdrawal on 13.10.2015  or a perceived need and kept the cash with him and the very same cash was deposited . AO rejected the explanation   for the reason that the assessee failed to explain the perceived need for which cash was withdrawn holding that  no prudent person would keep cash and lose interest if he deposits the money in FD.  AO treated the cash deposit u/s 69A.  CIT(A) confirmed the addition.

Reopening of assessment beyond four years period invalid as material facts disclosed fully

November 24, 2022 8163 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that reopening of assessment beyond four years period is invalid as there was no failure on the part of the assessee to disclose fully and truly all the material facts necessary for the assessment.

Salary by head office to expatriate employees working in Indian branch is allowable deduction

November 24, 2022 1710 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that that the salary paid by the head office to expatriate employees working in Indian branches is allowable as deduction under section 37 of the Income Tax Act.

Addition of investment in India by tax resident of UAE unsustainable in terms of Indo-UAE treaty

November 24, 2022 1452 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that addition of investment made in India by tax resident of UAE is unsustainable as in terms of Indo UAE tax treaty, the right to tax the income doesnt belong to India.

Investment in gold duly reflected in books of accounts cannot be added as unexplained

November 24, 2022 2433 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that investment made in gold ornaments was duly recorded in the books of accounts and also reflected in the block of assets. Hence, such investment cannot be stated to be remained unexplained.

Amount of bogus donation not deductible u/s 35(1)(ii)

November 24, 2022 3798 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur held that benefit of deduction under section 35(1)(ii) of the Income Tax Act unavailable on bogus donation on adoption of unfair means.

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