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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


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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 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 1449 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 117 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 2169 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 271B penalty not justified for delay due to late appointment of Auditor by CAG

November 23, 2022 1422 Views 0 comment Print

Madhya Pradesh Audyogik Kendra Vikas Nigam (Indore) Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Indore) The assessee has challenged the penalty to the tune of Rs.1,50,000/-levied under Section 271B of the Act. The assessee, a Government company, wherein appointment of Auditor in the case of the appellant was governed by the provision of section 619(2) of the Companies […]

Rule 128(9) not provide for denial of FTC in case of delay in filing Form No. 67

November 23, 2022 2160 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT held that Rule 128(9) of the Rules does not provide for disallowance of Foreign Tax Credit (FTC) in case of delay in filing Form No. 67; (ii) filing of Form No. 67 is not mandatory but a directory requirement and (iii) DTAA overrides the provisions of the Act and the Rules cannot be contrary to the Act.

Comparability depends on the company operating in wholesale or retail trade

November 22, 2022 1191 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that rule 10B(2)(d) of the Income Tax Rules provide that the company is in the wholesale trading and retail trading have to be considered separately for the purpose of comparison.

Addition u/s 68 of the Income Tax Act unsustainable in absence of fresh receipt of money

November 22, 2022 1575 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that loan lying in the proprietorship concern books of the assessee is converted as gift during the year under consideration hence there was no fresh receipt of money. Accordingly, addition under section 68 of the Income Tax Act is unsustainable.

Exemption u/s 10 unavailable as land doesn’t qualify as agricultural land

November 22, 2022 1362 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that exemption under section 10 of the Income Tax Act not available as the said land was non-agricultural land as it failed to fulfil twin conditions for qualifying as agricultural land.

Deduction u/s 57(iii) allowable if primary motive of expenditure is to earn income

November 22, 2022 5220 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chandigarh held that for claiming deduction u/s 57(iii) of the Income Tax Act primary motive of incurring such expenditure should be directly relatable to the earning of income falling under the head income from other sources. Such expenditure are deductible even if there is net loss.

Addition of cash deposited in bank account not belonging to assessee is unsustainable

November 22, 2022 3519 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad assessee has duly submitted banks certificate disclaiming the existence of such bank accounts belonging to the assessee. Hence, addition of cash deposited on such non-existing bank account unsustainable

Disallowance of interest u/r 8D(2)(ii) unsustainable as investments made out of interest free funds

November 22, 2022 861 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that as assessee is having sufficient own funds hence investments which yield exempt income can be presumed to be made out of interest free funds. Accordingly, disallowance of interest in terms of rule 8D(2)(ii) of the Income Tax Rules unsustainable.

Addition based on non-appearance of directors of subscribing company untenable

November 22, 2022 954 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata held that non-compliance to summons issued u/s 131 of the Act or non-appearance of the directors of the subscribing companies cannot be basis for making addition as the assessee has proved the identity, creditworthiness of the investors and genuineness of the transactions.

ITAT quashes reassessment order as notice was issued on incorrect facts without application of mind

November 22, 2022 1779 Views 0 comment Print

Bhavmeet Singh Bhatia Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) AO noted that the assessee has not filed the return of income for AY 2011-12 whereas the copy of the return of income available in assessee’s paper book clearly reveals that the assessee did file the return of income for AY 2011-12. It is also clearly discernible that […]

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