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Section 35D Deduction for REIT IPO Expenses Rejected as Assessee Is Not a Company: ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : ITAT held section 35D(2)(c) applies only to companies and upheld disallowance of REIT's claim for IPO and listing expense amortisa...

July 21, 2026 102 Views 0 comment Print

India’s MLI Problem: Ratified, But Not Notified

Income Tax : Article examines whether the MLI Principal Purpose Test has domestic effect under Section 90(1) following Nestlé SA and Sky High ...

July 10, 2026 342 Views 0 comment Print

Ignoring Notices at AO and CIT(A) Stages Can Ruin Direct Tax Cases

Corporate Law : The article argues that failure to comply before the AO or CIT(A) can lead to adverse assessments, as higher forums generally cann...

July 4, 2026 480 Views 0 comment Print

Section 54 Exemption Must Be Computed Asset-Wise as Each House Transfer Is a Separate Source of Capital Gain: ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : ITAT held that Section 54 exemption must be examined separately for each residential house sold. Aggregating gains from multiple t...

July 2, 2026 327 Views 0 comment Print

Section 11 Exemption Cannot Be Denied as Form 10B Was Filed Before Return Processing: ITAT Jaipur

Income Tax : ITAT held that delayed filing of Form 10B cannot defeat Section 11 exemption if the audit report is available before processing un...

July 2, 2026 198 Views 0 comment Print


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Appeal Restored as ITBA Upload Alone Is Not Valid Section 282 Service: ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore restored the appeal after holding that mere upload of an order on the ITBA portal is not valid service under Sectio...

July 19, 2026 201 Views 0 comment Print

Section 2(47)(v) Capital Gains Deleted as Section 53A Conditions Not Satisfied: ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held Section 2(47)(v) inapplicable as the JDA did not satisfy Section 53A conditions, deleting capital gains for AY...

July 11, 2026 354 Views 0 comment Print

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 702 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 1452 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 1347 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


No Section 43 BMA Penalty for Bona Fide Schedule FA Non-Disclosure of Foreign ESOPs

Income Tax :  ITAT deleted the Section 43 BMA penalty for non-disclosure of foreign ESOPs in Schedule FA, treating the omission as a bona fide...

July 21, 2026 9 Views 0 comment Print

FCRA Renewal Rejection Alone Cannot Deny Section 12AB Registration: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai remanded Section 12AB and consequential Section 80G renewal after holding that FCRA renewal rejection required indepen...

July 21, 2026 33 Views 0 comment Print

Advance Sale Consideration Cannot Be Taxed as Unexplained Money: ITAT Hyderabad

Income Tax : ITAT deleted the Section 69A addition on advance sale consideration, upheld Section 153C proceedings, and partly allowed the asses...

July 21, 2026 33 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Hyderabad Allows TV Serial Production Cost as Revenue Expenditure

Income Tax : ITAT Hyderabad upheld revenue deduction for TV serial production costs, dismissed Revenue's appeal, and remanded subscription reve...

July 21, 2026 51 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Remands Appeal Dismissed on Limitation, Applies SC COVID Extension Orders

Income Tax : ITAT held the appeal was filed within the extended limitation granted by the Supreme Court, set aside the dismissal, and remanded ...

July 21, 2026 12 Views 0 comment Print


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Section 54EC Deduction Enhanced to ₹1 Crore by Rectifying Tribunal Order: ITAT Pune

Income Tax : ITAT Pune allowed rectification under Section 254(2), correcting factual errors and granting Section 54EC deduction of ₹1 crore ...

July 18, 2026 207 Views 0 comment Print

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 1362 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 6018 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 2277 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 20235 Views 6 comments Print


ITAT deletes Addition for Cash Gift from Uncle and Aunt

January 29, 2023 2634 Views 0 comment Print

It is pertinent to note that to meet the emergency situation of additional expenses by the assessee the assessee has obtained cash not only from assessee’s father and mother but also the close relative i.e. the maternal uncle, maternal aunt as well as paternal uncle and paternal aunt and the said relation cannot be doubted by the Assessing Officer.

Interest on home loan for house acquired for residence of directors is allowable 

January 29, 2023 2724 Views 0 comment Print

During the appellate proceedings, the assessee has submitted that it has taken loan for purchase of two residential properties which have been allotted to two Directors for their residential purposes. It was submitted that the perquisite value on account of residence has been accounted for in the income of the Directors and has been offered for taxation.

High turnover is a ground to exclude a company from list of comparable companies

January 29, 2023 1911 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT held that high turnover is a ground to exclude a company from the list of comparable companies in determining ALP, held that there were contrary views on the issue and hence the view favourable to the Assessee laid down in the case of Pentair Water (supra) should be adopted.

LO doing preparatory activities in India not constitute PE under Article 5 of India Switzerland DTAA

January 29, 2023 1158 Views 0 comment Print

The LO does not constitute a fixed place through which business of assessee is carried out in India. Employees of the LO do not negotiate, finalise or discuss the mechanics of contracts including pricing with the assessee’s customers. As such the employees of LO merely act as a communication link between the assessee and the airline companies. The LO did not carry any activity, beyond that permitted by the RBI. The activities carried by the LO are thus, preparatory (auxiliary) in nature. The activities/operations of the assessee in connection with the contracts are carried from outside India.

Section 54 exemption eligible on brokerage for purchase of house property & on architect fees

January 29, 2023 4446 Views 0 comment Print

Renu Ratnakar Bhattacharya Vs CIT (Appeals) (ITAT Mumbai) It is the case of the assessee that at the time of purchase of house property the assessee paid brokerage to the tune of Rs.2,50,000/- at the rate of 1% of the agreement cost of the new property to one Mr. Rajesh Mahendru. The assessee brought on […]

Section 56(2)(vii) applies to purchaser of capital asset & Section 50C to Buyer

January 29, 2023 4449 Views 1 comment Print

Bharat Keshavlal Shah Vs PCIT (ITAT Pune) Lastly comes the issue of section 56(2)(vii) made applicable in assessee’s case on account of alleged difference between stamp valuation and actual purchase consideration qua the sale deed executed in the relevant previous year. A perusal of the said sale deed dated 31.12.2013, and more particularly, the schedule […]

Remuneration to directors cannot be disallowed merely because dividend could have fetch more tax

January 29, 2023 3132 Views 0 comment Print

The AO had made out a case that if the assessee company had paid dividend instead of remuneration to directors, such payment would have been fetched more tax. In our considered opinion, there is no question of changing the character of transaction from payment of salary to the possible payment of dividend, resulting into potential higher inflow of tax.

CAM charges cannot partake the character of rent – Section 194C TDS applicable

January 29, 2023 1179 Views 0 comment Print

It is the case of the assessee that the rent payment to the licensor is independent of the CAM charges payable and thus the CAM charges cannot partake the character of rent. The assessee thus contends that the deduction rate applicable on CAM charges @2% under Section 194C has been rightly deducted.

Income from unsold flats held as stock taxable as Income from House property

January 29, 2023 1146 Views 0 comment Print

There is no provision under head Profits and Gains from business or profession which deems rental income from unsold flats held as stock as Business income.

Mere Downfall in GP Ratio not give authority to revenue to make addition

January 29, 2023 2337 Views 0 comment Print

Sureshbhai Vihabhai Patel Vs ITO (ITAT Ahmedabad) There is no dispute to the fact that there is a downfall in the gross profit ratio declared by the assessee in the year under consideration in comparison to the earlier years. But the controversy arises whether the downfall in the gross profit ratio gives the authority to […]

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