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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 72 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 99 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 171 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 1515 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 129 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 1167 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


Reference to TPO without fulfilling the conditions of threshold limit is not valid

June 21, 2022 3741 Views 0 comment Print

Garg Acrylics Ltd. Vs Addl. CIT (ITAT Delhi) It is the case of the assessee that reference made to the TPO in the instant case without fulfilling the conditions of threshold of Rs.5 crore monetary limit is without the sanction of law in view of the Section 92BA of the Act. This being so, the […]

Referral commission paid to doctors is not allowable as Business expenditure

June 21, 2022 6453 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT held that Referral commission paid to doctors in Violation of the professional conduct is Not allowable as Business Expenditure.

No prudent man expected to keep record of sale proceeds of small amount

June 21, 2022 822 Views 0 comment Print

Mr. Mohan Sambhaji Jagthap Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) Appreciating the material on record it can be observed that the Tax Authorities have not doubted the assertion of the Assessee that the father in law was resident of Canada or he held land. When this fact is admitted, the Revenue needed to conduct some enquiry and […]

Section 68 addition valid if Assessee Fails to Prove Creditworthiness of Creditors

June 21, 2022 771 Views 0 comment Print

Sumo Advertises Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) A perusal of the assessment order reveals that during the course of the assessment proceedings, the Id. AO asked the appellant to establish the credits appearing in its books of account. However, no details were filed by the latter. As per the provisions of section 68, the […]

Penalty not imposable merely for making of a claim, which is not sustainable in law

June 21, 2022 681 Views 0 comment Print

Mere making of a claim, which is not sustainable in law, would not, ipso facto, amount to concealment of income or furnishing of inaccurate particulars of Income

Section 194C TDS not applicable on payments of EDC to HUDA

June 21, 2022 5214 Views 0 comment Print

Provisions of Section 194C are not applicable on payments to agencies like HUDA on behalf of the State Government. The imposition of penalty under Section 271C was consequently found to be unsustainable in the absence of default of Section 194C of the Act.

No section 269SS & 269T if reasonable cause for accepting/repaying loan in cash

June 21, 2022 1770 Views 0 comment Print

Sunil M. Bhide Vs Addl. CIT (ITAT Pune) It is seen from the penalty order that the assessee pleaded before the AO that he started construction of a commercial building on his plot. The construction work was halted because of paucity of funds. The said plot of land along with part construction was leased out […]

Addition to income of trust merely for delayed filing of Audit report electronically not justified

June 21, 2022 2703 Views 0 comment Print

DSOB Class of 64 Charitable Trust Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) Learned counsel submitted that the addition was made on account of non-furnishing of the audit report in form 10B through electronic mode. Learned counsel submitted that the learned CIT(Appeals) has noted the fact that return of income was filed on 31.08.2018 and the audit report […]

Delay in Appeal filing cannot be condoned for Lack of communication with Tax Advisors

June 21, 2022 729 Views 0 comment Print

Further, there is lack of communication between the tax advisors and the Board of Directors due to which the appeal could not be filed before this Tribunal within stipulated time. He stated that this appeal was filed with a delay of 423 days when a call received from the office of Tax Recovery Officer regarding tax arrears and made enquiries with tax counsel, came to know that the appeal against the order of CIT(A) is required to be filed.

Expenses to discharge mortgage debt created by previous owner allowable as cost of acquisition

June 21, 2022 1080 Views 0 comment Print

Balram Shitaldas Ahuja Vs ITO (ITAT Pune) The assessee’s sole substantive grievance contested during the course of hearing challenges correctness of both the lower authorities action disallowing its mortgage expenditure of Rs.55 lakhs as cost of acquisition with the corresponding indexation. Distinction between the mortgage created by the previous owner which is discharged by the […]

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