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Section 143(2) Notice Not Invalid for Omitting Scrutiny Category: ITAT Bengaluru

Income Tax : ITAT Special Bench held that omission of scrutiny category in a Section 143(2) notice is a procedural defect curable under Section...

July 22, 2026 111 Views 0 comment Print

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 183 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 363 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 354 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 261 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 708 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 1461 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 1365 Views 0 comment Print


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No Section 69A Addition on Disclosed Property Sale Cash Receipts: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi deleted the section 69A addition of ₹33.50 lakh after holding the intercepted cash formed part of the disclosed prope...

July 22, 2026 97 Views 0 comment Print

Section 270A Penalty Invalid Without Specific Charge; No Penalty on Bona Fide Debatable Claim: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi deleted Section 270A penalty as notices lacked specific Section 270A(9) charge and the expenditure claim involved a deb...

July 22, 2026 87 Views 0 comment Print

Bengaluru ITAT Restores Search Assessments Despite Repeated Non-Compliance, Subject to ₹50,000 Cost Per Appeal

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore restored six Section 153A search assessment appeals to the AO, subject to ₹50,000 cost per appeal for repeated no...

July 22, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print

Bengaluru ITAT: Section 270A Penalty Invalid Where Notice Fails to Specify the Exact Limb of Under-Reporting or Misreporting

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore deleted a Section 270A penalty as the notice and penalty order failed to specify the exact statutory limb of under-...

July 22, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print

Bengaluru ITAT: Salary Is Taxable Only When It Becomes Due; Mere Reporting in Form 16 or Form 26AS Does Not Conclusively Establish Taxability

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held disputed salary is taxable only if it became due and remanded the matter to verify the employment terms and em...

July 22, 2026 81 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 222 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 6024 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 20241 Views 6 comments Print


Addition under Section 68 unsustainable in absence of establishment of links between evidences

November 21, 2022 1851 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT deleted the additions made under Section 68 and 69C on the reasoning that AO was unable to establish links between the evidence collected.

Addition of unexplained income unsustainable as source of money and identity of creditors explained

November 21, 2022 1284 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai held that addition of unexplained income unsustainable as source of money including identity of the creditors is duly explained by the assessee and further the amount has been transferred through proper banking channel only.

Foreign Tax Credit cannot be denied for delay in furnishing of Form No. 67

November 21, 2022 2871 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that rule 128(9) of the Income Tax Rules doesnt provide for disallowance of Foreign Tax Credit in case of delay in filing of Form No. 67 and Filing of Form No. 67 is not mandatory, hence Foreign Tax Credit cannot be denied for delay in furnishing of Form No. 67.

Rejection of books of accounts based on insignificant defects is unjustifiable

November 21, 2022 4134 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur held that rejection of books of account on the basis of insignificant defects is unjustified as Before invoking provisions of section 145(3) AO has to bring on record material the basis on which he has arrived at the conclusion with regard to correctness/ completeness of the accounts.

Change of opinion by AO cannot be base for initiation of re-assessment proceedings

November 21, 2022 765 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune held that it is an admitted fact that assessee has fully and truly disclosed all the material facts and hence initiation of re-assessment proceedings merely on the change of opinion by AO is impermissible in law.

Content of locker assessible in the hands of first owner of locker

November 21, 2022 2838 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that locker being in joint names and first name was indicative of real ownership and hence the assessment of the contents of the locker should be rightly done in the hands of the first owner of the locker.

Disallowance u/s 40(a)(i) of management fees to AE unsustainable as amount not taxable in India

November 21, 2022 1881 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that management fees paid to AE is not chargeable to tax in India in terms with Article 12(4) of India-USA DTAA and hence disallowance of the same u/s 40(a)(i) of the Income Tax Act for non-deduction of TDS is unsustainable in law.

Section 80IC: Year of substantial expansion is initial assessment year within the period of 10 years

November 21, 2022 1491 Views 0 comment Print

It was held that there can be two initial assessment years and the year in which there was substantial expansion that year is the initial assessment year within the period of 10 years for the purpose of claiming deduction under section 80-IC of the Act.

Percentage completion method followed by the developer is acceptable

November 21, 2022 5739 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that appellant is recognizing the revenue on the basis of percentage completion method since inception of the firm as per the Accounting Standards There is no change or modification in the accounting method hence addition unsustainable.

Cash Deposit during Demonetization Period – AO must do comparative analysis of cash deposits with sales

November 21, 2022 6666 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT instructions dated 09/08/2019 speaks about the comparative analysis of cash deposits, cash sales, month wise cash sales and cash deposits. It also provides that whether in such cases the books of accounts have been rejected or not where substantial evidences of vide variation be found between these statistical analyses.

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