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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 345 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 246 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 204 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 789 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


Section 69A Addition Cannot Survive Merely on Ground That Explanation Was an Afterthought: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that tax authorities cannot reject documentary evidence solely by labeling the explanation as an afterthought. P...

May 17, 2026 45 Views 0 comment Print

Routine Administrative Workload Cannot Justify Delay in Filing Appeal: ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore dismissed the Revenue’s appeal after holding that the Assessing Officer failed to provide adequate reasons for de...

May 17, 2026 48 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Penalty Matter Restored as Quantum Appeal Was Still Pending Before CIT(A)

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that penalty proceedings under Section 271(1)(c) should not be decided before disposal of the related quantum appe...

May 17, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Duplicate Capital Gains Addition Due to Amended Sale Deed Error

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that two sale deeds represented the same transaction because one was merely an amendment correcting a survey num...

May 17, 2026 63 Views 0 comment Print

CPC Cannot Change AOP Status to Co-operative Society in ITR Processing: ITAT Ahmedabad

Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held that CPC cannot suo motu reclassify an apartment owners association as a co-operative society while processing...

May 17, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


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


ITAT slams dept for fixing hearing on Very Next day of Show-Cause Notice

March 13, 2022 1764 Views 0 comment Print

Sheela Devi Vs PCIT (ITAT Delhi) ITAT observed total lack of opportunity by PCIT while concluding the proceedings under Section 263 of the Act. It is apparent from the records that solitary show cause notice issued to the assessee was for attendance on the very next date, i.e., 26.03.2021 in substitution of the first show […]

No revision possible invoking section 263 provisions on highly debate issue

March 13, 2022 732 Views 0 comment Print

Kalaivani Spinners Pvt. Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Chennai) ITAT observed that PCIT himself admits that there are different views possible on claim of deduction u/s.80IA and issue is highly debatable. Once the issue is highly debatable no revision is possible invoking the provisions of section 263 of the Act. Hence, we quash the revision order passed […]

Reopening cannot be done in a mechanical manner & on a mere change of opinion

March 13, 2022 1026 Views 0 comment Print

Standard Builders Vs ACIT (ITAT Chennai) ITAT held that reopening could not be done in a mechanical manner and on a mere change of opinion. Further, in case of reopening beyond 4 years, the revenue must allege that there was failure on the part of the assessee to disclose material facts. We find that the […]

Foreign exchange difference as on balance sheet date is allowable expense

March 13, 2022 3750 Views 0 comment Print

Venture Lighting India Vs ACIT / DCIT (ITAT Chennai) ITAT noted that the assessee is consistently following a policy and method of accounting admitting foreign exchange gain or loss on year-on-year basis. The assessee before us filed complete chart from assessment year 2010-11 to 2016-17 as noted above. Before us, the ld. Senior DR could […]

Appellate authority shall decide appeal on merits despite absence of assesse

March 13, 2022 1224 Views 0 comment Print

The appellate authority has to decide the appeal on merits even in the absence of assessee and not to dismiss it for default.

CIT Appeal cannot set aside the matter to the file of AO

March 13, 2022 5703 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Shri. Mohamed Hassan (ITAT Chennai) Section 251(1)(a) of the Act does not provide power to the Ld. CIT(A) for setting aside the matter to the file of the Ld. AO. The power given to the Ld. CIT(A) in terms of section 251(1)(a) of the Act relates to confirming, reducing, enhancing or annulling the […]

ITAT imposes cost on Assessee for failure to attend before CIT(A)

March 13, 2022 1329 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the ITAT Delhi’s decision in Anant Media Pvt. Ltd. vs. ACIT case. Learn about the challenges, legal principles, and the directive to the assessee for a fresh hearing. Understand the implications of the share premium disallowance and the significance of complying with authorities’ notices.

Loss due to forfeiture of security deposits given for lease of rental premises allowable

March 13, 2022 9177 Views 1 comment Print

ACIT Vs Benetton India Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) The assessee submitted that the advances written off is not a capital loss as it is written off as security deposits against the shops obtained on rent. Such write off of security deposits was incidental to the business of the assessee and was for running its operations. […]

Section 54F- Source of funds is irrelevant & Possession date is Purchase date 

March 13, 2022 13404 Views 1 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that for claiming exemption under section 54 Date on which possession is by the Assessee  should be taken as the date of purchase and further section only require Assessee to purchase/Construct a residential house within the specified period and source of funds is quite irrelevant.

Demand to levying late fee u/s. 234E for the period prior to 01.06.2015 not sustainable

March 12, 2022 2877 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Bhaskar Roy Vs ITO (TDS) (ITAT Kolkata) ITAT held that demand raised by the Income Tax Authorities for levying late fee u/s. 234E of the Act for the period prior to 01.06.2015 cannot be sustained and we order accordingly. However, we hasten to add that Hon’ble Karnataka High Court while passing the order had […]

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