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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 96 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 351 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 258 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 73 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 72 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 45 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 48 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 72 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


Software Development Expenditure for services to clients is Revenue expense

November 8, 2022 1443 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Sikraft Infotech Private Limited (ITAT Mumbai) Software Development expenses claimed by the assessee are in the nature of payment of salaries and allowances to the Engineers, travelling expenses, etc. The assessee is engaged in the process of providing automation, software and hardware engineering. The said expenditure is in the regular course of business […]

Interest on enhanced compensation u/s 28 of Land Acquisition Act, 1984 is exempt

November 8, 2022 2232 Views 0 comment Print

Kamla Devi Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) In the present case, from the orders of the authorities below, it is clear that the authorities below have treated interest received by the assessee on enhanced compensation u/s 28 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1984 as ‘Income from other sources’ and denied exemption u/s 10(37) of the Act. […]

Primary Rate Interface is not fees for technical service hence TDS u/s 194J not deductible

November 7, 2022 3672 Views 0 comment Print

BMC Software India P. Ltd Vs DCIT (ITAT Pune) ITAT Pune held that charges of Primary Rate Interface doesn’t require human intervention and hence doesn’t qualify as fees for technical services. Accordingly, TDS not deductible u/s 194J of the Income Tax Act. Facts- Assessee challenged the disallowance of Primary Rate Interface (PRI) line charges paid […]

Addition to business income merely based on closing bank balance is unjustified

November 7, 2022 777 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chandigarh held that addition in the business income merely on the basis of closing bank balance unsustainable as there is nothing on record to show that assessee had any other income except agricultural income.

Educational expense of daughter is purely personal in nature despite her pursuing fathers profession

November 7, 2022 1554 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that expenditure incurred for education of the daughter, who pursued the very same profession in which the father was, doesn’t make the same business expenditure. Father was morally bound to spend on the education of his daughter and hence the same is personal expenditure.

Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) unsustainable as issue already decided in assessee’s favour

November 7, 2022 885 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that penalty under section 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act unsustainable as claim of deduction u/s. 80IA(4) already decided in favour of the assessee.

Provisions of section 68 cannot be invoked for entries duly explained

November 7, 2022 2181 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that for invoking the provisions of unexplained cash credit u/s 68 there has to be entries in the books of account for which no explanation should have been offered. As the declaration provided by the assessee is self-explanatory the provisions of section 68 cannot be invoked.

No penalty on undisputed claim of Interest paid to firm against business income

November 7, 2022 762 Views 0 comment Print

Bhawneshwar Kumar Vs ITO (ITAT Chandigarh) In the instant case, the matter relates to claim of interest paid by the assessee to the partnership firm where the assessee is a partner and from where the assessee also draws the remuneration. Both the interest paid and remuneration received from the partnership firm has been duly reflected […]

Exclusive Motors cannot be construed as a dependent agent PE of CCPL

November 7, 2022 1410 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Exclusive Motors Pvt. Ltd (ITAT Delhi) Undisputedly, the assessing officer has concluded that part of the remittances made by assessee to CCPL towards extended warranty services are in the nature of profit attributable to the PE in India, hence, assessee was required to deduct tax at source on such remittances. He also held […]

Allegations per se cannot be ground for cancellation of Trust registration

November 7, 2022 1803 Views 0 comment Print

Last Hour Ministry Vs CIT (Exemptions) (ITAT Cochin) A perusal of the order cancelling registration wherein various reasons have been given as mentioned earlier apparently show that these reasons would at best give rise to violations u/s.13(1)(c) and 13(1)(d) of the Act which would result in additions in the assessment and re­assessment. Such violations, if […]

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