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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 540 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


ITAT Quashes Reassessment as AO Changed Reason from Fake Loan Entries to Penny Stock LTCG

Income Tax : The ITAT Ahmedabad held that reassessment under Section 147 was invalid because the Assessing Officer reopened the case for fictit...

May 17, 2026 477 Views 0 comment Print

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 162 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 69 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 78 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 87 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


Long Term loss on shares allowed to be set off against LTCG on Sale of Property

October 2, 2021 4851 Views 0 comment Print

Michael E Desa Vs ITO (ITAT Mumbai) Undoubtedly, when the object of a contract is illegality or something which would frustrate the law, such a contract will be void, but then minimisation of tax liability, as long as it is through legitimate tax planning and without using colourable devices, is not at all illegal; it […]

IBC 2016 have overriding effect over Income Tax Act, 1961

October 2, 2021 3588 Views 0 comment Print

Moserbaer India Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) Section 238 of IBC 2016 will have overriding effect over all other Central and State statutes including the Income-tax Act and all the claims including claim of the Income-tax Department under the Income-tax Act, 1961 shall be entertained by the Official Liquidator u/s 53 (1) of the Code. […]

Society is charitable if driven primarily for charitable purpose

October 2, 2021 1071 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration (ITAT Delhi) Expression ‘charitable purpose’, as defined in section 2(15) cannot be construed literally and in absolute terms. It has to take colour and be considered in the context of section 10(23C)(iv) of the said Act. It is also clear that if the literal interpretation is […]

Trust registration cannot be denied for including religious object if primary or dominant purpose is Charitable

October 2, 2021 2448 Views 0 comment Print

If the primary or dominant purpose of an institution is charitable than any other object which by itself might not be charitable but just merely ancillary or incidental to the primary or dominant purpose, would not prevent the trust or institution from being a valid charity.

In absence of transfer, payment for use of software cannot be treated as Royalty

October 2, 2021 2514 Views 0 comment Print

Shell India Markets Private Limited Vs ITO (ITAT Mumbai) Assessee’s claim that it has acquired mere user right in copyrighted article and thus the payments in question are not to be considered as royalty, is not tenable. As there is transfer of copyright right between the assessee and the SIBV, the payments made by the […]

Computer accessories & peripherals entitled to higher depreciation rate

October 1, 2021 3858 Views 0 comment Print

Waters (India) Private Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) It is settled position of law that computer and its accessories and peripherals are entitled to higher rate of depreciation of 60%. The CIT(A) held that the assessee is entitled to depreciation of 60% on printer and 15% on UPS by holding that UPS is not part […]

Reopening Based on Information must be Reliable with Some Evidence to Believe Purchase as Bogus

October 1, 2021 1695 Views 0 comment Print

Dove Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) Reopening Based on Information must be Reliable and Some Evidence to Believe Purchase as Bogus, Proceedings Quashed By Delhi ITAT We have considered the rival contentions of both the Ld. Representative of the parties. A perusal of the reasons recorded for reopening of the assessment (as reproduced […]

Documents found during the course of first search cannot be utilized for Assessment consequent to 2nd Search

September 30, 2021 4074 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Prakash Industries Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) Any incriminating material or documents found during the course of first search cannot be utilized while framing the assessments in pursuance of the second search in case of no assessment order passed consequence of first search Here in this case, in the letter dated 10.03.2021 filed by the […]

TP: Unilateral action without agreement or understanding cannot be termed as a transaction

September 30, 2021 2193 Views 0 comment Print

Perfetti Van Melle India Pvt Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) Thus, in order to be characterized as an ‘international transaction’, it would have to be demonstrated that the transaction arose pursuant to an arrangement, understanding or action in concert. A ‘transaction’, per se involves a bilateral arrangement or contract between the parties. Unilateral action by […]

Date of handing over of material In absence of any specific date of handing over of material in satisfaction note

September 29, 2021 3597 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Ankit Nivesh & Management Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) In absence of any specific date of handing over of material in the satisfaction note, the date of recording of satisfaction will be taken to be the date of handing over the material. The assessee is engaged in the business of investment and sale purchase […]

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