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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


Latest News


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


TDS not deductible on payment to Facebook Ireland & Mailchimp US for Advertisement

August 17, 2021 6339 Views 0 comment Print

Urban Ladder Home Décor Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Bangalore) A careful perusal of the relevant provisions of the agreement entered by the assessee with Facebook and Rocket Science Group (Mailchimp) would show that both these non-resident companies are allowing the assessee to use the facilities provided in their sites, which includes, inter alia, […]

Depreciation on Tenancy Rights allowable under the Income Tax Act

August 16, 2021 3441 Views 0 comment Print

Premier Book Company Vs Addl. CIT (ITAT Delhi) M/s Premier Book Company (Appellant) has filed the current appeal challenging the order by the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) (CIT(A)) dated June 03, 2016 pertaining to Assessment Year (A.Y) 2010-11, which upheld the disallowance of depreciation on tenancy rights. The Assessing Officers disallowed the claim under […]

Free medicine samples given to physicians by pharma companies, cannot be treated as freebies

August 16, 2021 4584 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Solvay Pharma India Ltd (ITAT Mumbai) We observe that the CBDT Circular dated 1-8-2012 (supra) in its clarification has enlarged the scope and applicability of ‘Indian Medical Council Regulation 2002’ by making it applicable to the pharmaceutical companies or allied health care sector industries. Such an enlargement of scope of MCI regulation to […]

ITAT deletes adhoc disallowance of advertisement and publicity expense

August 16, 2021 1908 Views 0 comment Print

Goodyear India Ltd. Vs NeAC (ITAT Delhi) Coming to Ground raised by the assessee against the making of adhoc disallowance amounting to Rs.3,52,33,953/- being 30% of the total expenditure of 11,74,46,510/- incurred by the assessee on advertisement and publicity. CIT DR submitted that the AE of the assessee company would certainly be benefitted  by  expenditure […]

ITAT allows proportionate expenses related to office-cum-residence used by ‘Farah Khan’

August 15, 2021 2058 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Farah Khan (ITAT Mumbai) During the course of assessment proceedings, it transpired that the assessee owned 6 flats / units (A3501A, A3501B, A3501C, A3601A, A3601B & A3601C) on 35th & 36th floor of a Building namely Oberoi Sky Heights situated at Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri (West), Mumbai. All the units were stated to be […]

Section 12AA: CIT(E ) should not extend its authority beyond Income Tax Act, 1961

August 15, 2021 2130 Views 0 comment Print

Doctor Madan Lal Atri Charitable Trust Vs CIT Exmp. (ITAT Agra) The purpose of grant of registration is to ensure that the assessee is primarily into charitable activities as defined undersection 2(15) of the Act and for those purposes, Commissioner exemption should make enquiries only. The Commissioner exemption should not use this opportunity to extend […]

Late payment of employee’s contribution to EPF & ESIC allowable if paid before filing I.T. return

August 15, 2021 8211 Views 0 comment Print

Indo States Exports Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) The only effective ground is against the disallowance of Rs.3,01,631/- on account of late payment of employee’s contribution towards EPF and ESI. Ld. Counsel for the assessee submitted that authorities below were not justified in disallowing the claim of the assessee in respect of employee’s contribution. Hon’ble Jurisdictional […]

ITAT reduces addition for Bogus Purchase to 6% from 12.5%

August 13, 2021 969 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Kamal H. Shah Vs ITO (ITAT Mumbai) Undisputedly, the assessee has failed to prove genuineness of purchases and the authenticity of the dealers in both the impugned assessment years. The notices sent to the dealers under section 133(6) of the Act on the addresses furnished by the assessee by the Assessing Officer were received […]

Bogus purchases – no section 263 revision for estimating income at higher rates

August 13, 2021 1299 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. Vaghasiya Exports Vs Pr. CIT (ITAT Mumbai) Ld. AO was clinched with the issue of suspicious purchases made by the assessee from various entities of tainted group. In fact, it is the only addition made in the assessment order. Specific queries were raised requiring the assessee to substantiate the purchases under suspicion. The assessee […]

No infringement of Section 40A(3) four cash payment for seeds to villagers & tribals in naxalite area

August 13, 2021 975 Views 0 comment Print

Bharat Agro Industries Vs ITO (ITAT Raipur) The first allegation concerns infringement of Section 40A(3) of the Act and consequent applicability of Section 40(a)(ia) of the Act. In this regard, it is the case of the assessee that purchases were made from villagers/Tribals who are procuring the seeds and supplying the same to the assessee. […]

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