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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 103 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 93 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


Latest Notifications


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 for cash deposit not tenable when Assessee duly explained the source

July 2, 2022 3009 Views 0 comment Print

Kalubhai Ranchhodbhai Dhakecha Vs ITO (ITAT Ahmedabad) A perusal of the assessment order however reveals that there is nothing mentioned in the order that the opening balance was found unsubstantiated. The assessment order only finds a mention of the fact regarding the quantum of opening cash balance 9,06,927/- which included 4,03,585/- agricultural income and 2,78,391/- […]

ITAT advises a little care in filing appeals to dept as all orders of appellate authorities are not erroneous

July 2, 2022 633 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT held that revenue should also be careful when filing the appeals against the order of the appellate authorities. Not all orders of the appellate authorities are erroneous; a little care in filing these appeals would go a long way.

ITAT condones delay in filing of Audit Report due to Virus Attack

July 2, 2022 1170 Views 0 comment Print

In the present case before us, the delay is for few hours which could be condoned as there is a reason that there is malfunctioning / virus attack in the computer system and consequent data loss which is beyond the control of the assessee.

CIT(A) must provide opportunity of hearing to AO – Section 250(1)

July 2, 2022 8553 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Kalinga Mining Corporation (ITAT Cuttack) We are not going into merits of the appeals. Only because an opportunity of hearing as prescribed u/s.250(1) of the Act has not been provided by the ld. CIT(A) to the AO and there is a clear violation of principle of natural justice in respect of opportunity to […]

Expenditure for setting-up of business allowable as deduction despite absence of business income

July 1, 2022 3441 Views 0 comment Print

Expenditure incurred would be allowable as deduction, notwithstanding the fact that no business income was earned by the assessee.

Wastage Loss due to Diesel & Petrol Tank breakage allowable

July 1, 2022 2331 Views 0 comment Print

Mohammad Bhai Esufali & Sons Vs ITO (ITAT Pune) The only dispute is about wastage/evaporation claimed by the assessee at 1.23%/0.89%. These figures have emerged from the tabulation made in the impugned order on page 4, where the assessee gave a comparative analysis showing that the wastage/shortage in the immediately preceding year was higher at […]

Inadvertent mistake without any malafide intention: ITAT condones Delay

July 1, 2022 1155 Views 0 comment Print

Vasanthan Mukundan Peedikakkandy Vs ACIT (ITAT Pune) At the outset, we note that this appeal was filed with a delay of 931 days before the CIT(A). An affidavit filed explaining the said delay which is reproduced by the CIT(A) in impugned order at page Nos.11 to 13. On perusal of the same, we note that […]

Disallowance of interest on ad hoc basis on the plank that Interest-Bearing Funds are diverted not admissible

July 1, 2022 627 Views 0 comment Print

Guardian Nutrition & Health Supplements Pvt. Limited Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) Brief facts of the case are that assessee is engaged in the business of rental trading of pharmaceutical products. In the present case, Assessing Officer (AO) made proportionate disallowance of interest on ad hoc basis after noting that assessee had both interest bearing funds […]

No section 271B penalty if Assessee could not maintain books of accounts

July 1, 2022 1956 Views 0 comment Print

Gurukrupa Developers Vs DCIT (ITAT Ahmedabad) The learned AR before us inter-alia submitted that the books and other supporting documents of the assessee were impounded by the search team. Therefore, the assessee could not maintain proper books of accounts due to the reason beyond its control. When proper books of account were not available, the […]

Section 271(1)(c) Penalty not sustainable if failure in Disclosure of Income was unintentional

July 1, 2022 1674 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Himanshu Prafulchandra Varia Vs DCIT (ITAT Ahmedabad) We find merit in the contention of the Ld. Counsel for the assessee that the failure to disclose the income was by mistake and not deliberate and the assessee had in fact come clean during assessment proceedings before the Revenue authorities even before detection by the Revenue. […]

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