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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


Appellate Authority can exercise Power under Rule 46A suo-motu without any application from any of contesting party

May 6, 2021 774 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Kewalram Textile Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Ahmedabad) The power of the appellate authority to direct for the production of a document or examination of the witness as a matter of fact is in furtherance of any enquiry contemplated by Section 250(4) of the Act is contained in sub Rule 4 of Rule 46-A of […]

Direct & Indirect Taxes Updates- April 2021

May 6, 2021 30414 Views 2 comments Print

DIRECT TAXES UPDATES Recent circulars/ notifications/ rules/ clarifications/News ♦ Government extends time for payment under VSV (Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme) to 30.06.2021 including timelines for assessment (Notification No. 39/2021-Income Tax/S.O. 1704(E)& Notification No. 38/2021-Income Tax/S.O. 1703(E) dated 27/04/2021) ♦ CBDT vide Notification No. 37/2021-Income Tax Dated: 26th April, 2021 amends rule 2DB which deals with […]

No deduction u/s 80IA(4) granted in first year could be denied in subsequent Years unless there was change in original terms and conditions

May 6, 2021 2661 Views 0 comment Print

When deduction u/s 80IA(4) had been granted in first year of claim the same could not be denied in subsequent years, unless assessee had changed the original terms and conditions in the first year while fulfilling for the granting deduction in the first year of operation.

Addition for Unexplained Investment not justified when Assessee discharges Onus of Explaining Transactions

May 6, 2021 2841 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Sri Meka Srinivas (ITAT Hyderbad) This Revenue’s appeal for Asst. Year 2008-09 arises from the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals)-12, Hyderabad order dt.29.09.2016 passed in case No. 0132/2015-16 in proceedings under Section 143(3) r.w.s. 153A of Income Tax Act, 1961 (‘the Act’). Heard both the parties.  Case file perused. 2. Coming to the […]

Loss due to Encashment of Bank Guarantee allowable

May 6, 2021 3669 Views 0 comment Print

Ogene Systems India Limited Vs ITO (ITAT Hyderabad) Impugned encashment of bank guarantee is outcome of failure to perform its contractual obligation only without involving any offence or penal component u/s.37(1) of the Act. we find that a catena of case law holds that such an encashment of bank guarantee is incurred in the normal […]

Interest expenditure incurred for investment in group concerns constituted business activity and was allowable u/s 36(1)(iii)

May 5, 2021 2319 Views 0 comment Print

The dominant object of assessee’s investment in group concerns was to exercise business control by way of acquiring shareholding and not to earn the dividend. Assessee’s activity of holding such investment constituted business activity and therefore, the interest would be fully deductible u/s 36(1)(iii).

Section 35D: ROC expense for increase of share capital allowable

May 5, 2021 19569 Views 0 comment Print

Ocimum Bio Solutions India Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Hyderabad) On perusal of the financial statements submitted by the assessee, we find that there is no doubt that the assessee has increased share capital. On perusal of the provisions of section 35D, we find substance in the written synopsis submitted by the ld. AR of the […]

Bonus, Commission paid to Directors as per Agreements & within company law limits allowable

May 5, 2021 1308 Views 0 comment Print

Hamilton & Co. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Kolkata) We note that the payments in question was made to Mrs. Rekha Jalan and Mr. S.K. Jalan, who were directors of the assessee company. These payments were made pursuant to agreements for payment of bonus and commission copies of which were furnished to the Revenue. The payments […]

No section 195 TDS on payments by Airport Authority to Federal Aviation for technical assistance & cooperation

May 4, 2021 4215 Views 0 comment Print

Airports Authority of India Vs ITO(TDS) (ITAT Delhi) Conclusion: TDS under section 195 was not applicable on payments made by company to the Federal Aviation Administration, USA (FAA), for providing technical assistance to AAI by way of providing its personnel and meeting on ATFM requirements and assisting AAI in connection with ATFM by development of […]

Signed document cannot be whimsically discarded; Don’t burden Taxpayer with unfair additions

May 4, 2021 1572 Views 0 comment Print

Naresh Sharma Vs AO (ITAT Chandigarh) 1. The AO needs to ascertain if the sale transaction was indeed genuine and whether the signatures on the Agreement to Sell ‘Ikrarnama’ has been disowned by the purchaser as a forgery. 2. When a document duly relied upon by one of the parties is allegedly signed by both parties, […]

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