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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 112 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 114 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 63 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 57 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


Capital introduced by partners cannot be taxed in the hands of firm

May 14, 2022 10977 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs Nithyasudha Combines (ITAT Chennai) The next point for consideration is whether the unexplained partners’ capital is assessable in the hands of the assessee or not in terms of section 68 of the Act. Section 68 of the Act can be invoked only when there is a credit in the books of account maintained by the […]

Tax on royalty from trademark of ‘brand’ Marriott’ – ITAT referred matter back to AO

May 14, 2022 1587 Views 0 comment Print

Marriott International Inc Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) The only issue involved in this appeal is that income of royalty arising out of the above trademark of ‘brand’ Marriott’ is taxable in the hands of the assessee or not. Now, assessee has given a registration certificate dated 21st august, 2006 and covers above assessment years. No […]

Section 40A(3) not applies on cash purchases made from Mandi Samiti

May 14, 2022 7290 Views 0 comment Print

KRBL Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) During the course of assessment proceedings, the appellant submitted that the cash purchases were made by it from Mandi Samitis located across UP from farmers and hence did not fall under the ambit of the provisions of section 40A(3) of the Act, as the same were covered by Rule […]

Depreciation allowable on finance leased assets related to Business

May 14, 2022 522 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs IFCI (ITAT Delhi) Issue- On the facts and circumstances of the case, the Ld. CIT (A) has erred in deleting the disallowance made on depreciation of finance leased assets amounting to Rs. 1,31,63,444/- holding that it is one of the business of assessee. Held- Depreciation of finance least assets is related to the […]

Limited Scrutiny: Advance from customers cannot be treated as sundry creditors

May 14, 2022 6258 Views 0 comment Print

M. M. Engineers and Consultants Vs PCIT (ITAT Cuttack) At the outset, a perusal of the balance sheet clearly shows that there is nothing in the balance sheet of the assessee under the term ‘sundry creditors’. We are alive to the fact that this is a limited scrutiny assessment, which is done under CASS. In […]

AO cannot treat trading liabilities as unproved on presumptions 

May 14, 2022 591 Views 0 comment Print

It is well settled proposition of law that the apprehension, howsoever strong, cannot substitute material evidences. A.O. was not justified in treating part of liabilities as unproved on presumptions, surmises and conjectures

Religious charitable trust not making any distinction between caste, creed, race, religion eligible to register as trust  for Charitable purpose

May 14, 2022 21936 Views 0 comment Print

Sri Channamallikarjuna Trust Committee Gangavathi Vs CIT (Exemption) (ITAT Bangalore) Sec. 80G applies only to charitable trusts or institutions. It does not apply to religious trusts or institutions whereas scheme of exemption u/s 12A applies to both charitable as well as religious trusts. Section 80G of the Income Tax Act’1961 provides deduction while computing the […]

Interest on enhanced compensation under Land Acquisition Act is not taxable: ITAT Delhi

May 14, 2022 7746 Views 0 comment Print

Pranav Saran Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) There are divergent views on this taxability of interest on the enhanced compensation awarded u/s 28 of the Land Acquisition Act wherein the Hon’ble Punjab & Haryana High Court has consistently taking a view that it is an income to be treated under the head ‘income from other sources’. […]

Reopening on wrong assumption of facts by AO cannot be sustained

May 14, 2022 1242 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT held that that the A.O. has ventured on a wrong assumption of facts though the agreement was available on hand with the A.O. in the original assessment proceedings. Considering the facts and circumstances are of the opinion that the reopening on the wrong assumption of facts by the assessing officer cannot be sustained.

Legal Expenses to Defend Criminal Charges against Directors Allowable

May 14, 2022 1755 Views 0 comment Print

Majestic Infracon Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) ITAT held that expenses incurred even for defending the directors and their relatives in criminal litigations are admissible expenses provided that are incurred in order to protect the business interest of the assessee. The undisputed facts are that the directors of the assessee company and the other […]

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