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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 117 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 264 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 1464 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


Latest Judiciary


Salary Taxable Only on Accrual, Not Mere Form 16 or 26AS Entries: Bengaluru ITAT

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 82 Views 0 comment Print

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 123 Views 0 comment Print

Search Assessments Restored Despite Non-Compliance, Subject to ₹50,000 Cost: Bengaluru ITAT

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 67 Views 0 comment Print

Section 270A Penalty Invalid Without Specific Charge: Bengaluru ITAT

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 58 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


Private Discretionary Trust cannot be treated as ‘Individual’ for Difficulties in E-filing Software

April 17, 2022 2436 Views 0 comment Print

Mamania Family Trust Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) With regard to the substantial issue of treating the assessee as AOP as against the status of a private discretionary trust as ‘individual’, we are of the considered view that the Ld. CIT(A) has rightly decided the issue in the light of various judicial decisions. The Ld. CIT(A) […]

ITAT allows Depreciation on Non-compete fees & Market information

April 17, 2022 954 Views 0 comment Print

Chemetall Rai India Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Pune) The only question is about the denial of depreciation on two categories of Intangible assets, namely, Non-compete fees and Market information comprising of Commercial information, Customer data, Distribution network and Suppliers contract. Apart from the assessee acquiring the Chemical business of Gramos Chemicals India Limited, it transferred […]

No capital gain on land specified as agricultural land in revenue records

April 17, 2022 7599 Views 0 comment Print

In the present case, the main reason for treating the land as non-agricultural is that the land was converted for usage of non-agricultural purposes. However, the assessee filed revenue records wherein it is stated that the land still continued to be agricultural land wherein crops like Ragi & Paddy were cultivated by the assessee.

Notional interest not chargeable on share application money paid to AEs

April 17, 2022 1104 Views 0 comment Print

Hon’ble Bombay HC, in the case of DIT v/s Besix Kier Dabhol, has held that the Revenue has no power to re-characterize a transaction entered into by the Assessee. Therefore admittedly, the AO or the TPO are not empowered to convert and re-characterize a transaction of share application into a loan transaction.

Non-receipt of sale consideration vis-à-vis no handing over of property- Matter Remanded

April 16, 2022 5475 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Late Sh. Amarjeet singh (ITAT Delhi) Facts- The assessee is an individual and deriving income from property, share income as partner in M/s S.M. & Sons and M/s Santokh Singh & Sons and interest income. The assessee filed its return of income on 30.09.2011 declaring an income of Rs.19,27,700/-. Subsequently, the assessee revised […]

Section 234E Late fee cannot be levied without machinery provision of section 200A

April 16, 2022 2934 Views 0 comment Print

Kooud Software Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) Facts- The assessee is a private limited company. AO has passed the orders u/s 200A(1) the Act levying late fee towards the delay in filing the TDS returns u/s 234(E) of the Act for the A.Y. 2013-14 & 2014-15. Conclusion- On the basis of the decision of […]

Reasons recorded for reassessment cannot be substituted, added or deleted

April 16, 2022 3588 Views 0 comment Print

It is well established that the reasons recorded by the AO cannot be further be substituted or added or deleted. We are of the view that the reference to market value of the flat as determined by stamp duty valuation authority also cannot justify initiation of reassessment proceedings under section 147 of the Act, as the validity of reassessment has to be tested only on the basis of reasons recorded by the Assessing Officer before issuing notice under section 148 of the Act and those reasons cannot be further improved.

Set off of excess utilization of fund & accumulation of income is permissible in law

April 16, 2022 5355 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Ram Sharnam Sabha Regd. Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) Facts- The assesse is a society, engaged in religious and charitable activities. This society is running Ashrams and Medication programmes and was duly granted registration u/s 12AA. The assessee filed its ITR for AY 2016-17 declaring a taxable income of Rs. Nil. The AO noticed that […]

Section 57(iii) Expenditures allowable in spite of denial of Section 11 & 12 benefits

April 16, 2022 3666 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court in the case of DDIT (E) vs Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (Supra) it is clear that in case of a charitable society even if benefit u/s 11 & 12 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is denied and its income was brought to tax as income from other sources, all relevant expenditures were also to be allowed.

Reasonable cause for failure to submit Tax Audit Report- ITAT deletes Penalty

April 15, 2022 3708 Views 0 comment Print

Air India Air Transport Services Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) We find some force in the submission of assessee that assessee being a Public sector company Act had to submit its audit report in Form 3CA in which report u/s 44AB is required to be submitted for the said purpose. The Tax Audit report u/s […]

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