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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


Latest Judiciary


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


Addl. CIT not empowered to Grant approval for reopening beyond 4 years

March 17, 2022 1152 Views 0 comment Print

M N Dastur & Co Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) In the present case the reopening beyond 4 years has been done by getting the approval of Addl. Commissioner and not from the Commissioner or Pr. Commissioner or Pr. Chief Commissioner. Therefore, the initiation of the proceedings u/s 148 of the Act was invalid. […]

CSR Expenditure Prior to A.Y. 2015-16 was allowable expense

March 17, 2022 2148 Views 0 comment Print

Mysore Minerals Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) AO noted that assessee has incurred above expenses towards corporate social responsibility as per Companies CSR Rules 2014. He was of the view that under the existing provisions of the Income-tax Act, expenditure incurred wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the business is only allowed as a […]

Handling of assessment proceedings in unprofessional manner by consultant: ITAT restores matter to AO

March 17, 2022 927 Views 0 comment Print

Karur Jayaprakash Vs DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) We notice that the CIT(A) in his order has admitted the fact that the assessee’s representative for the first time produced various details on 21.06.2010 (page 4 of CIT(A)’s order). The CIT (A) has infact verified these evidences but had rejected the same merely on the ground that these […]

Consideration for mere resale/use of computer software through EULAs/distribution agreements is not Royalty

March 17, 2022 1596 Views 0 comment Print

GE Intelligent Platforms Asia Pacific Pte Ltd Vs A.C.I.T (ITAT Delhi) ITAT held that amounts paid by resident Indian end-users/distributors to non-­resident computer software manufacturers/suppliers, as consideration for the resale/use of the computer software through EULAs/distribution agreements, is not the payment of royalty for the use of copyright in the computer software, and that the […]

Employees’ contribution towards ESI/PF paid before due date of filing of return of income allowable

March 17, 2022 1611 Views 0 comment Print

Arjun Yadav Vs DCIT (ITAT Chandigarh) In the instant case, it is not in dispute that employees’ contribution to ESI and PF had been deposited well before the due date of filing of return of income u/s 139(1) of the Act. We further note that though the ld. CIT(A) has not disputed the various decisions […]

ITAT allows deduction of payments made to LIC towards group gratuity

March 16, 2022 11982 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata allowed assessee’s deduction for LIC group gratuity scheme. Relying on precedent, control over funds is key for Section 36(1)(v) applicability.

Penny Stock Transactions – No addition if no incriminating material found during search

March 16, 2022 4491 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Vipul Suresh Kumar Modi (ITAT Mumbai) ITAT held that no addition can be made for Transactions in Penny Stocks in respect of unabated assessments which have become final in absence of any incriminating material found during search. The brief facts of the case relevant to the issue before us are that the Assessee, […]

Payment for Flight Testing Services by HAL is not FTS

March 16, 2022 1299 Views 0 comment Print

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd Vs ACIT (ITAT Bangalore) ITAT held that fees paid by the assessee (HAL) to CGTM France for Payment for Flight Testing Services which includes (i) Air intake Survey (ii) Engine bay, FACEC bay and oil cooling systems (iii) Engine Accessories and FADEC vibrations (iv) Measurement of gas concentration of fire extinguishing systems […]

Addition based on Oath made during Survey without Supporting Evidence is invalid

March 16, 2022 2667 Views 0 comment Print

In our opinion, the addition of such types which are made during the course of survey on oath cannot be made unless there is a supporting material. In our opinion, the addition on estimated basis cannot be justified for reasons, the AO has not rejected the books of account.

CIT cannot exercise section 263 jurisdiction without satisfying the conditions

March 16, 2022 2097 Views 0 comment Print

Arman Advisory Pvt. Ltd. Vs PCIT (ITAT Kolkata) ITAT noted that the Ld. CIT(A) has made a bald statement that the AO’s assessment order attracts Explanation 2(c) u/s. 263 of the Act. However, he failed to spell out in his impugned order how the action of AO while framing the assessment order is not in […]

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