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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


Amalgamation/Demerger Expenses allowed to Resulting Company -Section 35DD

February 17, 2022 12672 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court in case of Coforge Limited (formerly known as NIIT Technologies Ltd) vs. ACIT: ITA Nos.213- 214/2020 decided on 05.07.2021, while reversing the decision of the Tribunal, held that demerger expenses under section 35DD of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (Ac”) are also allowable to the ‘resulting company’.

Section 68: AO cannot inquire source of source 

February 16, 2022 8277 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Aarti Catalyst Solutions P. Ltd. (ITAT Ahmedabad) In the present case on hand, the assessee has discharged his onus by providing details relating to the loan amount availed from the three creditors by producing their bank accounts, Income-Tax Returns, confirmation letters, etc. The AO has doubted source of the creditors thereby the AO […]

Once source of expenditure is proved addition u/s 69C is unsustainable in law

February 13, 2022 5157 Views 0 comment Print

It is amply clear that the additions under sections 68 and 69C of the Act can be made provided the transaction takes place during the previous year / financial year. Further, for making addition under section 68 of the Act, the assessee must fail to offer explanation and for making addition under section 69C of the Act, the source of the expenditure must remain unproved. In the present case, the assessee had duly explained the sources of the credit and the expenditure, respectively.

ITAT upholds DRP’s Order deleting Section 234B Interest payable by Taxpayer

February 13, 2022 912 Views 0 comment Print

We have carefully perused the orders of the authorities below. We find that the interest levied u/s 234B of the Act was deleted by the DRP relying upon the decision of the Hon’ble Jurisdictional High Court of Delhi in the case of GE Packaged Power 373 ITR 65 in which the Hon’ble High Court followed the decision in the case of Agence France Press 2015-TII-14-HC-DEL-Intl. From the scrutiny report, on DRP’s directions, the AO has accepted the deletion. But since the matter is subjudice before the Hon’ble Supreme Court, these appeals have been preferred.

Amount received on account of share capital cannot to be treated as business income

February 13, 2022 1743 Views 0 comment Print

We find that the provisions of section 56(2)(viib) of the Act are applicable only for consideration for issue of shares received by a company from any person who is a resident. Admittedly, the monies have been received in the instant case by the assessee company from a non-resident. Hence the provisions of section 56(2)(viib) of the Act are also not applicable in the instant case.

Genuineness of transaction cannot be rejected for mere non-furnishing of stock register

February 13, 2022 1575 Views 0 comment Print

Neogenetics Foods Private Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) From the perusal of the final Assessment Order (paragraph 4.5) it is clear that the only reason given by the AO for not accepting the genuineness of the transaction with M/s. Manoj Traders and M/s. K. S. Enterprises is failure of the assessee to furnish copy of […]

ITAT allows 50% of deduction to local clubs/bodies during festival/sports for smooth running of business

February 13, 2022 1266 Views 0 comment Print

Eastern Coalfields Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Kolkata) We note that the assessee has made a claim of deduction regarding donation made to the tune of Rs. 27,27,000/- but the AO disallowed the claim. On appeal, the Ld. CIT(A) has given partial relief by allowing 50% of expenditure claimed as donation. We note that on similar […]

ITAT slams dept for addition against Loan taken by Assessee for further studies of daughter

February 13, 2022 957 Views 0 comment Print

Ganesh Balkrishna Bende Vs ITO (ITAT Pune) Here is a case in which a salaried person pooled his life­long endeavour for the further studies of his daughter. In such a panorama, a holistic approach needs to be adopted. When I consider the facts of the instant case as a whole, there remains no doubt whatsoever […]

Bogus Purchase: Disallowance may be restricted to the extent of profit embedded in such purchases

February 13, 2022 5085 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs Shree Deepak Banwarilal Agarwal (ITAT Surat) We find that during the assessment the AO made addition of 100% of purchases shown by the assessee from four parties which were managed by “PK Jain” and his group. The AO made addition on the basis of report of Investigation Wing about the search & seizure […]

An expense cannot be treated as Capital merely for increase in Turnover and Profit

February 13, 2022 1287 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Omni Active Health Technologies Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai) Briefly, the assessee is in the business of trading of healthcare and Nutraceuticals Products. The assessee is being granted patents for the one of its process in United States. A US based company filed suit against the appellant in July, 2008 for infringement of the patents […]

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