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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 126 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 357 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 267 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 714 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


AO Cannot Impute Partner Interest to Curtail Section 10AA Deduction: ITAT Surat

Income Tax : ITAT Surat held that Section 10AA deduction could not be reduced by imputing partners interest and remuneration where the partners...

July 23, 2026 12 Views 0 comment Print

AO Cannot Compel Partner Interest or Remuneration for Section 80IB: ITAT Surat

Income Tax : ITAT Surat upheld Section 80IB deduction where partners chose not to receive remuneration or interest, holding the Assessing Offic...

July 23, 2026 15 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune Upholds Tax on Capitation Fees of Educational Trust

Income Tax : ITAT Pune held that capitation fees collected outside the books were not eligible for Section 11 exemption and upheld reliance on ...

July 23, 2026 53 Views 0 comment Print

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 1381 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 136 Views 0 comment Print


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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 2280 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


Amount lying in stale draft account cannot be treated as income

November 13, 2021 1026 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee has issued demand drafts to various persons and any unclaimed demand drafts is kept in stale draft account under the head ‘outstanding liabilities’. AO noticed that the amount of INR 18,42,40,053 was shown under the head ‘outstanding liabilities’. The opening balance of the said account was INR 13,97,32,235. Accordingly, differential amount of INR 44507818 is treated as income of the assessee.

Education Cess, not being capital & personal expenditure, is allowable as deduction U/s. 37

November 13, 2021 1785 Views 0 comment Print

Qualcomm India Pvt. Ltd. Vs Addl. CIT (ITAT Delhi) Facts- The assessee argued that education cess paid on Income Tax doesn’t come under the purview of the definition as it is levied on the amount of Income Tax but not on profits of business. Conclusion- Education Cess is not in the nature of capital expenditure, […]

Section 14A disallowance restricted to exempt income earned during the year

November 11, 2021 7479 Views 0 comment Print

It is settled position of law that disallowance cannot exceed the amount of dividend income earned during the relevant assessment year. Accordingly, the amount of disallowance u/s 14A of the IT Act needs to be restricted to the extent of exempted income earned during the relevant assessment year.

Books cannot be rejected by AO for mere decline in gross profit

November 11, 2021 1626 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Sanjay Agarwal Vs ITO (ITAT Jaipur) In this case, the AO has rejected the books of accounts and has estimated G.P. rate of 0.69% on declared turnover as against G.P rate of 0.38% declared by the assessee and made a trading addition of Rs. 49,56,217/- in the hands of the assessee. The AO has […]

No additions for cash deposit duly explained with cash flow statement 

November 10, 2021 3789 Views 0 comment Print

Smt. Renukaben Umedsinh Parmar Vs ITO (ITAT Surat) The assessing officer made addition by taking his view that assessee is a Government Employee and was maintaining bank account and that a person who is maintaining bank account will not keep such huge cash in hand which is abnormal. The ld.CIT(A) concurred with the finding of […]

Reclamation & rehabilitation expenditure allowable under section 37(1)

November 10, 2021 2697 Views 0 comment Print

Held expenditure of reclamation and rehabilitation had to be allowed as a deduction under section 37(1) of the Act as expenditure incurred wholly and exclusively in connection with the business of the assessee.

Guarantee Commission is not a ‘Levy’ for Disallowance u/s 40(a)(iib): ITAT

November 10, 2021 2922 Views 0 comment Print

Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Limited Vs ACIT (ITAT Bangalore) Guarantee commission not ‘Levy’ for the purposes of disallowance under Section 40(a)(iib) of the IT Act ITAT held that guarantee commission paid in consideration for the state government agreeing to suffer a detriment in the event of non-payment of the bonds on its maturity and is merely […]

No Disallowance if employee’s contribution towards ESI & PF paid before due date of filing of income tax return

November 9, 2021 82533 Views 0 comment Print

Shashi Rajawat Vs ITO (ITAT Jaipur) In the instant case, admittedly and undisputedly, the employees’ contribution to ESI and PF collected by the assessee from its employees have been deposited well before the due date of filing of return of income u/s 139(1) of the Act. Further, it is noted that the ld CIT(A) has […]

Depreciation allowable on WDV without reducing loan waiver

November 9, 2021 3222 Views 0 comment Print

Waiver of loan in the earlier year has no impact either on the actual cost u/s 43(1) or the w.d.v. u/s 43(6) for the year under consideration and further section 2(24)(xviii) also does not envelope such waiver within the ambit of `income‘ for the extant year. In that view of the matter, depreciation has to be allowed on the w.d.v. of the block of Machinery at the gross value without reducing the waiver of loan therefrom.

TDS not deductible on exempt supplementary rent – Section 10(15A)

November 5, 2021 2682 Views 0 comment Print

The appellant has alleged disallowance of lease rental payment treating the same as capital expenditure. Further, the appellant has also alleged that CIT(A) has erred in upholding the payment of supplementary rent to Lessors in Ireland under Lease Agreements executed after 01st April 2007 attracts liability for TDS.

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