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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 174 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 186 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 372 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 483 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 273 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


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Non-Response to Notices Does Not Make Creditors Bogus: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax :  ITAT Delhi deleted additions under section 41(1) and held that non-response to notices alone could not render supported sundry c...

July 23, 2026 39 Views 0 comment Print

Section 273B: ITAT Delhi Deletes Form 3CD Penalty Due to Software Error

Income Tax : ITAT held that omission in Form 3CD fell within section 273B reasonable cause, deleted the penalty, and allowed the assessee's app...

July 23, 2026 45 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai Directs Adoption of Agreement-Date Stamp Value U/s. 56(2)(vii)(b)

Income Tax : ITAT Chennai remanded the Section 56(2)(vii)(b) addition, directing the AO to adopt the stamp duty value as on the agreement date ...

July 23, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune Allows Section 80P(2)(d) Deduction on Interest & Dividend from Co-operative Banks

Income Tax : ITAT Pune allowed deduction under Section 80P(2)(d) on ₹9.12 lakh interest and dividend earned from co-operative banks and partl...

July 23, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai Restricts Section 69A Addition to Peak Credit in Undisclosed Bank Accounts

Income Tax : ITAT Chennai restricted the Section 69A addition to peak credit in undisclosed bank accounts and directed taxation at 30% instead ...

July 23, 2026 66 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


Group service fees paid to AEs: ITAT restore the matter to AO / TPO

January 12, 2021 1275 Views 0 comment Print

Disa India Limited Vs ITO (ITAT Bangalore) The Tribunal in assessee’s own case for assessment year 2012-2013 (supra) had directed to do afresh transfer pricing analysis and determine the ALP of international transactions with regard to group service fees paid by the assessee to its AEs. In view of the Tribunal order in assessee’s own […]

ITAT explains CSR expenditure Allowability under section 37

January 12, 2021 5031 Views 0 comment Print

 Addl. CIT Vs Rites Limited (ITAT Delhi) AO has disallowed claim of the assessee company qua CSR expenditure by misinterpreting the provisions contained under section 37(1) of the Act by observing that since CSR expenditure is not incurred for the purpose of carrying on the business, such expenditure cannot be allowed under the existing provisions […]

CSR Expense by Govt Company to Comply with Govt directions is allowable

January 12, 2021 939 Views 0 comment Print

Addl. CIT Vs M/s. Rites Limited (ITAT Delhi) Perusal of the assessment orders goes to prove that AO has mechanically disallowed the claim of expenditure made by the assessee company towards Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development without analyzing the fact that assessee company being a Government undertaking is required to incur such expenses […]

TDS on leased line charge already paid cannot be enforced by subsequent amendment

January 12, 2021 14130 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Barclays Technology Centre India Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Pune) Conclusion: Liability to deduct tax at source on leased line charges could be fastened only under the law prevailing at the time of payment. If no liability existed at the time of payment, any subsequent retrospective amendment could not be enforced against the payer. Once […]

ITAT Allows section 11 Exemption to NIXI

January 11, 2021 1386 Views 0 comment Print

National Internet Exchange of India Vs ACIT (ITAT Pune) National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) is engaged in carrying out running of internet exchange and registration of domain name. For running of internet exchange, the assessee is charging membership fees, connectivity charges, data transferred differential. For registration of domain name, the assessee the charges registration […]

Limitation Period for second rectification should reckon from original order date

January 11, 2021 2844 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka Power Corporation Limited Vs ACIT (ITAT Bangalore) Hon’ble jurisdictional High Court in the case of M/s. Kothari Industrial Corporation Limited v. The Agricultural Income Tax Officer reported in 230 ITR 306 had held that the period of limitation for a second rectification should be reckoned from the date of original order, if subject matter […]

Taxation of Income from Sale of software under India-USA tax treaty

January 11, 2021 4059 Views 0 comment Print

Norton Lifelock Inc. Vs DCIT (ITAT Pune) The assessee sold software licenses to end users in India which was claimed as not chargeable to tax. The Revenue treated such amount as Royalty income. We thus primarily need to decide the nature of income earned by the assessee from the sale of software licenses as to […]

No reassessment for mere change of opinion by the AO

January 11, 2021 4626 Views 0 comment Print

Jagdish U. Thackersey Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) It is well settled that mere fresh application of mind to the same set of facts or mere change of opinion does not confer jurisdiction even under the post-1989 section 147. The consistent view is that even after amendment of section 147 (w.e.f. 01.04.1989) mere change of opinion […]

Income from sale of software constitutes business income instead of royalty in absence of PE

January 11, 2021 2208 Views 0 comment Print

Income earned by assessee from sale of software, either directly to the customers in India or through Distributors or Resellers constituted its business income and not the Royalty income. As admittedly assessee did not have any Permanent Establishment in India, such income will not magnetize Indian taxation.

ITAT allows deduction for education cess

January 8, 2021 1305 Views 0 comment Print

Bajaj Electricals Ltd. Vs ACIT OSD (ITAT Mumbai) It is a fact on record that reliance was placed by the assessee’s counsel at the time of original hearing on the decision of the Hon’ble Rajasthan High Court in the case of Chambal Fertilizers referred to supra together with various other Tribunal decisions as detailed in […]

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