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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 180 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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Mumbai ITAT: In Bogus Purchase Cases, Addition Restricted to Gross Profit Element; 917-Day Delay Condoned

Income Tax : Mumbai ITAT condoned a 917-day delay and directed that bogus purchase addition be limited to the gross profit element where sales ...

July 23, 2026 Views 0 comment Print

Mumbai ITAT: Newly Incorporated Charitable Institution Cannot Be Denied 12AB Registration Merely for Limited Initial Activities; Fresh Opportunity Directed

Income Tax : Mumbai ITAT restored section 12AB registration and 80G approval applications for fresh adjudication after finding relevant aspects...

July 23, 2026 24 Views 0 comment Print

Bengaluru ITAT: Ex Parte Order Set Aside; Co-operative Society May Raise Section 148A, Section 80P and Reassessment Grounds

Income Tax : Bengaluru ITAT restored the matter to CIT(A) for fresh adjudication on reassessment and section 80P issues after setting aside the...

July 23, 2026 42 Views 0 comment Print

Bengaluru ITAT: Success Fee Paid for Share Divestment Allowable Under Section 48; Advisory Services Need Not Constitute Brokerage or Agency

Income Tax : Bengaluru ITAT allowed deduction of ₹1.475 crore success fee under section 48(i), holding advisory services for share divestment...

July 23, 2026 39 Views 0 comment Print

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 69 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 6027 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


Intermediary services not amount to FTS & not taxable under India-Sweden DTAA

November 9, 2020 1332 Views 0 comment Print

Bombardier Transportation Sweden AB Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) Conclusion: Payment of consideration would be regarded as ‘fee for technical/included services’ only if the twin test of rendering services and making technical knowledge available at the same time was satisfied. Intermediary services rendered by assessee did not make available any technical knowledge, skill etc to BTIN […]

Additions in reopened Assessment not valid if no addition on subject matter of reopening

November 9, 2020 7599 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the re-opening of assessment is valid even if there is no addition on subject-matter being basis for issuing notice under section 148, rather AO made addition on other counts?

Commission to Director in terms of Employment is Part of Salary: ITAT Delhi

November 9, 2020 23208 Views 0 comment Print

Commission paid to Director in terms of Employment is Considered as Part of Salary. It is also not disputed that TDS has been deducted on such commission as salary. Accordingly, the Revenue’s appeal is dismissed.

Profit margin disclosed by assessee cannot be rejected arbitrarily

November 9, 2020 1329 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether addition made by AO by application of N.P. rate of 8% is justified in law? Profit Margin Cannot be Rejected Arbitrarily due to Rejection of Books of Account

Risk adjustment / Benchmarking of international transactions- ITAT Remands case back to AO

November 9, 2020 1044 Views 0 comment Print

GCO Technologies Centre Private Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Mumbai) We have deliberated at length on the aforesaid issue under consideration and are unable to persuade ourselves to subscribe to the projection of the aforesaid comparable company viz. M/s Cather Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd by the assessee as a profit making company during the financial year […]

ITAT Allowed Deduction of Municipal Taxes on Area Not Leased Out

November 9, 2020 2712 Views 0 comment Print

Dream Motels (P) Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Mumbai) The issue under consideration is whether treating municipal taxes paid is considered as a part of rent liable to be taxed u/s 23 of the act? ITAT states that, upon due consideration of factual matrix, the crystal-clear position that emerges is the fact that as per the […]

Direct & Indirect Taxes Updates- October 2020

November 8, 2020 18360 Views 1 comment Print

DIRECT TAXES UPDATES Recent circulars/ notifications/ rules/ clarifications/News CBDT issues notification extending the due dates for Income Tax Returns & Tax Audit Reports, as follows (Notification no. 88/2020 dated 29.10.2020) -Without tax audit- 31.12.2020 -Transfer pricing and tax audit- 31.01.2021 -Income Tax return FY 2018-19 -30.11.2020 CBDT notifies Equalisation Levy (Amendment) rules, 2020 & related […]

No section 68 Addition in Absence of Primary & Independent Enquiry by AO

November 6, 2020 1890 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the addition made u/s 68 for assessee helped various beneficiaries in providing accommodation entries in relation to capital and expenses is justified in law?

Retention bonus amount paid before due date of filing return of income allowable

November 6, 2020 13515 Views 0 comment Print

As per the proviso to section 43B, the amount paid before the due date for filing return of income out of the provision created is allowable as deduction. Admittedly, assessee had paid a sum out of the provision so created, before the due date for filing return of income.

Issue of scrutiny notice by non jurisdictional officer makes entire assessment invalid

November 6, 2020 5304 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs M/s Arti Securities & Services Ltd. (ITAT Lucknow) Issue of scrutiny notice by non jurisdictional officer makes entire assessment invalid as per CBDT instruction no 1 of 2011 holds ITAT Learned counsel for the assessee, at the outset, submitted that the second ground taken by the assessee is a jurisdictional issue therefore, he […]

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