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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 189 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 375 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 363 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


Latest Judiciary


Missing Safety Certificates Justified Section 12AB Registration Rejection: Bengaluru ITAT

Income Tax : Bengaluru ITAT restored section 12AB and consequential section 80G applications after the trust produced fire and structural safet...

July 23, 2026 51 Views 0 comment Print

Absence of Irrevocability Clause Alone No Ground to Deny Section 12AB Registration: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : Mumbai ITAT restored a section 12AB registration application, holding absence of an irrevocability clause alone cannot justify rej...

July 23, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print

Sections 234B & 234C Interest Excluded from Tax Effect for Appeal Limit: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : Mumbai ITAT held sections 234B and 234C interest must be excluded from tax effect, dismissing the Revenue's appeal as below the CB...

July 23, 2026 45 Views 0 comment Print

Earlier Loan Repayment via Bank Not Taxable Under Section 68: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : Mumbai ITAT deleted a ₹6.50 lakh section 68 addition, holding repayment of an earlier bank-transferred loan cannot be treated as...

July 23, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

Ad Hoc Commission Cap Without Comparables Invalid; Section 40A(2)(b) Inapplicable: Bengaluru ITAT

Income Tax : ITAT Bengaluru deleted ad hoc commission and interest disallowances, holding Section 40A(2)(b) inapplicable to interest paid to a ...

July 23, 2026 48 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 225 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


ITAT E-filing portal ready for Launch post compliances

June 2, 2020 1233 Views 0 comment Print

Hon’ble President of ITAT announces to all the stakeholders that the E-Filing Portal developed in the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal is ready for launch post compliance of mandatory security audit in accordance with the Guidelines issued by the Government of India. Justin Pradeep P.Bhatt (Former Judge, Hon’ble Gujarat High Court and Jharkhand High Court) President […]

Addition on estimate basis – Section 271(1)(c) cannot be imposed

June 2, 2020 1743 Views 0 comment Print

It is a settled principle of law that where addition to assessee’s income is made on estimate basis penalty under section 271(1)(c) cannot be imposed.

No section 68 addition if assessee discharges burden put upon it

June 1, 2020 1245 Views 0 comment Print

In balance sheet of assessee credit balance of lenders had been shown at Rs. 49 lacs and Rs. 13 lacs and details of accounts along with confirmation, addresses and PAN of lenders were furnished before AO for verification. Even assessee had furnished copy of assessment orders passed in case of lender for the relevant year for verification. Apart from that, funds had been received by assessee through banking channel, and therefore, all the ingredients necessary for proving cash credit under section 68 stood satisfied by assessee. Therefore, AO was not justified in making addition under section 68.

Validity of addition for Undervaluation/Understatement/ Shortage of closing stock

June 1, 2020 12429 Views 0 comment Print

Shyam Cotsyn India Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Ahmedabad) Understatement of stock or unrecorded sale If the assessee has overvalued its closing stock of the earlier assessment year which suggests that amount of profit was increased by that amount or the loss was decreased by the same amount of that assessment year. As such the effect […]

Provisions of section 153C on search date will be applied to proceedings

June 1, 2020 3105 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Late Shri Pravinsinh N Zala (ITAT Rajkot) Whether the amendment brought under the provisions of section 153C of the Act, where the word ‘belong’ was replaced with the word ‘pertain’ is applicable for the year under consideration. It was only on 1st June, 2015 when the amended provisions came into force that the […]

ITAT upheld section 69 Addition for cash found in bank locker

May 31, 2020 1920 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether A.O. and CIT is correct in making an addition u/s 69 for cash found during search in bank locker?

Nature of rent Income not changes merely for Agreement Type

May 31, 2020 1359 Views 0 comment Print

Mahle Filter Systems Pvt. Ltd. Vs Add. CIT (ITAT Delhi) The issue under consideration is whether A.O. is correct in treating the ‘rental income’ as ‘income from other sources’? The assessee has disclosed rental receipts from its factory building and after deducting 30% as per provisions of section 24 of the Act, income from house […]

No Section 69 addition merely for cash deposit in Saving Bank Account

May 30, 2020 4830 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the addition made by the A.O. for cash deposited into saving bank account by the assessee is justified in law?

Section 12AA registration cannot be rejected merely on suspicion

May 30, 2020 2532 Views 1 comment Print

The issue under consideration is that whether the CIT(Exemptions) is correct in rejecting the application seeking grant of registration u/s 12AA of the Act?

POA holder is authorised to sign appeal form of Foreign Company

May 30, 2020 3396 Views 0 comment Print

The form of appeal shall be verified by the person who is authorised to verify the return of income under section 140 of the act as applicable to the assessee. According to the provisions of section 140(c) of the act, the first proviso says that where company is not a resident in India, the return may be verified by a person who holds a valid power of attorney (POA) from such company to do so.

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