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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 48 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 42 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 51 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


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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 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


Deemed Dividend – Shareholders of different holdings cannot be clubbed to apply Section 2(22)(e)

September 11, 2019 5516 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal noticed that the assessee was holding 1.07% shares of sister concern whereas the partners of the assessee firm Shri Balbir Kumar and Shri Harsh Kumar were holding 6.64% and 6% shareholding respectively.

Income Tax Updates for the Month of August 2019

September 11, 2019 8787 Views 2 comments Print

NEWS INTERNATIONAL 1. Australian Taxation Office publishes important guidance on cross-border tax measures 2. Singapore, Turkmenistan sign comprehensive tax treaty 3. Zimbabwe proposes amendments to thin capitalization rules. 4. Bulgarian mandatory transfer pricing documentation rules enacted 5. USA and Curacao negotiating country-by-country reporting exchange agreement. 6. Switzerland to exchange financial account information with 33 more […]

Order contrary to subsequent SC judgement can be said to suffer from mistake apparent from record

September 10, 2019 6099 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the ITAT Mumbai judgment in Anandkumar Jain vs ITO, highlighting rectification under Section 154 for deduction under Section 80HHC based on subsequent Supreme Court decisions.

Notice U/s. 143(2) invalid if issued without application of mind

September 10, 2019 5220 Views 0 comment Print

Satish Kumar Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) It is an admitted fact that assessee filed reply in response to the notice under section 148 of the I.T. Act and submitted before A.O. that original return filed before him may be treated as return filed in response to the notice under section 148 of the I.T. Act. […]

TDS not deductible on Software Purchased with mere ‘right to use’ 

September 9, 2019 31179 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee had only purchased software internally developed by non-resident and non-resident had not passed the copyright and only ‘right to use’ had been given to assessee and as such ‘right to use’ was akin to purchase of copyrighted article and in the absence of purchase of any copyright in the article, the assessee could not be held liable to deduct tax at source out of such payments.

Consider Net Interest expenses for section 14A disallowance: ITAT Delhi

September 9, 2019 1692 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs M/s. DLF Assets Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) On the aspect of disallowance made by the Ld. AO by invoking the provisions u/s 14A of the Act r/w Rule 8D (2) (ii) of the Rules, it is the submission of the Ld. AR that the interest expenses net of interest income may be considered […]

L&T Case: Classic example of change of opinion

September 9, 2019 4941 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee had challenged reopening of assessment on two grounds. The CIT(A) had accepted the arguments of the assessee, in light of provisions of section 147 of the Act, and the assessment order passed by the AO u/s 143(3) of the Act, dated 29/12/2018 and came to the conclusion that the assessment has been reopened on change of opinion without there being any tangible material, in the possession of the AO, which suggest escapement of income.

Section 10(23C)(vi) Exemption cannot be denied to Assessee running school for educational purposes

September 8, 2019 7299 Views 0 comment Print

M/s Ram Lal Bhasin Public School Vs CIT (ITAT Amritsar) For claiming exemption u/s 10(23C)(iiiad) of the Act, the entity must be an University or other educational institute existing solely for educational purpose and not of the purposes of profit. In the present case it is not in dispute that the assessee is a school […]

Penalty cannot be levied for mere disallowance of claim of deduction u/s 54

September 8, 2019 2466 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs Shri Kantilal G. Kotecha (ITAT Mumbai) We find that with regard to claim of deduction u/s 54 of the Act, this tribunal in quantum proceedings had granted deduction u/s 54 of the Act to the extent of payments made within the prescribed limitation period i.e payments made within one year prior to the […]

Receipt from a right to sue cannot be considered capital gain U/s. 45

September 7, 2019 3447 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT  Vs Shri Anil Gulabdas Shah (ITAT Mumbai) The undisputed position that emerges is the fact that the property under consideration was subject matter of extensive litigation which ultimate got culminated into sale of the property by the assessee in terms of consent terms dated 03/01/2012 between the assessee and certain other parties. The assessee, […]

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