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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


Income Tax Updates for the Month of August 2019

September 2, 2019 15072 Views 2 comments Print

 Recent Income Tax circulars/ notifications/ rules/ clarifications CBDT has clarified that small start-ups with turnover up to Rs. 25 crore will continue to get the promised tax holiday as specified in Section 80-IAC of the Income Tax Act, 1961, which provides deduction for 100 per cent of income of an eligible start-up for 3 years […]

Interest on FDR of co-op society with co-op bank eligible for Section 80P(2)(d) deduction

September 2, 2019 29604 Views 0 comment Print

Interest income derived by assessee, co-operative society from its investments held with a co-operative bank, was entitled for claim of deduction under section 80P(2)(d) as for the purposes of section 80P(2)(d) of the Act, Cooperative Bank Ltd shall be treated as a co-operative society.

Section 271AAA Penalty cannot be levied on Amount surrendered but not treated as undisclosed income

September 2, 2019 2799 Views 0 comment Print

Rajendra Aggarwal Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) It is pertinent to note that the Assessing Officer completed the assessment by accepting the return of income filed by the assessee which included surrendered amount of Rs. 51,64,100/-. In fact in the Assessment Order, the Assessing Officer added another sum of Rs. 14,00,000/- as unexplained cash found at […]

Share capital accepted in scrutiny assessment cannot be added in Assessment U/s. 153A

August 31, 2019 1377 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs SMC Power Generation Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) ITAT held that assessment was earlier completed u/s 143(3) wherein the share capital had been scrutinized and accepted by the revenue, holding the same share capital as unexplained in the present reassessment u/s 153A tantamounts to change of opinion not backed by any evidence and, therefore, not […]

Leasing and service charges from leasing premises of special nature as per client’s need to taxed as business income

August 30, 2019 942 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs Balwas Realty and Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai) Leasing and service charges from leasing premises of special nature as per client’s need to taxed as business income Conclusion: Where assessee-company was not simply letting out a structure to earn rental income out of it rather it was in the business of building and […]

Order passed u/s 201(1)/201(1A) before applicability of new limitation period of seven years was valid

August 30, 2019 26961 Views 0 comment Print

Sodexo SVC India Pvt Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) Conclusion: Order passed by AO under section 201(1)/201(1A) for failure to deduct TDS under section 194C on the reimbursement of the meal vouchers to the affiliates was barred by limitation as the amended limitation period of seven years under section 201(3) was effective from 1-10-2014 and […]

Proceedings u/s Sec 153C instead of sec. 153A to be made in case incriminating material found at premises of third party

August 30, 2019 3141 Views 0 comment Print

Mr. Trilok Chand Chaudhary Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) Conclusion: AO made assessment under section 153A in case of assessee by using the material found in the course of search at the premise of third party which was not permitted in view of the express provision of the law as proceedings should be initiated u/s 153C […]

Reassessment invalid if section 148 notice not served within stipulated period

August 30, 2019 2466 Views 0 comment Print

Though AO had issued notice under section 148 on 26-3-2014, i.e., within period of six years from the end of relevant assessment year, however, it was returned unserved by postal authorities and even notice by affixture was also served on 4-4-2014 and there was no report of AO containing names and addresses of witnesses having identified the property, therefore, in the absence of section 148 notice served within stipulated period, reassessment proceedings were invalid.

Sec.145: Estimation of income should be on reasonable/Comparable basis

August 29, 2019 7056 Views 0 comment Print

When the books of accounts was rejected, the income of assessee was to be estimated on some reasonable basis for which comparable case and history of assessee could be taken as a guide. Thus, the N.P rate @ 8% applied by the authorities below was without any basis and material on records, the same was rejected and was considered fair to apply an average rate of earlier two years which was 3.50%.

Delay due to improper legal advice should be condoned

August 29, 2019 2496 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Atlas Copco (India) Limited (ITAT Pune) The assessee has raised a legal ground challenging the validity of assessment order passed u/s.143(3) r.w.s. 144C of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter also called `the Act’). The moot point is as to whether such a long delay deserves condonation. At this stage, it is relevant to […]

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