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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 246 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 204 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 381 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 486 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 369 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 294 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 360 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 726 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 1467 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 1368 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


ITAT Upholds Denial of Section 10(38) Exemption on SRK Industries Shares

Income Tax : ITAT upheld denial of Section 10(38) exemption and Section 68 addition on alleged sham share transactions while remanding computat...

July 24, 2026 50 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 68 Addition on Recorded Cash Sales During Demonetisation

Income Tax : ITAT upheld deletion of a Section 68 addition on demonetisation cash deposits after finding the deposits were supported by audited...

July 24, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 69A Addition on Demonetisation Cash Deposits From Recorded Jewellery Sales

Income Tax : ITAT deleted the Section 69A addition on demonetisation cash deposits after finding the recorded cash sales, stock records and VAT...

July 24, 2026 58 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Quashes ₹2.74 Crore Section 68 Addition on Cash Deposits Supported by Books

Income Tax : ITAT deleted the Section 68 addition on ₹2.74 crore cash deposits, holding that recorded sales, audited books, VAT records and s...

July 24, 2026 66 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 68 Addition on Recorded Jewellery Cash Sales

Income Tax : ITAT deleted the Section 68 addition on ₹80 lakh cash deposits, holding that audited cash sales recorded in books could not be t...

July 24, 2026 46 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 240 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 1368 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 6030 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 20247 Views 6 comments Print


Penalty u/s. 271AAB is not mandatory and is discretionary

April 30, 2018 8328 Views 0 comment Print

Sub-section (1) of Sec. 271AAB of the Act uses the word may not shall. May cannot be equated with shall especially in penalty proceeding. Using the word may in our opinion, gives a discretion to the AO to levy the penalty or not to levy, even if the assessee has made default under said provision. Therefore we hold that penalty u/s. 271AAB of the Act is not mandatory and is discretionary.

Exemption U/s.11 cannot be denied for Mere surplus from Micro Finance activity

April 29, 2018 2298 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs Adhikar (ITAT Cuttack) In the instant case, it is not in dispute that the assessee is engaged in the activity of Micro Finance. The Assessing Officer considered the same as non-charitable activity within the meaning of section 2(15) of the Act on the ground that the activities were carried out on commercial lines. […]

Maintenance charges deductible in ALV calculation of Let Out House Property

April 29, 2018 14724 Views 0 comment Print

Krishna N Bhojwani, Vs. ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) While calculating annual value of the let out property, maintenance charges paid to the society by the assessee is admissible deduction from the annual let out value under section 23(1)(b). Hence, disallowance made by AO was not justified. FULL TEXT OF ITAT ORDER IS AS FOLLOWS: The captioned […]

Additional depreciation eligible on wind turbine generators used for generation of electricity

April 29, 2018 3606 Views 0 comment Print

Wind World India Infrastructure (P) Ltd. Vs. Pr. CIT (ITAT Mumbai) Assessee contended that wind turbine generators were used for generation of electricity, which is akin to manufacturing of an article or thing as the electricity is intangible and its effect can be seen and felt, transferred, delivered, stored, processed, etc. It was, thus submitted […]

Deduction U/s. 80-IB(10) not eligible if return not filed within due date, as prescribed U/s. 139(1)

April 29, 2018 4218 Views 0 comment Print

This appeal by the Revenue is against the order of the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) dated 03-09-2011 passed against the assessment order passed u/s 143(3) dated 21-12-2010 and is filed on the following grounds

Exemption U/s 54/54F eligible on Basement forming part of residential house

April 29, 2018 8838 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT v. Shrey Sharma Guleri (ITAT Mumbai) The argument of the learned D.R. is that the basement in the house cannot be termed as a residential house within the provisions of section 54 of the Act. On the other hand, the ld. counsel for the assessee defended the conclusion drawn in the impugned order. It was pleaded that basement is part and parcel of the residential unit, therefore, it cannot be termed as a separate unit.

Mere Provision not eligible for Adjustment against Book Profit it must be Ascertained Liability

April 27, 2018 8103 Views 0 comment Print

In accordance with the view expressed by the third member, Hon’ble Vice-President, Hyderabad, the ground of appeal No.4 is partly allowed and the AO is directed to allow the deduction from the book profit of sum of Rs.22.89 crores while computing the taxable income u/s 115GB of the I.T. Act. The ground of appeal No.4 is therefore, treated as allowed.

Assessment U/s. 153A: No incriminating material found, no addition can be made

April 26, 2018 2097 Views 0 comment Print

As there was no incriminating material found during search, no addition could be made because on the date of search no regular assessment was pending.

Charitable trust- Set-off of loss of earlier years against current year income is application of Income

April 26, 2018 4821 Views 0 comment Print

Excess expenditure in earlier years can be adjusted against income of subsequent years and such adjustment would be application of income for subsequent years and therefore, AO was directed to allow the claim of assessee.

Registration U/s. 12AA cannot be denied for non-filing of returns and audited accounts

April 25, 2018 4389 Views 0 comment Print

Section 13 comes into play at the time of granting exemption under section 11 and not at the time of granting registration under section 12AA, therefore, CIT was not justified in denying registration on the ground that assessee trust had not got its account audited and not filed its return of income for preceding years.

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