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ITAT Deletes Section 68 Addition Because Cash Deposits Were Supported by Recorded Sales

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that cash deposits during demonetisation cannot be treated as unexplained when backed by audited books, invoices...

May 15, 2026 213 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 270A Penalty Due to Defective Notice and Bona Fide Reliance on Form 16

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that non-specification of the precise statutory charge under sections 270A(2) and 270A(9) violated principles o...

May 15, 2026 162 Views 0 comment Print

Fee-Based Receipts Cannot Defeat Charitable Status for Environmental Activities: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The Delhi ITAT held that institutions engaged in preservation of environment fall under a specific charitable limb under Section 2...

May 14, 2026 189 Views 0 comment Print

CIT(A) cannot enhance income on issues not examined by AO: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that CIT(A) cannot enhance income under Section 251 on matters not considered by the Assessing Officer during as...

May 10, 2026 531 Views 0 comment Print

Section 54F Deduction Cannot Be Denied Without Adequate Opportunity to Furnish Evidence

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore restored the Section 54F claim after noting that medical issues and portal difficulties prevented timely filing of ...

May 7, 2026 492 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


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 396 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 1008 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 1077 Views 0 comment Print

Income from Vessel Operations Taxable Under India-Norway DTAA: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : Delhi ITAT allows Sanco Holding, a Norwegian company, to compute income from bareboat charter of seismic vessels under Article 21(...

October 17, 2025 777 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Indore Hybrid Hearing Guidelines from October 9, 2023

Income Tax : Learn about hybrid hearing guidelines of Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Indore Bench, effective from October 9, 2023, offeri...

October 4, 2023 1506 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


ITAT Delhi Deletes Capital Addition as No Liability Cessation Was Proved

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that addition under Section 41(1) cannot be made without proving cessation of liability. The Tribunal found that f...

May 15, 2026 45 Views 0 comment Print

Third-Party Loose Papers Cannot Justify Addition Without Cross-Examination: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi ruled that reassessment in search cases requires prior approval under section 148B before passing the order. Since the ...

May 15, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print

Section 56(2)(x) not Apply to Redevelopment Flats as Transaction Is Exchange of Existing Rights

Income Tax : The ITAT Mumbai held that receipt of a new flat in exchange for surrender of an old flat under a redevelopment arrangement does no...

May 15, 2026 72 Views 0 comment Print

Assessment Quashed as Returned Income Exceeded Monetary Limits of ITO Jurisdiction

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi held that scrutiny notice issued by an ITO lacking pecuniary jurisdiction rendered the entire assessment void ab in...

May 15, 2026 78 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Surat Upholds Bogus LTCG Addition on Sunrise Asian Penny Stock, Applies ‘Human Probability’ Test

Income Tax : The ITAT Surat held that abnormal price rise in a penny stock and surrounding circumstances justified treating claimed LTCG as une...

May 15, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


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 1164 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 5808 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 2166 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 19944 Views 6 comments Print

Notice issued by officer having no jurisdiction of assessee is null & void

Income Tax : Bhagyalaxmi Conclave Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Kolkata) In the remand report, the AO clearly stated that notice u/s 143(2) of the Ac...

February 3, 2021 9957 Views 0 comment Print


ITAT Kolkata Quashed Assessment for Exceeding Limited Scrutiny Jurisdiction

January 12, 2026 582 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal ruled that additions made on issues beyond limited scrutiny were without authority since proper conversion to complete scrutiny was not followed. The key takeaway is that violating CBDT instructions renders the entire assessment void.

ITAT Bangalore Rejected Estimated Profit as Audited Books Showed Reasonable Margin

January 12, 2026 744 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal ruled that estimating higher profit without rejecting audited books or finding major defects is impermissible. The declared 7% margin was accepted as reasonable, emphasizing limits on ad-hoc profit estimation.

DEPB Not Excludable from Gross Profit for Business Income; ITAT Deletes Addition

January 12, 2026 279 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal held that DEPB income forms part of operating export income and cannot be excluded from turnover merely on a different view. Revision under section 263 was found unjustified where the original assessment involved due application of mind.

Reassessment Quashed for Lack of Assessee-Specific Evidence in Penny Stock Case

January 12, 2026 729 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal held that reopening based only on generalized information about a scrip, without independent inquiry or linkage to the taxpayer, is invalid. Entire addition on alleged bogus LTCG was deleted.

ITAT Mumbai Sustained Section 271(1)(c) Penalty for Unsubstantiated Expense Claims

January 12, 2026 663 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal examined whether a penalty could survive despite an allegedly vague notice. It held that since the assessment order and later notices clearly specified furnishing of inaccurate particulars, the penalty was valid.

ITAT Rajkot Set Aside 80G Approval Denial for Ignoring 5% Religious Spend Limit

January 12, 2026 420 Views 0 comment Print

The issue was whether religious objects alone could defeat an 80G claim. The Tribunal ruled that compliance with the 5% expenditure limit requires fresh examination.

Relevant Date for MAT Loss Set-Off Is Prior Year-End, Not Assessment Year-End

January 11, 2026 306 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal examined how brought-forward losses should be computed for MAT purposes. It held that losses as on the end of the preceding year must be considered, not figures altered during the assessment year.

Addition Deleted as Allotment Letter Treated as Agreement Under Stamp Value Rules

January 11, 2026 531 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal examined whether an allotment letter fixing consideration could qualify as an agreement under section 56(2)(vii)(b). It held that where part payment is made by cheque, stamp duty value on the allotment date must be adopted.

Unsecured Loan Addition Deleted as No Incriminating Material Found during Search

January 11, 2026 291 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal held that additions under Section 68 could not be sustained where no incriminating material was found during search. Documentary evidence proving the loan’s genuineness was accepted.

Sub-Letting Charges to Industrial Authority Allowable against Rental Income

January 11, 2026 411 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal ruled that rental receipts could not be shifted to income from other sources without any change in facts. Long-standing acceptance of house property treatment required the Department to follow consistency.

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