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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 378 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 270 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 222 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 555 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 504 Views 0 comment Print


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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 408 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 1017 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 1089 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 789 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 1512 Views 0 comment Print


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U/s 153C Assessments Quashed – Mere Seized Material Not Enough Unless AO Shows Its Bearing on Total Income

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that the Revenue must establish a direct connection between seized material and the assessee’s taxable income...

May 18, 2026 Views 0 comment Print

Hyderabad ITAT Upholds Reopening Beyond 3 Years Though Final Addition Was Below ₹50 Lakhs – Jurisdiction Based on Reopening Information

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that validity of reopening under Section 148 must be tested on the basis of material available when reassessment...

May 18, 2026 9 Views 0 comment Print

Hyderabad ITAT Deletes Additions Based on Third-Party Tally Data – Unsigned JDA Entries & No Cash Trail, No Tax u/s 56

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that unsigned documents and Tally entries seized from a developer’s premises cannot justify additions without ...

May 18, 2026 36 Views 0 comment Print

Hyderabad ITAT Quashes AY 2015-16 Reopening – Notice u/s 148 Issued After 6 Years Held Time-Barred Despite ₹50 Lakh Escape Claim

Income Tax : Hyderabad ITAT held that a notice issued under Section 148 after six years from the end of AY 2015-16 was invalid. The Tribunal ru...

May 18, 2026 42 Views 0 comment Print

Assessment on Dead Person Has No Legal Sanctity – Chennai ITAT Dismisses Revenue Appeal Following Maruti Suzuki

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that an assessment order issued against a deceased taxpayer is invalid even if legal heirs participated in proc...

May 18, 2026 72 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 1170 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 5811 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 2175 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


Transfer Pricing: If foreign AE pays more tax, motive to shift profit unlikely: ITAT Mumbai

June 9, 2010 567 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT vs. Indo American Jewellery (ITAT Mumbai) :- Assessee’s TP study cannot be rejected lightly, “comparables” have to be comparable on all parameters, no incentive to shift profits offshore if tax rates there are higher.

Despite TDS u/s 195, payer is liable as “agent” u/s 163: ITAT Mumbai

June 8, 2010 795 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee purchased shares of an Indian company from Alcan Inc, Canada. Alcan filed an application u/s 197(1) for issue of a TDS certificate on the basis that the capital gains was Rs. 317.71 crores and tax at 10% was chargeable. The AO issued a certificate directing the assessee to withhold Rs. 40 crores on a provisional basis subject to regular assessment.

S. 153A order void if s. 132 search warrant in improper status. Assessee can retract admission of undisclosed income

June 4, 2010 937 Views 0 comment Print

A survey u/s 133A was conducted on 28.10.04 at the premises of a charitable trust of which the assessee was the managing trustee. The assessee admitted unaccounted income of Rs. 1.93 crores.

No permanent establishment under DTAA if three criteria are not fulfilled

May 31, 2010 3338 Views 0 comment Print

Airlines Rotables vs. JDIT (ITAT Mumbai). The assessee, a UK company, entered into an agreement with Jet Airways under which it agreed to provide Jet Airways with two segments of services, first, to carry out repairs and overhauling of aircraft components outside India and, second, to provide spares and components in the period the components were being repaired.

Fees for Technical Services, even if rendered outside India are taxable consequent to retrospective amendment in Section 9 by the Finance Act, 2010

May 31, 2010 1611 Views 0 comment Print

Mumbai Tribunal Ruling: Fees for Technical Services, even if rendered outside India, are taxable consequent to retrospective amendment in Section 9 by the Finance Act, 2010 (Ashapura Minichem Limited v. ADIT)(ITA No. 2508/M/2008)

Receipts of NRI for contract executed outside India cannot be taxed under the special provisions if the same is not taxable under the general provisions of the Indian Tax Law

May 31, 2010 939 Views 0 comment Print

This Tax Alert summarizes a recent ruling of the Mumbai Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) [2010- TII-41-ITAT-MUM-INTL] in the case of J Ray McDermott Eastern Hemisphere Ltd. (Taxpayer). The ITAT held that receipts pertaining to transportation and installation contract executed by the Taxpayer outside India cannot be taxed under the special provisions, which provide for taxation of certain income of a non-resident on presumptive basis, if the income is not chargeable to tax under the general provisions of the Indian Tax Law (ITL).

Fees for Technical Services, even if rendered outside India, are taxable

May 29, 2010 3375 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee, an Indian company, entered into an agreement with a Chinese company for bauxite testing services in its laboratories (outside India) and for preparation of test reports. The assessee filed an application u/s 195(1) in which it argued that as the services were rendered outside India and the recipient did not have a permanent establishment in India,

Sec. 269SS Contribution towards share application money received in cash is not loan or deposit

May 28, 2010 717 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Appeal – Share Application Money Dispute | Abhisek Saraf’s Cash Contribution | ITAT Kolkata Decision | Penalty under s. 271D

Section 50C does not apply to “rights” in land & building like tenancy rights

May 28, 2010 729 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee, a tenant in a flat, sold tenancy rights for Rs. 30 lakhs and offered long-term capital gains on the basis that the said sum was the consideration. The AO took the view that as the market value adopted the Sub-Registrar was Rs. 33,11,200, the said market value had to be adopted as the consideration u/s 50C.

Timeshare membership fee is taxable only over the term of contract

May 27, 2010 726 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee, a time-share company having resorts at tourist places granted membership for a period of 33/25 years on payment of certain amount. During the currency of the membership, the member had the right to holiday for one week in a year at the place of his choice from amongst the resorts of the assessee. The membership fee was received either in lump sum or in installments to the prospective member.

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