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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 258 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 214 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 380 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 297 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 1470 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


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Section 153C Proceedings Invalid Where Deemed Search Date Is After 1-4-2021: ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : ITAT held Section 153C proceedings invalid as the deemed search date for the other person fell after 01.04.2021 and allowed the ap...

July 25, 2026 Views 0 comment Print

Selling & Marketing Expenses Cannot Be Disallowed Due to Ledger Nomenclature Error: ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : ITAT deleted disallowance supported by debit notes despite ledger narration error and remanded the remaining claim for fresh verif...

July 25, 2026 38 Views 0 comment Print

Executive Search Fees Not Taxable as FTS or Royalty Under India–Netherlands DTAA: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : ITAT deleted tax on executive search fees and reimbursements, restored management fee issue for fresh examination, and granted DTA...

July 25, 2026 9 Views 0 comment Print

No TDS on Reimbursement of Common Legal Expenses: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : Mumbai ITAT deleted section 40(a)(ia) disallowance on CSLA reimbursement and remanded section 37(1) year-end provisions for fresh ...

July 25, 2026 41 Views 0 comment Print

BSNL VRS Employees Eligible for Full Exemption of Retrenchment Compensation & Leave Encashment: ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : ITAT allowed BSNL employees full exemption under Sections 10(10B) and 10(10AA), holding delay and Goetze India cannot defeat lawfu...

July 25, 2026 46 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 243 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 20250 Views 6 comments Print


Simply paying share application money not entitle any applicant of shares to allotment of shares

October 28, 2012 1352 Views 0 comment Print

In the light of the above discussions, the admitted facts of the case under consideration are that during the year under consideration share holding of the company has changed by more than 51% and management and control of the company has been passed on to Pippal family.

No penalty levied on Akhilesh yadav for violation of Sec. 269SS, as reasonable cause was exist

October 28, 2012 6353 Views 0 comment Print

In the instant case, the AO did not dispute the genuineness of the transaction entered into between the assessee and Samajwadi Party and no addition had been made in this regard. Instead of cash, if the assessee had taken loan through cheque, it would have taken some time for process in clearing. Since the amount was deposited and withdrawn from bank on the same day for making cash payment to the Nazul Authority, there could be no reason to doubt the bona fide of the assessee.

Where liaison office of assessee merely co-ordinated its purchases in India, it could not be regarded as assessee’s PE in India

October 28, 2012 711 Views 0 comment Print

Section 9 does not seek to bring into the tax net the profits of a non-resident which cannot reasonably be attributed to operations carried out in India. Even if there be a business connection in India, the whole of the profit accruing or arising from the business connection is not deemed to accrue or arise in India. It is only that portion of the profit which can reasonably be attributed to the operations of the business carried out in India, which is liable to income-tax.

Error in e-filling of Income tax Return can be rectified u/s. 154 application

October 28, 2012 5037 Views 1 comment Print

In the present system of e-filing of return which is totally depended upon the usage of software, It is possible that some clerical errors may occur at the time of entering the data in the electronic form. The return is prepared electronically which is converted into an XML file either through the free down loaded software provided by the CBDT or by the softwares available in the market.

Trust imparting education irrespective of caste, creed & religion entitled to registration u/s 12AA

October 26, 2012 2735 Views 0 comment Print

DIT (E) was not justified in forming an opinion that the objects of the assessee are for a specific community being violative of the provisions of s. 13(1)(b) of the Act. As a matter of fact, the assessee has been serving the public irrespective of caste, creed and religion by imparting education and, thus, it is entitled to registration u/s 12AA of the Act.

Loan advisory fees taxable in year of receipt itself & not over loan term, if not refundable in any case

October 26, 2012 1023 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee stated before the A.O. that this advisory fee related to the loan granted and pertaining to setting covenants, negotiations and execution of documentation, creation of security etc. It shows that the amount from each party was one time receipt related with the rendering of such services for the purposes of sanction of loan.

TP adjustments must be made on the basis of actual transactions with AE

October 26, 2012 1456 Views 0 comment Print

The limited dispute raised is regarding transfer pricing adjustment in relation to international transactions entered into by the assessee with associate enterprises. There is no dispute either regarding TNMM method followed by the AO or about variables selected for computation of transfer pricing adjustment.

Housing Project of built-up area of more than 2000 sq. ft. not eligible for Deduction u/s. 80-IB (10)(d) from A.Y. 2005-06

October 26, 2012 1305 Views 0 comment Print

The ratio laid down by the Supreme Court in the case of Reliance Jute & Industries Ltd. v. CIT [1979] 120 ITR 921, squarely apply on the facts of the case as the assessee had not fulfilled the conditions precedent provided under section 80-IB(10)(d) as applicable from assessment year 2005-06.

Payment for supply of technical personnel in India not taxable as FTS

October 26, 2012 5012 Views 0 comment Print

All the agreements, invoices and related documents produced before us lead to the fact that the payments have been made only for supply of manpower for certain amount of hours and nothing more. Since there is no technology, skill, experience, technical plan, design, etc. had been made available either by the assessee or the ACSC as held by the Cit (A), invoking the provisions of Article 12(4)(b) of the DTAA for treating the payments as chargeable to tax in India, is not justified.

No Penalty for bona fide mistake in calculation of deduction u/s. 54F

October 26, 2012 5501 Views 0 comment Print

The mistake on the part of the assessee is that the assessee invested a part amount of sale consideration/ capital gain in residential house instead of gross sale consideration and claimed deduction under section 54F. It is relevant to note that for claiming deduction under section 54 of the Act investment of capital gain is the requirement whereas for claiming dedication under section 54F investment of sale consideration is the condition. From the facts of the case it is a clear cut case of bona fide calculation mistake.

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