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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 384 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 300 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


Latest Judiciary


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 51 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 44 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 39 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 50 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 109 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


S. 40(b) Interest on deposits for availing bank guarantee is business income

July 29, 2011 5053 Views 0 comment Print

It is the purpose or the proximity to the purpose, which would determine the character of the asset and, thus, that of the income arising there-from and, consequently, its assessability under the Act, going on to hold that where the amount was deposited in the bank to obtain a letter of credit for purchase of a capital asset (machinery), the interest thereon would only be a capital receipt, which shall go to reduce the cost of the relevant capital asset. The said decisions, in our view, full govern the present case, and the Revenue has misapplied the decisions by the hon’ble jurisdictional high court.

Reasons are required to be recorded by the AO on valid material and an assessment cannot be reopened on mere assumptions

July 29, 2011 7673 Views 0 comment Print

Weizmann Capital Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai)- The income, which the Assessing Officer initially formed a reason to believe had escaped assessment, has as a matter of fact, not escaped assessment, it is not open to the Assessing Officer independently to assess some other income.

For the levy of FBT, the application of s 115WC(2)(b) cannot be restricted only to the business relating to civil construction and it will cover the business activity of the assessee carried on

July 29, 2011 7189 Views 0 comment Print

Innovative Steals Pvt. Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi)- The word “construction” though mainly connected to the building but it includes within its ambit a bridge under construction building, erection, elevation, establishment, assembly, manufacture, fabrication. It also includes an impressive construction structure, building, edifice, assembly, framework. Therefore, its ambit has not been restricted to only to construction of building.

Depreciation on pre-operative expenses allocated to fixed assets is allowable under s 32 since expenses were incurred for setting up of fixed assets during the trial run

July 29, 2011 36399 Views 2 comments Print

Cosmic Kitchen Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi)- The only ground taken in this appeal, filed by the assessee, is that the learned CIT(A) erred in disallowing depreciation of Rs. 2,70,744/- in respect of pre-operative expenses allocated to fixed assets. It is also mentioned that he erred in holding that the expenses were revenue in nature and not linked with installation of various assets.

Bonus shares eligible for benefit u/s 115F of the Act if if original shares acquired in foreign currency – ITAT Mumbai

July 29, 2011 1251 Views 0 comment Print

Sanjay Gala Vs ITO (ITAT Mumbai)- In the present case, the assessee subscribed to shares in convertible foreign exchange and acquired the foreign exchange asset. In so far as this aspect is concerned, there is no dispute from the revenue authorities.

Canvassing agent not business connection , Non-Resident, even with ‘business connection’, can be taxed only in respect of business operations carried out in India

July 29, 2011 2143 Views 0 comment Print

ADIT Vs Star Cruise India Travel Services (ITAT Mumbai)- In the case of a business of which all the operations are not carried out in India, the income of the business deemed under this clause to accrue or arise in India shall be only such part of the income as is reasonably attributable to the operations carried out in India” but then since no part of the operations was carried out in India, no part of assessee’s income could have been thus taxable in India.

ITAT criticises AO for harassing the assessee by wrongly levying penalty

July 28, 2011 7871 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs Audyogik Tantra Shikshan (ITAT Pune)- The assessee in its Cross Objection, has objected the penalty levied by the A.O with this contention that the A.O has not recorded his satisfaction against the alleged default of filing inaccurate particulars of income as contemplated under the statute in the A.Y. 2004- 05 and has failed to initiate the penalty proceeding during the course of assessment proceedings. The assessee also prayed for awarding the cost u/s. 254(2B) of the Act to the assessee.

Reassessment after completion of assessment u/s 143(3) cannot be termed as regular assessment and interest u/s 234D not chargeable

July 25, 2011 4968 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee was given refund while processing the return u/s. 143(1) and further refund was given after assessment u/s. 143(3). In reassessment proceedings u/s. 147, the refund given earlier became collectible from the assessee. The Assessing officer levied interest u/s. 234D on such excess refund amount. The learned CIT(A) held that the interest u/s. 234D is not chargeable in the hands of the company in reassessment proceedings.

Receipts from activities not having direct nexus with shipping/dredging activities not exempt under tonnage tax scheme

July 25, 2011 1042 Views 0 comment Print

Dredging Corporation Of India Ltd Vs ACIT (ITAT Visakhapatnam)- Tonnage income from the business of operating qualifying ships — Receipts emanating from the activities, which do not have a direct and necessary nexus with the shipping/ dredging activities of the assessee-company, cannot be exempted under the tonnage tax scheme.

Transfer Pricing – Pygmies Not Comparable With Giants

July 22, 2011 2776 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Deloitte Consulting India Pvt. Limited (ITAT Hyderabad)- Risk adjustment disallowed, impact of intangibles on pricing negated, taxpayer estopped from subsequently pointing facts having material bearing, application of export earnings filter approved, etc.

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