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ITAT Allows Final Section 35D Deduction and ESOP Recharge Expense

Income Tax : Bangalore ITAT held that the Revenue cannot deny the fifth-year deduction under Section 35D after consistently allowing the claim ...

June 12, 2026 324 Views 1 comment Print

Section 69A Addition Deleted as Revenue Relied Only on Untested Third-Party Statements

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that reliance on third-party statements without granting effective cross-examination amounted to a violation of ...

June 7, 2026 711 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Grants Full Section 87A Rebate as Total Income Below ₹7 Lakh Includes Capital Gains

Income Tax : Tribunal held that Section 87A rebate is linked to total income, which includes short-term capital gains. CPC's denial of rebate o...

June 1, 2026 759 Views 0 comment Print

AO Cannot Replace DCF Method With NAV Method for Share Valuation under Rule 11UA: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that once an assessee validly opts for the DCF method and submits a qualified valuation report, the Assessing O...

May 22, 2026 843 Views 0 comment Print

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 630 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 594 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 1245 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 1221 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 870 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 1596 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


ITAT Quashes Reassessment as Section 151 Approval Was Not Obtained from Competent Authority

Income Tax : ITAT Pune held that the reassessment proceedings were invalid because the notice under Section 148 was approved by the Principal C...

June 24, 2026 180 Views 0 comment Print

Section 80P Deduction Allowed on Interest Income Attributable to Credit Society’s Business

Income Tax : ITAT held that interest earned by a co-operative credit society from deposits with a co-operative bank remained attributable to it...

June 24, 2026 99 Views 0 comment Print

Bangalore ITAT Upholds Section 11 Exemption Despite Alleged Capitation Fee Collections

Income Tax : Bangalore ITAT held that allegations of capitation fee collections could not justify denial of exemption under Sections 11 and 12 ...

June 24, 2026 69 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Quashes Reassessment as Section 151 Approval Was Granted by Wrong Authority

Income Tax : ITAT Pune held that reassessment proceedings were invalid because the approval under Section 151 was granted by the Principal Comm...

June 24, 2026 132 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Rejects Section 56(2)(viib) Addition as Shares Were Issued to Holding Company

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that Section 56(2)(viib) could not be invoked where shares were allotted at a premium to a 100% holding company. T...

June 24, 2026 84 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 1287 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 5925 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 2238 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 20118 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 10014 Views 0 comment Print


While granting registration u/s 12AA Commissioner not expected to see other provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961

August 8, 2009 1469 Views 0 comment Print

n the recent past the question of interpretation of newly inserted section 12AA( with effect from 01/04/1997) has always been perennial teaser not only to the trust or institutions but also to the Revenue Department as also faced by the judiciary. To get the answer we have heard both the sides at length, carefully perused the impugned order and also several correspondences filed in the compilation in the light of the case laws cited

Allowability of expenditure incurred by foreign company before RBI approval

August 6, 2009 928 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has ruled that foreign companies can claim tax deduction on expenses incurred in setting up a project office in India even if the mandatory approval from the Reserve Bank of India comes subsequently.  The ruling was issued in the case of Stork Engineers & Contractors of the Netherlands, which was […]

Deduction U/s. 80-IB(10) need to be given proportionally if a few residential units are exceeding the built-up area of 1500 sq. ft prescribed by section

July 31, 2009 2843 Views 0 comment Print

It is apparent from the perusal of section 80IB(10) that this section has been enacted with a view to provide incentive for businessmen to undertake construction of residential accommodation for smaller residential units and the deduction is intended to be restricted to the profit derived from the construction of smaller units and not from larger residential units.

Not allowing cross examination is procedural defect and will not make an assessment null and void

July 31, 2009 3775 Views 0 comment Print

It is a matter of record that the assessee had not been allowed the cross examination of the party whose statement has been used against him in making the assessment the addition us thus in violation of principles of natural justice. Not allowing cross examination is a defect of procedural in nature. It is to be allowed in order to make the assessment by using the principal statement, the examination in chief tested on cross examination.

Brokerage paid on renting of property not allowable u/s. 23 and 24 of the Income Tax Act

July 31, 2009 14814 Views 0 comment Print

Brokerage could be claimed as collection charges if as per the agreement, it is the responsibility of the broker to collect the rent but provision relating to deduction on account of collection charges in sub-clause (viii) of section 24 stand deleted from Assessment year 1993-94 and collection charges are included in the lump-sum deduction of 1/4th of annual value allowable as deduction under sub-clause (i).

Even Best Judgment assessment cannot be made without giving opportunity of being heard has to be given to assessee

July 26, 2009 13647 Views 0 comment Print

12. The phraseology, syntax and language used/employed by the legislature in section 144, as quoted hereinabove, are amply clear. As per this section, inter alia, if a person fails to comply with the terms of a notice under section 143(2), the A.O., after taking into account all relevant material gathered by him shall, after giving the assessee an opportunity of being heard

Validity of levy of penalty for not furnishing the return of income within the prescribed time

July 26, 2009 1017 Views 0 comment Print

6.2 In the present case there has been admittedly a default in terms of s. 271F of the Act; the assessee’s legal ground, i.e., in respect of validity of its return, being of no consequence, in view of me. Clear mandate of the provision (s. 271F), as well as the decision by the Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of Prakash Nath Khanna (supra). Further, the assessee’s plea of there being no presumption in law

Tribunal is not competent to recall its previous order and re-write the same again and reverse the earlier decision taken on merit

July 26, 2009 1059 Views 0 comment Print

8. A bare perusal of the ground raised by the assessee, in impugned M. A. reveals that the same pertain to the issues adjudicated by the Bench, on merit, after evaluating the rival submissions, including case laws relied upon by the parties, and the relevant records. The issues considered and decided on merit after due application of mind by the Bench

Once capital asset is converted into stock-in-trade provision of section 2(47) becomes irrelevant and does not apply

July 24, 2009 7508 Views 0 comment Print

The sale/transfer of stock-in-trade cannot be equated with the transfer of capital asset under section 2(47). The meaning of the words “otherwise transferred” in section 45(2), should be according to its ordinary popular and natural sense, and it should not include a transaction referred to under sub-clause (v) of sub-section (47) of section 2 in relation to a ‘capital asset’.

MAT credit should be allowed before calculating Interest U/s. 234B and 234C of the Income Tax Act, 1961

July 24, 2009 3760 Views 0 comment Print

6. We have heard the rival contentions and carefully perused the orders. The short question here is whether credits for tax paid as provided in section 115JAA of the Act has to be given before charging of interest u/s 234A & 234B or after charging of interest u/s 234A and 234B of the Act, in the later years, when such credit is claimed. Even, before the substitution of Explanation 1

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