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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 243 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 444 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 243 Views 0 comment Print

Section 11 Exemption Cannot Be Denied as Form 10B Was Filed Before Return Processing: ITAT Jaipur

Income Tax : ITAT held that delayed filing of Form 10B cannot defeat Section 11 exemption if the audit report is available before processing un...

July 2, 2026 159 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes On-Money Addition as Unsigned Agreement & Third-Party Records Lacked Evidence

Income Tax : Smt. Ranjana Kumari/Kalta Vs DCIT/ACIT (Central) (ITAT Chandigarh) The appeals involved three assessees belonging to the Kalta Gro...

June 30, 2026 360 Views 0 comment Print


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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 210 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 675 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 1410 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 1308 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 903 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Wrong Mention of Section 69 Instead of 69A Does Not Invalidate Addition: ITAT Hyderabad

Income Tax : ITAT Hyderabad upheld the excess cash addition and Section 153D approval, while remanding the stock shortage addition for fresh ex...

July 13, 2026 66 Views 0 comment Print

Gift from Mother Cannot Be Treated as Unexplained Investment: ITAT Hyderabad

Income Tax : ITAT Hyderabad deleted a Section 69 addition after finding the mother's identity, funds and gift confirmation established the sour...

July 13, 2026 93 Views 0 comment Print

Temporary Cash Support for Student Visa Is Not a Loan Under Section 269SS: ITAT Chennai

Income Tax : Chennai ITAT deleted the Section 271D penalty, holding temporary cash received to demonstrate visa funds was not a loan attracting...

July 13, 2026 951 Views 0 comment Print

Section 69A Cannot Be Invoked for Cash Withdrawals from Own Bank Account

Income Tax : Chennai ITAT upheld deletion of a Section 69A addition, holding that cash withdrawals from the assessee's own bank account could n...

July 13, 2026 102 Views 0 comment Print

Section 69C Addition Deleted for Lack of Corroborative Evidence & Cross-Examination: ITAT Pune

Income Tax : ITAT Pune upheld deletion of ₹1.14 crore Section 69C addition as it was based only on third-party statements without corroborati...

July 13, 2026 66 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 1332 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 5979 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 2274 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 20187 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 10053 Views 0 comment Print


Mere enquiry about any loan/gift does not tantamount to detection of concealment of income

July 18, 2009 489 Views 0 comment Print

15. Though a search and seizure operation was conducted on 31.05.2003, but no indiscrirninating material was found therein. It seems that consequent upon the search in response to a notice under section 153A the assessee opted that the original return be taken as a return under the aforesaid provision. Thereafter, a questionnaire was issued requiring the assessee to inter-alia file the details of loans and gifts

No denial of Local authority status for non-election of members of assessee-Mandi Parishad

July 18, 2009 6161 Views 0 comment Print

15. We have heard both the parties at length and carefully gone through the materials available on record. In the instant case, the controversy to be resolved is whether assessee was a Local Authority for the year under consideration and as such was eligible for exemption of income u/s. 10(20) of the Act or not. Section 10 of the Act deals with the income which are not to be included in computing total income of previous year

Charter ship hire payments not royalty within the meaning of section 9 of IT Act

July 17, 2009 858 Views 0 comment Print

12. Section 9(l)(vi)(c) provides that any income by way of royalty payable by a person who is a resident except where the royalty is payable in respect of any right, property or information used or services utilized for the purpose of a business or profession carried on by such person outside India or for the purposes of business or profession carried on by such person outside India or for the purpose

A supporting manufacturer entitled to claim deduction u/s. 80HHC (1A) on the basis of disclaimer certificate of export house

July 17, 2009 1701 Views 0 comment Print

7. A plain reading of the section would show that Sub. Sec (1) of 80HHC deals with deduction to be allowed to an assessee who is engaged in the business of export of goods or merchandise. The manner of determining the profits derived from export for the purpose of computation of deduction is provided in sub-sec (3), which has three clauses (a), (b), and (c ) covering three different aspects

Statutory date for FMV of a property cannot be substituted with a subsequent conversion date by issuing notification

July 17, 2009 439 Views 0 comment Print

19. We heard both sides in detail and considered the issue in the light of the facts of the present case and in the light of various judicial pronouncements relied on by the assessee as well was the Revenue. The assessee purchased the property in 1975. The Notification declaring the said property in the category of capital asset was made in 1994. The property was sold in 2006. Now the case of the assessee is that for the purpose of computing

Mere citing of Law laid down by SC before tribunal and non application of same cannot be said mistake apparent from the record

July 15, 2009 810 Views 0 comment Print

7. Ld. Sr. Counsel appearing for the assessee has contended that the Tribunal in its appellate order has cited two Supreme Court decisions in Royal Hatcheries V. State of Andhra Pradesh. AIR 1994 SC 666 and in M/s.Sil Import USA Vs. M/s.Exim Aides Silk Exporters, AIR 1999 SC 1609, 1612-13, without confronting the assessee at the time of hearing of the appeal before the Tribunal, and therefore

Notice u/s. 148(1) of IT Act when a valid return was pending assessment

July 14, 2009 4260 Views 0 comment Print

16. The term ‘pending’ means ‘undecided1 i.e something which is not concluded. An action is considered as pending from the time of commencement of the proceedings. Thus, a legal proceeding is pending as soon as commenced and until it is concluded. As per Advanced Law Lexicon, third Edition of 2005, page 3521/3522, following are the definitions of the word ‘pending’:

Deduction u/s 80-IB of IT Act in respect of housing project and its allowability

July 14, 2009 3034 Views 0 comment Print

10. The first issue is to be decided before us is the interpretation of the phrase “Housing Project” which is contemplated in Section 80IB (10) of the Act. There is no definition of the term `Housing Project’ given either in the Section 80IB or in the Act itself. But so far as Section 80HHBA which provides for a deduction in respect of profits and gains derived from the execution of the Housing Project

Valuation of residential accommodation provided by PSU to its employees

July 14, 2009 5840 Views 1 comment Print

48. Section 17(2)(ii) as it stood prior to amendment in 2007 did not contain any ‘deeming clause’ to deem rent paid less than 10% or 7.5% as a concession or that the employees is deemed to have received that concession. An employer may provide residential accommodation to his employees for several reasons. It is also possible that for making available staff quarters/colonies/ accommodations, State Governments

Taxability of receipts from transfer of marketing rights and non-compete fee

July 13, 2009 1282 Views 0 comment Print

9. The first item of receipt is that of Rs.5.010 crores towards assignment of marketing rights for local as well as export business. The Assessing Officer held it to be a revenue receipt liable to tax. At this juncture, it will be relevant to consider the distinction between the revenue and capital receipt in the context of the nature of transaction we are concerned with. Albeit there is no conclusive test for drawing

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