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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 306 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 462 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 291 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 180 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 402 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 318 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 696 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 1428 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 1338 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 909 Views 0 comment Print


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Section 147 Assessment Set Aside as ITO Lacked Pecuniary Jurisdiction: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi quashed Section 147 reassessment as the Section 148 notice was issued by an ITO lacking pecuniary jurisdiction under CB...

July 18, 2026 78 Views 0 comment Print

Invalid Section 143(2) Notices Render Scrutiny Assessments Void: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi quashed assessments as Section 143(2) notices were issued by an ITO lacking pecuniary jurisdiction under CBDT Instructi...

July 18, 2026 87 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi Quashes Assessment as ACIT Lacked Jurisdiction to Issue Section 143(2) Notice

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi quashed the assessment after holding that the Section 143(2) notice was issued by an ACIT lacking jurisdiction under CB...

July 18, 2026 66 Views 0 comment Print

Capital Gains on JDA Taxable in Completion Certificate Year, Section 54/54F Relief Allowed: ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held JDA capital gains taxable in the completion certificate year, allowed Section 54/54F relief, and deleted deeme...

July 18, 2026 72 Views 0 comment Print

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 63 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 63 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 1344 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 6015 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 2277 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 20214 Views 6 comments Print


Whether lease agreement for a period for less than one year with an extension clause which is normally an agreement of Leave and Licence, will not be covered by section 4(8)(b) of the W-T Act and section 269UA(f) of the I-T Act.

November 28, 2007 6372 Views 0 comment Print

It is the legal owner (i.e. the assessee in the case before us) who is liable to the wealth-tax levy on the value of specified assets licensed/leased by him for a term of less than twelve years as laid down in section 269UA(f). However, the legal owner shall not be liable to wealth-tax levy on the value of specified assets leased by him for a term of not less than twelve years by virtue of any such transaction as is referred to in section 269UA(f) of the Income-tax Act. It is in fact the person acquiring any rights (i.e., lessee) in or with respect to any building under a lease for a term of not less than twelve years by virtue of any such transaction as is referred to in section 269UA(f) of the Income-tax Act who shall be deemed to be the owner thereof in terms of the provisions of section 4(8)(b) of the Wealth-tax Act.

Provision for NPA debited to P & L account as per RBI Act, not eligible for deduction under I-T Act

November 22, 2007 36551 Views 1 comment Print

Whether, a Provision for Non Performing Assets (‘NPA’) debited to profit and loss account and claimed as a deduction in accordance with the prudential norms issued by the RBI in exercise of powers conferred on it under section 45JA of the RBI Act, 1934, called the Non Banking Financial Companies Prudential Norms (Reserve Bank) Directions, 1998, should be allowed as deduction while computing income from business under the provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961?

Warrant of authorisation issued by Addl Director without proper authority

October 24, 2007 1402 Views 0 comment Print

Warrant of authorisation issued by Addl Director without proper authority – entire search and assessment consequent to such invalid search is bad in law and annulled -ITAT. The warrant of authorization issued in the present case by the Addl. Director of Income Tax (Investigation) has therefore to be held without proper authority and the entire search as well as the assessment proceedings consequent to such invalid search has to be held bad in law and annulled.

Interest earned on surplus funds deposited in banks cannot be business income

October 24, 2007 1655 Views 0 comment Print

THE assessee company was incorporated with the main object of acquiring a holding of equity and preference shares of companies engaged in the business of cement, ready mix and aggregate and to provide financial management. It was the first return of the assessee company. The Assessing Officer noted that the total capital was at Rs.209.33 crores which was raised during this year, out of which a sum of Rs.207.78 crores was invested in the shares of Lafarge India Ltd. The assessee company also earned interest on fixed deposits of Rs.2,28,000/ – against which, it had claimed administrative and other expenses to the tune of Rs.2,69,85,000/ -.

Interest on refund of interest paid u/s 234B of Income Tax Act allowed – ITAT

October 24, 2007 4593 Views 0 comment Print

THE assessee approached CIT(A) in appeal whereby CIT (A) allowed interest on refund of interest paid u/s 243B of the Income Tax Act. And predictably, the Revenue moved Tribunal in appeal against the said order.In this case, the refund is out of payments made by the assessee, clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 244A would be workable as the date of payment by the assessee of the amount refunded is known with which the interest is to run.

Board circulars are binding on the Department, even if they are wrong or against decisions of the Supreme Court

October 10, 2007 7661 Views 0 comment Print

IT is now an axiomatic law that Board circulars are binding on the Department, even if they are wrong or against decisions of the Supreme Court. But our Boards do not have the habit of tracking down the multitude of circulars they issue and considering whether they are relevant after the Law has been amended and the Apex Court had already ruled on the issue. In the Dhiren Chemicals case (2002-TIOL-83- SC-CX), the Supreme Court had held that if there was a Board Circular which was not in tune with the views of the Supreme Court, the Board Circular would prevail. The whole idea is that the Department should not be seen arguing that the Board was wrong – even if it is wrong, the Departmental officers should be bound by it.

Need for notice u/s 143(2) cannot be dispensed

September 28, 2007 2082 Views 0 comment Print

Need for notice u/s 143(2) cannot be dispensed with in a case where AO proceeds to make inquiry for assessment, and determination of taxes payable after issuing notice u/s 143(1) as well – ITAT

Can double benefits u/s 10B and Sec 80HHC be allowed on exports of same goods?

September 28, 2007 1241 Views 0 comment Print

CAN double benefits under Sec 10B and also under Section 80HHC be availed on export of the same goods? Should Income Tax allow Sec 80HHC benefits if an exporter procures orders and closes the transaction by procuring goods from a third country and shipping the same straight to the buyer country,

Vyaj badla dispute is not admissible in court

September 27, 2007 831 Views 0 comment Print

In a setback to the once popular vyaj badla transactions, the Bombay high court recently held that an aggrieved party cannot take their disputes to the arbitration tribunal set up under the byelaws of the Bombay Stock Exchange. Dismissing a petition filed by a Mahim-based partnership firm against a city broker, a division bench of Justice R M S Khandeparkar and Justice D G Karnik held that the tribunal had no jurisdiction to hear cases arising out of such private transactions.

Income or transactions not disclosed on or before date of search – would not have been disclosed but for the search – to be treated as undisclosed income

September 20, 2007 814 Views 0 comment Print

IT all started with search and seizure operation conducted at the premises of Friends Portfolio. In the course of the search, statements of Shri Manoj Agarwal and other persons were recorded and thereafter assessment was completed in their cases. It was found that all the transactions undertaken by Shri Manoj Agarwal through Friends Portfolio and his other concerns were bogus transactions, in the nature of merely providing entries without any real physical transactions relatable to those entries. Such entries were taken by a number of persons, namely, S/Shri C.P. Khanna, Puneet Khanna, Rajiv Aggarwal, Dhanraj Singh, Harjoot Singh, M/s Ramco Steel (P) Ltd. etc. The last named company filed petition to the Settlement Commission for settlement of its case in respect of entries taken from Shri Manoj Agarwal. In the statement Shri Manoj Agarwal admitted that all the entries given by him through Friends Portfolio and his other companies were in the nature of accommodation entries, which could be grouped into six categories as under:-

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