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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 240 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 270A Penalty Due to Defective Notice and Bona Fide Reliance on Form 16

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that non-specification of the precise statutory charge under sections 270A(2) and 270A(9) violated principles o...

May 15, 2026 171 Views 0 comment Print

Fee-Based Receipts Cannot Defeat Charitable Status for Environmental Activities: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The Delhi ITAT held that institutions engaged in preservation of environment fall under a specific charitable limb under Section 2...

May 14, 2026 189 Views 0 comment Print

CIT(A) cannot enhance income on issues not examined by AO: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that CIT(A) cannot enhance income under Section 251 on matters not considered by the Assessing Officer during as...

May 10, 2026 531 Views 0 comment Print

Section 54F Deduction Cannot Be Denied Without Adequate Opportunity to Furnish Evidence

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore restored the Section 54F claim after noting that medical issues and portal difficulties prevented timely filing of ...

May 7, 2026 492 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 396 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 1008 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 1077 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 777 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 1506 Views 0 comment Print


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Agricultural Land Cannot Be Treated as Capital Asset Due to Subsequent Commercial Use by Purchaser: ITAT Hyderabad

Income Tax : ITAT Hyderabad held that rural agricultural land situated beyond 8 kilometres from municipal limits cannot be taxed as a capital a...

May 15, 2026 63 Views 0 comment Print

Share Premium Received Through Verified Investors Cannot Be Treated as Bogus Cash Credit: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi deleted a ₹45 lakh addition under Section 68 after finding that the assessee had furnished complete details of invest...

May 15, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

Section 69A Addition Upheld Because Assessee Failed to Explain Source of ₹7.5 Cr Cash: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi restored a Section 69A addition after holding that the assessee failed to produce evidence supporting its claim that th...

May 15, 2026 72 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Quashes Section 263 Revision as AO Conducted Detailed Inquiry into Agricultural Income

Income Tax : ITAT Rajkot held that revision under section 263 was not sustainable where the Assessing Officer had already conducted extensive v...

May 15, 2026 69 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi Deletes Capital Addition as No Liability Cessation Was Proved

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that addition under Section 41(1) cannot be made without proving cessation of liability. The Tribunal found that f...

May 15, 2026 69 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 1164 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 5808 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 2166 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 19944 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 9957 Views 0 comment Print


Pre-Demonetisation Withdrawals Can Explain Post-Ban Cash Deposits

December 29, 2025 366 Views 0 comment Print

The issue was whether demonetisation-era deposits could be taxed despite admitted prior withdrawals. ITAT held that when withdrawals are genuine and the occasion is real, section 69A cannot be applied on presumptions.

Approval for One Issue, Reopening for Another Is Legally Fatal

December 29, 2025 294 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT ruled that section 151 approval must strictly correspond to the recorded reasons for reopening. Any factual inconsistency reflects non-application of mind and collapses the reassessment at inception.

Mechanical Revenue Objections Rejected on Section 14A and MAT

December 29, 2025 285 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal held that no disallowance under Section 14A is warranted when exempt dividend arises incidentally from shares held as stock-in-trade in banking business. Applying Supreme Court precedents, it deleted the entire sustained disallowance, reaffirming that such income does not trigger Section 14A.

Commission @0.15% Reflects True Income in Entry Operations

December 29, 2025 513 Views 0 comment Print

The AO taxed entire bank credits despite accepting the assessee as an entry operator. ITAT ruled that fund rotations cannot be treated as unexplained once the nature of business is admitted.

Allotment Date Governs Stamp Value Under Section 56(2)(x)

December 29, 2025 396 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT ruled that an allotment letter constitutes a valid agreement for section 56(2)(x) where consideration and binding terms are recorded. Stamp duty value on the allotment date, not the delayed registration date, must be applied.

ITAT Grants Fresh Opportunity to Claim Section 54F Deduction

December 29, 2025 252 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT remanded a ₹2.90 crore s.54F deduction case, allowing the assessee to furnish complete documentation and have the claim re-examined on merit.

Transfer Pricing Adjustment Softened for Long-Standing ECB Loans

December 29, 2025 447 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT acknowledged that ECB interest was fixed and consistently accepted in earlier years but adopted a marginally revised rate after the assessee’s voluntary settlement to close the dispute.

No Addition, No Revision: PCIT Action Fails for Want of Error and Prejudice

December 29, 2025 294 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal ruled that section 263 cannot be invoked merely because no addition was made during reassessment. When the AO conducts proper enquiries and accepts the explanation, revision fails for lack of error and prejudice.

Breed Development Spend Treated as Revenue, Not Capital Expense

December 29, 2025 189 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal rejected the Revenue’s claim that breed development expenses are capital merely due to long-term benefits. What matters is business purpose and operational nexus, not incidental endurance.

Ind-AS Fair Value Gains Can’t Be Ignored in Section 94B Scrutiny

December 29, 2025 462 Views 0 comment Print

The issue concerned excess interest deduction claimed by inflating EBITDA through Ind-AS fair-value adjustments. ITAT held that the AO made no enquiry on this critical computation, making the assessment erroneous.

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