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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 213 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 162 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


Latest Judiciary


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 45 Views 0 comment Print

Third-Party Loose Papers Cannot Justify Addition Without Cross-Examination: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi ruled that reassessment in search cases requires prior approval under section 148B before passing the order. Since the ...

May 15, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print

Section 56(2)(x) not Apply to Redevelopment Flats as Transaction Is Exchange of Existing Rights

Income Tax : The ITAT Mumbai held that receipt of a new flat in exchange for surrender of an old flat under a redevelopment arrangement does no...

May 15, 2026 72 Views 0 comment Print

Assessment Quashed as Returned Income Exceeded Monetary Limits of ITO Jurisdiction

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi held that scrutiny notice issued by an ITO lacking pecuniary jurisdiction rendered the entire assessment void ab in...

May 15, 2026 78 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Surat Upholds Bogus LTCG Addition on Sunrise Asian Penny Stock, Applies ‘Human Probability’ Test

Income Tax : The ITAT Surat held that abnormal price rise in a penny stock and surrounding circumstances justified treating claimed LTCG as une...

May 15, 2026 60 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


Buyer Can’t Be Taxed on Builder’s Confession Alone- Third-Party Excel & Statements Not Enough

December 28, 2025 1011 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal held that additions based solely on third-party statements and Excel data seized from another person cannot survive without independent corroboration. Denial of effective cross-examination rendered the section 69C addition unsustainable.

Presumptive Taxation Allowed as Partner’s Remuneration Is Professional Income: ITAT Delhi

December 28, 2025 4401 Views 0 comment Print

The tribunal held that remuneration received by a professional partner qualifies as professional income. The key takeaway is that such receipts can be taxed under Section 44ADA.

Cash deposit by petrol pumps during demontisation partly allowed by Delhi ITAT

December 28, 2025 567 Views 0 comment Print

The tribunal held that cash deposits of a petrol pump operator during demonetisation could not be fully treated as unexplained. Only a lump sum addition was sustained, recognizing the business nature of receipts.

AIS/Form 10DB Mismatch Rejected as Basis for Taxing Agent on Trading Profits

December 28, 2025 291 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs Oval Investment Pvt. Ltd (ITAT Delhi) AIS/Form 10DB Mismatch Not Conclusive- Share & F&O Profits Taxable Only in Real Owner’s Hands- Commission Agent Cannot Be Taxed on Principal’s Trading Income  dismissed the Revenue’s appeal and upheld deletion of additions aggregating to ₹4.13 crore, holding that share trading, F&O and dividend income belonged to the […]

Notice by JAO After Faceless Scheme Invalid: Chennai ITAT Quashes Reassessment

December 28, 2025 759 Views 0 comment Print

Chennai ITAT held that reassessment notices issued by a JAO after 29-03-2022 are invalid under the mandatory faceless assessment framework, quashing all consequential orders while preserving the Revenue’s right to revive proceedings if Apex Court rules otherwise.

DGIT (Inv.) Inputs Alone Can’t Justify Reopening: ITAT

December 27, 2025 753 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT found the recorded reasons vague and non-specific, failing to even identify the nature of alleged escapement. Such mechanical reasons render the notice under section 148 void ab initio.

Wrong ITR Column Can’t Deny Trust Exemption: ITAT Kolkata

December 27, 2025 816 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal condoned an extraordinary 2315-day delay, noting that the disallowance arose from a return-filing error and not lack of application of income. The matter was restored for fresh adjudication on merits.

Entire Purchase Disallowance Rejected; 6% GP Estimation Upheld

December 27, 2025 762 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT ruled that disallowing full purchases while also taxing corresponding sales is legally unsustainable. A uniform 6% gross profit estimation on alleged non-genuine transactions was upheld as a fair and pragmatic approach.

No Incriminating Material, No Addition in Section 153A Assessments

December 27, 2025 639 Views 0 comment Print

Whether additions under sections 68 and 69C can be made without seized material. In search cases, completed assessments cannot be disturbed unless incriminating material is found during the search.

GP Rate Refined to 11% in Search-Based Bogus Purchase Case

December 27, 2025 735 Views 0 comment Print

The issue was whether entire alleged bogus purchases should be added as income after a search assessment. The Tribunal held that where consumption and records are not disputed, only the profit element can be taxed, not the full purchase value.

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