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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 273 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 186 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 198 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 780 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 Deletes Bogus Purchase Addition as No Evidence Linked Assessee to Alleged Accommodation Entries

Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held that reassessment under Section 147 was invalid as the Assessing Officer failed to show independent applicatio...

May 15, 2026 84 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Demonetization Cash Deposit Addition as Sales Were Recorded in Books

Income Tax : ITAT Chandigarh held that cash deposits during demonetization could not be treated as unexplained income since the amounts were re...

May 15, 2026 78 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 72 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Grants Section 12AB Registration as Missing PAN Details Cannot Make Small Donations Non-Genuine

Income Tax : ITAT Nagpur held that nominal donations received in small amounts could not be treated as non-voluntary contributions merely becau...

May 15, 2026 66 Views 0 comment Print

No Section 56 Addition as Property Value Difference Was Within 10% Tolerance Band

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai deleted the addition under Section 56(2)(vii)(b) after holding that a 2.3% variation between agreement value and stamp...

May 15, 2026 87 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


Vague Penalty Notices Without Specified Limb Are Invalid in Law: ITAT Delhi

November 11, 2025 675 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that penalties were invalid where the Assessing Officer failed to specify the exact charge—concealment, inaccurate particulars, under-reporting, or misreporting. The Tribunal reaffirmed that vague notices under Sections 271(1)(c) or 270A are legally unsustainable.

Reopening Beyond Four Years Without Alleging Assessee’s Failure Is Void

November 11, 2025 708 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Delhi held that reassessment under Section 147 was invalid where the AO failed to record any allegation of the assessee’s failure to disclose material facts. The ruling reaffirms that reopening beyond four years requires strict compliance with the proviso to Section 147.

Inadvertent filing of Form 10-IB instead of 10-IC cannot take away benefit u/s. 115BAA

November 11, 2025 1017 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that benefit under section 115BAA of the Income Tax Act cannot be denied for inadvertent filing of Form 10-IB in place of Form 10-IC since the same is technical lapse. Accordingly, order of CIT(A) is sustained and appeal of revenue is dismissed.

Revision u/s. 263 quashed as plausible view taken by AO while granting exemption u/s. 54F

November 11, 2025 330 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that revisionary proceeding under section 263 of the Income Tax Act is liable to be quashed since AO took one of the possible views while allowing claim of deduction under section 54F. Accordingly, order is quashed and appeal is allowed.

Penny Stock Case: ITAT Orders Fresh Hearing for Improper Admission of Evidence

November 11, 2025 423 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai set aside CIT(A)’s order for lack of compliance with Rule 46A in a case involving alleged bogus penny stock transactions under Aarya Global Shares.

Exemption u/s. 10(23C)(iv) cannot be denied due to inadvertent error

November 11, 2025 480 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune held that denial of exemption under section 10(23C)(iv) of the Income Tax Act merely because of inadvertent error of claiming exemption u/s. 10(46) instead of 10(23C)(iv) is not justifiable. Accordingly, exemption u/s. 10(23C)(iv) granted.

Section 35(2AB) Deduction Cannot Be Denied for Missing Form 3CL If R&D Is Proven

November 11, 2025 690 Views 0 comment Print

Denial of weighted deduction u/s 35(2AB) for non-furnishing of Form 3CL did not preclude normal deduction u/s 35(1)(i) and depreciation u/s 32, as the research was related to the assessee’s business.

No Double Tax on Beneficiary When Trust Has Paid Tax: ITAT Mumbai

November 11, 2025 675 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Mumbai held that income already taxed in the hands of a trust cannot be taxed again in the hands of its beneficiary, deleting an addition of ₹1.24 crore.

Section 40(a)(ia) Disallowance Doesn’t Nullify TDS Default: ITAT Mumbai

November 11, 2025 876 Views 0 comment Print

Disallowance under section 40(a)(ia) and liability under section 201 operated independently, and assessee could not escape TDS liability merely by making a partial disallowance in its return.

ITAT Upholds ESOP Cost as Business Expense, Sets Aside PCIT 263 Order

November 11, 2025 756 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that the Assessing Officer made detailed enquiries before allowing ESOP expenditure, invalidating the PCIT’s revision under section 263.

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