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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 282 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 189 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 93 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 90 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 78 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 72 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 93 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


No Second Guessing AO’s Judgment – ITAT Nullifies PCIT’s 263 Revision as Overreach

October 30, 2025 255 Views 0 comment Print

PCIT initiated a Section 263 revision over AO’s failure to disallow cash payments under Section 40A(3). ITAT held that since AO had conducted adequate inquiry and taken a plausible view, revision was an invalid overreach and quashed order. The ruling affirms that a mere difference in opinion doesn’t satisfy twin conditions for invoking Section 263.

PCIT’s 263 Revision Quashed – AO’s Enquiry on Goodwill, Warranty & CSR Found Proper

October 30, 2025 306 Views 0 comment Print

The PCIT challenged the assessment order under Section 263 over the AO’s acceptance of goodwill depreciation, warranty provision, and CSR-linked 80G deduction. The ITAT quashed the revision, finding the AO conducted due inquiry and adopted a plausible legal view on all three claims. The ruling confirms that an assessment order based on due inquiry cannot be revised merely on a difference of opinion.

Non-Compliance with Earlier ITAT Directions – Matter Remanded Again to AO for Verification of Deductees

October 30, 2025 315 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Agra remanded a TDS short-deduction case for the second time, finding that both the AO and CIT(A) failed to comply with the Tribunal’s earlier binding directions to verify if deductees had paid taxes.

Partial Relief on Cash Deposits – ITAT Agra Accepts Loan Recovery & Past Savings as Explained Sources

October 30, 2025 420 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Agra granted partial relief on a cash deposit addition, accepting ₹60,000 as explained, ruling that money received back from previous advances through banking channels constitutes the assessee’s own money returned.

Reassessment Notices beyond Limitation – ITAT Delhi Quashes Proceedings

October 30, 2025 384 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi quashed reassessment proceedings for AY 2013-14 and 2015-16, ruling that notices issued after the extended final deadline of June 24, 2022, were time-barred under Section 149, following the Rajeev Bansal ruling.

FTC Cannot Be Denied If Form 67 Filed late but Before Assessment Completion

October 30, 2025 987 Views 0 comment Print

Tribunal held that where Form 67 is submitted before the completion of assessment, foreign tax credit must be allowed even if the filing was delayed. It observed that neither the Act nor Rule 128(9) imposes disallowance for delay.

ITAT Deletes ₹2 Lakh Demonetisation Cash Addition Citing CBDT Instruction

October 30, 2025 477 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Indore deleted a ₹2 lakh addition for cash deposited during demonetisation, citing CBDT Instruction No. 3/2017 which bars verification for deposits up to ₹2.5 lakhs by individuals.

Registration u/s. 12A r.w.s 12AB granted as genuineness of activity of trust established

October 30, 2025 501 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune held that since object of the trust are charitable in nature and genuineness of activity is established by documents, assessee is eligible for registration under section 12A read with section 12AB of the Income Tax Act. Accordingly, appeal of assessee allowed.

Payment towards bandwidth services cannot be characterized as royalty under India-UAE DTAA

October 30, 2025 495 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that payment towards bandwidth service without transfer of right to use equipment or process could not be characterized as ‘royalty’ under section 9(1)(vi) or Article 12 of India-UAE DTAA. Thus, appeal decided in favour of assessee.

No addition u/s. 153A for unabated year be made without incriminating material

October 30, 2025 528 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that no addition can be made u/s 153A of the Income Tax Act without there being any incriminating material relating to unabated assessment year. Therefore, additions made in the assessment order is deleted and appeal is partly allowed.

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