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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 294 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 204 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 201 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 534 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 402 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 1512 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


ITAT Dismisses Revenue Appeal as CPC Adjustments Were Already Deleted in Scrutiny Assessment

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that additions proposed by CPC under Section 143(1)(a) ceased to survive after the Assessing Officer deleted th...

May 16, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Software Cost Mark-Up Addition Holding Pure Reimbursement Is Not Profit-Making Service

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi ruled that reimbursement of software costs to foreign AEs on a cost-to-cost basis could not be treated as a profit-...

May 16, 2026 63 Views 0 comment Print

DCF Valuation Cannot Be Rejected Using Hindsight – ITAT Deletes ₹36.54 Crore Section 56(2)(viib) Addition

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai ruled that replacing projected cash flows with actual profits while applying the DCF method is legally impermissible. ...

May 16, 2026 3 Views 0 comment Print

Section 68 Addition Crashes – ITAT Mumbai Says Suspicion & Investigation Wing Reports Cannot Replace Evidence

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that additions under section 68 cannot survive where the Assessing Officer failed to conduct independent verifica...

May 16, 2026 33 Views 0 comment Print

Agricultural Land Also Covered by Section 56(2)(x) – ITAT Upholds Addition Based on DVO Valuation

Income Tax : The Tribunal upheld tax addition where agricultural land was acquired below stamp duty valuation and DVO-determined fair market va...

May 16, 2026 57 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


Commercial Advances Don’t Fall Under Section 2(22)(e): ITAT Mumbai

April 18, 2025 906 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that trade advances, being in the nature of commercial transaction, would not fall within the ambit of the provisions of section 2(22)(e) of the Act and therefore the addition made by the AO is deleted. Accordingly, appeal allowed.

No addition u/s 69A without corroborative evidence & cross-examination

April 18, 2025 1938 Views 0 comment Print

Additions under Section 69A could not be sustained without concrete evidence and due process and AO had not brought any tangible evidence to prove the alleged cash loan.

Section 40A(3) not invocable as income assessed at flat gross profit rate: ITAT Chennai

April 18, 2025 1002 Views 0 comment Print

Aggrieved against the directions of CIT(A) to the AO for assessment of gross profit on unaccounted sales of unaccounted purchases and enhancement on account of disallowance of cash payment u/s.40A(3) of the Act, the assessee came in appeal before the Tribunal.

Assessment declared invalid due to service of notice on wrong address

April 18, 2025 2397 Views 0 comment Print

Thereafter, there was change in incumbent and fresh opportunity was provided and notice u/s.142(1) was issued. But this notice was returned back with the remarks that “the assessee was not in given address”.

ITAT Remands Case to CIT(A) for Fresh Hearing, Imposes Rs. 2,000 Cost on Assessee

April 17, 2025 438 Views 0 comment Print

To ensure fairness, the ITAT set aside the CIT(A)’s order and remanded the disputed issues back to the CIT(A) for a fresh hearing. This decision was made contingent upon the assessee paying a cost of Rs. 2,000 to the Income Tax Department within one month and providing proof of payment.

ITAT Remands Case to CIT(A) for Fresh Decision Following Rule 46A(3) Compliance on New Evidence

April 17, 2025 705 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT set aside the CIT(A)’s order and remanded the matter back to the CIT(A) to decide the appeal afresh after providing the AO an opportunity under Rule 46A(3) to examine the new evidence submitted by the assessee.

ITAT Mumbai Restores Income Tax Appeal due to Lack of Meritorious Adjudication

April 17, 2025 1062 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai remands case of Sandeep Singh Karhail vs Girish Agrawal for fresh hearing, citing lack of opportunity and procedural lapses in reassessment.

Special Bench Rules on Surcharge for Private Discretionary Trusts

April 17, 2025 1230 Views 0 comment Print

Araadhya Jain Trust Vs ITO (ITAT Mumbai) Whether surcharge is applicable at respective surcharge slab rate or at maximum surcharge rate in case of the Private Discretionary Trust? In a significant ruling that brings clarity to taxation of Private Discretionary Trusts, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Special Bench has held that surcharge on such […]

Addition Treating LTCG as Bogus Based on Assumptions Not Sustained

April 17, 2025 2832 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that addition under section 68 of the Income Tax Act by treating LTCG as bogus merely on the basis of assumption and conjecture is not sustainable in law since purchase and sale of shares were made via banking channel.

Mere book entries & AIR data insufficient for additions: ITAT Mumbai

April 17, 2025 1299 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai rules in Farhat Yusuf Shaikh case—book entries and AIR data alone not enough to justify additions under Sections 68 and 69 of the IT Act.

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