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Exempt Dividend Income Cannot Be Taxed Beyond Rule 8D: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The issue was whether exempt dividend income could be taxed by overriding Rule 8D. The ITAT held that additions beyond the Section...

January 10, 2026 504 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Upholds Rule 8D for Sec. 14A Disallowance Due to Unsatisfactory Explanation

Income Tax : Tribunal confirms that detailed AO dissatisfaction justifies invoking Rule 8D, ensuring proper disallowance of expenses related to...

December 2, 2025 546 Views 0 comment Print

Section 14A disallowance even in absence of any exempt income

Income Tax : Clarification in respect of disallowance under section 14A in absence of any exempt income during an assessment year Section 14A o...

February 1, 2022 37911 Views 3 comments Print

Section 14A disallowance- South Indian Bank Ltd Vs. CIT (Supreme Court)

Income Tax : The issue before the Hon’ble Supreme Court (SC) was whether section 14A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) enables the Depart...

September 21, 2021 8763 Views 1 comment Print

Disallowance under section 14A: Another instance where section is not invoked

Income Tax : The ever debatable ‘Disallowance under section 14A’ (read with Rule 8D (2) now has again found a different horizon whe...

May 19, 2021 4569 Views 0 comment Print


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Stop Mechanical disallowance of expenditure u/s 14A r.w. Rule 8D: ICAI

Income Tax : The mechanical disallowance u/s 14A r.w. Rule 8D is also being added to the book profit by the AO irrespective of the fact whethe...

January 24, 2018 1029 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay high court to hear petition challenging Constitutional validity of Rule 8D

Income Tax : As earlier intimated to you, Writ Petition bearing No. 50 of 2010 (Indian Exporters Grievances Forum & Other vs. CIT) challenging ...

February 17, 2010 867 Views 0 comment Print


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SC Dismisses Revenue Appeal as AO Failed to Record Dissatisfaction Before Applying Rule 8D

Income Tax : The Supreme Court upheld the deletion of Section 14A disallowance after finding that the Assessing Officer did not record dissatis...

March 16, 2026 294 Views 0 comment Print

No Section 14A Disallowance Without Exempt Income: ITAT Deletes Addition in Investment Case

Income Tax : The tribunal held that disallowance under Section 14A cannot be made when the assessee has not earned any exempt income during the...

March 6, 2026 480 Views 0 comment Print

No Satisfaction Under Section 14A, Rule 8D Disallowance Fails

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi ruled that disallowance under Section 14A cannot be made without AO recording satisfaction under Section 14A(2), fully ...

December 27, 2025 351 Views 0 comment Print

Tribunal Flags Error in Applying Section 14A to Non-Yielding Investments

Income Tax : The ITAT found that Rule 8D cannot be applied blindly without examining the nature of investments and income earned. The matter wa...

December 18, 2025 405 Views 0 comment Print

Section 14A Disallowance Deleted for Mechanical Application & Lack of AO Satisfaction

Income Tax : he ITAT ruled that an automatic ₹56 lakh 14A disallowance was invalid as the AO failed to record specific satisfaction regarding...

November 23, 2025 351 Views 0 comment Print


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CBDT Circular No. 5/2014 Dated: 11.02.2014

Income Tax : Circular No. 5/2014-Income Tax Central Board of Direct Taxes, in exercise of its powers under section 119 of the Act hereby clari...

February 11, 2014 57173 Views 0 comment Print

Notification No. 45/2008-Income Tax Dated: March 24, 2008 on Section 14A

Income Tax : INCOME TAX NOTIFICATION NO-45/2008, DT: March 24, 2008 Method for determining amount of expenditure in relation to income not incl...

March 31, 2008 4370 Views 0 comment Print


Disallowance u/s 14A restricted to the extent of exempt income

June 19, 2023 4317 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that disallowance under section 14A of the Income Tax Act cannot exceed the amount of exempt income. Hence, AO directed to restrict the disallowance to the extent of exempt income earned.

Disallowance Under Section 14A Cannot Exceed Exempt Income: ITAT Delhi

June 19, 2023 996 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi in Jubilant Securities Pvt Ltd Vs DCIT case, highlighted the rule that disallowance under Section 14A cannot exceed exempt income

Interest on money borrowed for business is allowable as business expenditure

June 10, 2023 1656 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that interest paid on money borrowed for the purpose of business is allowable as business expenditure.

Income tax law never contemplates to apply Section 14A to a taxable income

June 10, 2023 555 Views 0 comment Print

Precondition of applicability of S. 14Ahas not been fulfilled in the present case in as much the law never contemplates to apply S. 14A in relation to a taxable income as in the present case

Disallowance u/s 14A untenable on mechanical application of rule 8D

June 5, 2023 1482 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that disallowance u/s 14A untenable as AO has mechanically applied rule 8D without having recorded his satisfaction or examining the nature of investments whether they have yielded any exempt income or not.

Motor vehicle being a self-propelled vehicle eligible for depreciation @33.40%

May 15, 2023 1935 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that motor vehicles qualify as self-propelled vehicles and accordingly depreciation at the rate of 33.40% available on the same.

No section 14A disallowance based on assumption of tax-free income in future

April 28, 2023 1821 Views 0 comment Print

If there is no tax-free income, then no section 14A disallowance is to be made based on assumption that in future, some tax-free income will result to assessee on investment. 

AO cannot invoke rule 8D(2)(ii) of Income Tax Rules without examining claim made by assessee

March 14, 2023 1713 Views 0 comment Print

Calcutta High Court held that invocation of provisions of rule 8D(2)(ii) of the Income Tax Rules by AO without examining the accounts of the assessee and without examining the claim made by the assessee is unjustified.

Amendment to section 14A by Finance Act, 2022 applies Prospectively w.e.f AY 2022-23

March 3, 2023 8184 Views 0 comment Print

n this case addition was made u/s.14A r.w. Rule 8D by AO and confirmed by CIT (A) holding that Amendment  in Finance Act, 2022 in relation to disallowance u/s.14A r.w. Rule 8D is applicable retrospectively even if no exempted income was earned by assessee.

ITAT directs AO to restrict  disallowance to those investments which earned dividend income

December 1, 2022 582 Views 0 comment Print

It is to be presumed that the assessee made investments from its own funds but not from borrowed funds. If that is the case the disallowance under interest is not warranted. Therefore, disallowance under Rule 8D(ii) to an extent of Rs. 1,78,490/- is not maintainable.

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