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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 555 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 636 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 38040 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 8868 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 4605 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 1065 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 912 Views 0 comment Print


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ITAT Pune Directs Exclusion of Mutual Funds & Tax-Free Bonds While Computing Rule 8D Disallowance

Income Tax : ITAT Pune ruled that investments in mutual funds and tax-free bonds should not form part of the investment pool for Rule 8D(2)(ii)...

June 13, 2026 195 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata Deletes Interest Disallowance as AO Exceeded Scope of Limited Scrutiny

Income Tax : The ITAT Kolkata held that the Assessing Officer could not examine issues beyond the limited scrutiny mandate without following CB...

June 7, 2026 201 Views 0 comment Print

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

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi accepted the assessee’s contention that disallowance under Section 14A cannot exceed exempt income. The ruling restri...

June 7, 2026 171 Views 0 comment Print

No 14A Disallowance Without Satisfaction, No Penalty on Debatable Issues

Income Tax : The Bangalore ITAT held that a disallowance under Section 14A read with Rule 8D cannot survive without the Assessing Officer recor...

June 4, 2026 330 Views 0 comment Print

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 327 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 57521 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 4442 Views 0 comment Print


Subsidy received for establishing an industrial unit in backward area is capital receipt

July 10, 2023 1152 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that subsidy received from Government of Goa for establishing an industrial unit in a backward area is capital receipt. Further, as subsidy was not intended to meet part of cost of assets, no adjustment against cost of asset could be ordered.

Directions issued by superior authorities are binding on Assessing Officer

July 8, 2023 3174 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that directions issued by a superior appellate authorities are binding on the Assessing Officers and Assessing Officer is required to strictly follow the directions of the appellate authorities and decide the issue as per the directions of the appellate authorities.

Strategic investment not part of average value of investment for disallowance u/r 8D(2)(iii) as no exempt income earned

July 5, 2023 1296 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that strategic investments not yielding any exempt income during the year under consideration, the same cannot form part of the average value of investment for computing disallowance under rule 8D(2)(iii) of the Income Tax Rules.

ITAT deletes Penalty on income tax refund Interest & Section 14A Additions

June 27, 2023 1260 Views 0 comment Print

In Sunrise Broking P. Ltd. Vs ITO, ITAT Ahmedabad abolishes penalty over additions made to interest on income tax refund, recognizing no concealment or inaccuracy in the income particulars.

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

June 19, 2023 4413 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 1038 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 1710 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 594 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 1524 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 1989 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.

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