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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


Amendment of Section 14A which is for removal of doubts cannot be presumed to be retrospective

October 28, 2022 1905 Views 0 comment Print

HC held that amendment of Section 14A, which is for removal of doubts cannot be presumed to be retrospective even where such language is used, if it alters or changes the law as it earlier stood.

ITAT deletes section 14A disallowance enhanced by CIT(A)

October 27, 2022 1389 Views 0 comment Print

Geetanjali Hotels & Promoters Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT/DCIT (ITAT Jaipur) It is noted from the record that the assessee company is engaged in the business of Hotel Industries and Toll Tax Collection. During the course of assessment proceedings, the AO noted that the assessee company had debited the interest expenses amounting to Rs. 4,23,15,400/-. During the […]

No section 14A disallowance for Taxable dividend

October 24, 2022 2526 Views 0 comment Print

PCIT Vs IFFCO LTD (Delhi High Court) In view of Section 14A(1), no deduction is to be allowed in respect of expenditure incurred by the assessee in relation to income which does not form part of the total income under the As per Section 2(45) of the Act, ‘total income’ means the total amount of […]

No section 14A Disallowance if no Exempt Income received during the year under consideration

October 24, 2022 630 Views 0 comment Print

Addl. CIT Vs TV Today Network Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) The Ground in respect of deleting disallowance of Rs. 56,20,737/- u/s 14A of the Act on the ground that disallowance u/s 14A cannot exceed exempt income. The issue involved in Ground No. 2 is also decided in favour of the assessee in ITA No. 7277/Del/2018 for […]

Section 14A disallowance not considerable in Section 115JB book profit computation

August 18, 2022 3057 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT held that no disallowance of expenses can be made in respect of exempt income by invoking the provisions of s. 14A of the Act r/w Rule 8D of the Rules while computing book profit u/s. 115JB of the Act.

Amendment of Section 14A For Removal of Doubts Is Held to Be Prospective Subject to Final Decision by SC

July 22, 2022 3858 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi high court negating dept stand about  retrospective amendment plea for sec 14A explanation added by finance act 2022 in authors opinion it should  ably address the much created confusion from revenue side.

Section 14A applicable to strategic investment generating exempt dividend income

June 24, 2022 2343 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the impact of Maxopp Investment Ltd. vs CIT on Section 14A disallowance. ITAT Kolkata sets aside Ld. CIT(A) order, directing re-computation in light of strategic investments.

Section 154 cannot be invoked for Applicability of section 14A to section 115JB provisions

June 22, 2022 663 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Jammu Pigments Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) Assessing Officer initiated proceeding under section 154 of the Act to make the disputed disallowance while computing the book profit and ultimately did so. Therefore, it is evident, the 154 proceeding was at the behest of the Revenue audit. Applicability of section 14A read with Rule 8D to […]

Section 14A disallowance- Investments yielding tax free dividend income to be taken

June 22, 2022 1884 Views 0 comment Print

Poonawalla Finance Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Pune) The only issue pressed is about restricting the addition under Rule 8D of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 by considering only such investments which yielded tax free dividend income. Hon’ble Delhi High Court in ACB India Ltd. vs. CIT (2015) 374 ITR 108 (Del) has held that the […]

Section 14A disallowance cannot be added to net profit for computing book profits U/s. 115JB

March 8, 2022 2004 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka State Industrial And Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. Vs DCIT (Karnataka High Court) This appeal under Section 260-A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’, for short) has been preferred by the assessee. The subject matter of the appeal pertains to the Assessment Year 2008-09. The appeal was admitted by […]

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