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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 57524 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


No Section 14A disallowance without Recording Proper Satisfaction

November 4, 2020 1149 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the disallowance made by AO u/s 14A is justified in law? In view of the fact that no proper satisfaction was recorded, in our considered opinion, the Assessing Officer did not acquire any valid jurisdiction for computing disallowance u/s 14A.

Section 14A disallowance not applicable to Insurance Companies

October 31, 2020 2535 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai) During assessment proceedings, it transpired that the assessee earned dividend income of Rs.17.92 Lacs and claimed the same to be exempt u/s.10(34). However, the Ld. Assessing Officer opined that since the income in case of insurance business was to be computed in terms of provisions of […]

Section 14A disallowance should be as per Rule 8D Calculation Method

October 28, 2020 4854 Views 0 comment Print

National Aluminium Company Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Cuttack) The issue under consideration is whether disallowance u/s 14A without following calculation method mentioned under rule 8D is justified in law?

No disallowance under Rule 8D(2)(ii) r.w. Section 14A if Investment were out of Interest Free Funds

October 26, 2020 1824 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether CIT(A) is correct in confirming the disallowance made by the Assessing Officer u/s.14A read with Rule 8D(2) of the Income Tax Rules, 1962?

Section 14A Disallowances cannot be applied to provision of Section 115JB

October 22, 2020 4698 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Board Vs DCIT (ITAT Ahmedabad) The AO during the assessment proceedings has made the disallowance of Rs.50.85 crores in determining the income under normal computation of income under the provisions of Section 14A read with Rule 8D of Income Tax Rule. The AO made the addition of the same disallowance while […]

Section 14A disallowance cannot exceed amount of exempt Income

October 20, 2020 2163 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the disallowance u/s 14A can exceed the amount of exempt income? In the light of the order of M/s.Century Real Estate Holdings Pvt. Ltd. v. ACIT (supra), ITAT hold that the disallowance u/s 14A of the I.T.Act cannot exceed the exempt income.

Analysis of Section 14A read with Rule 8D

October 16, 2020 82917 Views 1 comment Print

Section 14A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (‘the Act’) provides that no deduction shall be allowed of any expenditure incurred in relation to income not includible in total income i.e. expenditure related to exempt income is not tax deductible.

Insurance Companies- Section 14A disallowance unjustified

October 16, 2020 1500 Views 0 comment Print

Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) The Tribunal has interpreted Section 44 read with the first schedule and concluded that applicability of Section 14A is excluded in relation to computation of income of an insurance company. We have examined the relevant provisions. Section 44 begins with a non-obstante clause and overrides the other […]

Section 14A disallowance not sustainable if proper satisfaction not recorded

October 14, 2020 1269 Views 0 comment Print

Vinay Bhasin Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) Assessee made heavy investments for earning of exempt income and being a busy professional, he requires the management of such a portfolio by incurring expenses, diversion of man-power/staff for indulging in investment activities to various activities like visiting banks, use of vehicle and telephone, use of internet if portfolio […]

Whether section 14A disallowance is related to Income Earning

September 24, 2020 3123 Views 0 comment Print

Whether disallowance under section 14A of the income tax act, 1961 is related with earning of actual income or notional/anticipated income? Most of taxpayers under Income tax act, 1961 afraid to file appeal against additions made by assessing officers due to fear of departmental procedures/penalty/bar/attachment in  the thought process of normal taxpayers. however, most of […]

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