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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


S. 14A Recording of satisfaction is pre-requisite for invoking rule 8D

January 30, 2014 2695 Views 0 comment Print

In this case, assessee has earned by way of dividends a sum of Rs.5,45,58,685/-, which is exempt u/s 10(38) of the Act and thus the same does not form part of the total income under the Act. In the computation of income, assessee having regard to section 14A of the Act

Disallowance u/s 14A for the period before AY 2008-09, should be restricted to 2% of dividend income

December 19, 2013 4456 Views 0 comment Print

It was held had held that Disallowance u/s 14A for the period before AY 2008-09 i.e pre-Rule 8D period, should be restricted to 2% of the dividend income. Shakuntaladevi Trade & Investments Pvt. Ltd. Vs. ITO (ITAT Mumbai)

No Disallowance u/s. 14A For Investment in shares made Out Of Commercial Expediency

December 13, 2013 1481 Views 0 comment Print

In this case only interest of Rs 2,96,731/- was paid on funds utilized for making investments on which exempted income was receivable. Further it was observed that in respect of investment of Rs. 6,07,775,000/- made in subsidiary companies , they are attributable to commercial expediency, because as per submission made by the assessee,

Disallowance u/s 14A cannot be made without showing how the assessee’s calculation of disallowance is incorrect

November 7, 2013 2333 Views 0 comment Print

From the above discussion, it transpires that the objective satisfaction of the AO as to the correctness of the assessee’s claim was not recorded in the instant case. However, even if Rule 8D cannot be applied, the AO is obliged to ascertain the expenditure which had been incurred to earn the tax-free income.

Disallowance cannot be made u/s 14A , if borrowed funds not been used for making investments

October 15, 2013 2361 Views 0 comment Print

During the year only an amount of 4 lakh was invested out of the total investment of 3.39 crores. In the earlier years the assessment of the assessee were completed u/s 143(3) and the AO did not make any disallowance u/s 14A. The term loan taken by the assessee was for specific purposes and it cannot be alleged without proof that the term loan granted by the bank for specific purposes,

Disallowance U/s 14A/ Rule 8D on shares held as stock-in-trade

October 8, 2013 1977 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee-company is a dealer and trader in shares and securities. Its various business segments are: Futures & Options (F&O) in shares and securities, shares transactions in the cash and derivative markets, speculation business therein (the above classifications may bear some overlapping).

No Section 14A / Rule 8D Disallowance of Interest If Income Exceeds Expenditure

September 2, 2013 4981 Views 0 comment Print

During the course of assessment proceedings, Assessing Officer noticed that Assessee has made investment in shares amounting to Rs. 95,45,400/-. Assessing Officer was of the view that the investment would generate exempt income and therefore provisions of section 14A becomes applicable.

Section 14A / Rule 8D not applies to short-term investments

July 19, 2013 5105 Views 0 comment Print

Some of the investments made by the assessee are short term. Since assessee is paying capital gains tax on short term investments, the provisions of Rule 8D will not apply on them. The Assessing Officer is directed to re¬compute dis-allowance u/s. 14A r.w.r. 8D after excluding short term investments.

No Disallowance U/s. 14A r.w. Rule 8D for Investments in subsidiaries

July 17, 2013 4178 Views 0 comment Print

The first issue in the appeal of the assessee relates to dis-allowance made u/s. 14A r.w.r. 8D. The Assessing Officer has made dis-allowance to the tune of Rs. 4,32,66,500/-. The contention of the assessee is that the assessee has earned dividend income of Rs. 4.6 Lakhs which is fully exempt u/s.

No Sec.14A disallowance if assessee is dealer of shares and securities

May 21, 2013 1009 Views 0 comment Print

In combined result, one appeal of assessee in ITA No. 1800/Ahd/2008 is partly allowed for statistical purposes and the remaining six appeals of Revenue in the case of three assessees are dismissed and all 16 COs of the three assessees are also dismissed.

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