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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


Word Annual Denotes 12 Months: ITAT Clarifies Rule 8D(2)(ii) Calculation Methodology

March 18, 2025 930 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai rules on Radiant Life Care’s appeal against disallowance under Section 14A of the Income Tax Act. Key interpretation of Rule 8D(2)(ii) discussed.

Disallowance u/s. 14A not justified as investment made out of interest free funds: ITAT Jaipur

March 12, 2025 1314 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur held that the assessee has sufficient amount of interest free fund to make investment yielding exempt income, therefore, disallowance under section 14A of the Income Tax Act not justified. Accordingly, appeal of assessee allowed.

Section 14A Explanation Applies Prospectively from 01/04/2022, Not Retrospectively

March 8, 2025 804 Views 0 comment Print

Explanation to Section 14A has only a prospective effect from April 1, 2022, and cannot be retrospectively applied to earlier assessment years.

2022 Section 14A Amendment: Prospective, No Disallowance Without Exempt Income

February 23, 2025 1152 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai rules 14A amendment is prospective. No disallowance if no exempt income earned, upholding Delhi HC’s Era Infrastructure view.

Consider Investments Yielding Exempt for Rule 8D Disallowance: ITAT Delhi

February 6, 2025 651 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi remanded the issue back to file of AO to re-compute disallowance under rule 8D(2)(ii) of the Income Tax Act by taking those investment which give rise to exempt income @1% of average value of investment.

Rule 8D Disallowance should be Based on Average Investment Value: ITAT Mumbai

February 6, 2025 648 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that disallowance under rule 8D(2)(ii) r.w.s. 14A of the Income Tax Rules should be made on average value of investment yielding exempt income and not on the basis of quantum of investment based on market value.

No Retrospective Amendment to Section 14A vide Finance Act 2022: ITAT Mumbai

January 27, 2025 1350 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Mumbai dismissed the Revenue’s plea on Section 14A disallowance, ruling that the amendment introduced in Finance Act 2022 is not retrospective.

Assessee’s computation of expense for exempt income not found inadequate so recourse to rule 8D invalid

December 27, 2024 627 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that recourse to Rule 8D of Income Tax Rules for computing disallowance u/s. 14A not allowable since assessee’s computation of expense attributable to earning exempt income not found inadequate.

No Disallowance under Rule 8D if interest-free funds were adequate to cover investments

November 15, 2024 1386 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Mumbai ruled on Prakash Udyog Ltd. vs ITO, addressing errors in income computation, disallowance under section 14A, and overdraft interest disallowance.

Section 115JB Inapplicable to corresponding new bank: ITAT Bangalore

October 26, 2024 588 Views 0 comment Print

The fiction created by Section 11 of the Acquisition Act, does not imply that the assessee bank would also become a company for the purpose of the Companies Act for which Clause (b) of Sub-Section 2 of Section 115JB is applicable.

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