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ITAT Bangalore partially allowed Shobha Sundar Babu’s appeal, admitting new loan documents obtained via Karnataka High Court order and remanding the Rs. 53,09,817/− deduction claim under Section 24(b) to the AO for fresh verification.
Description: The Tribunal allowed the appeal of an Exemption-registered society that challenged its reassessment on the legal ground that the AO failed to issue a Section 143(2) notice. The ruling confirms that this notice is mandatory for assumption of jurisdiction under Section 143(3) read with 47, even if the return was filed belatedly.
ITAT Visakhapatnam, in case of Subbarao Jaladi v. ITO, set aside an addition of ₹6,37,16,100/- made under Section 69 of Income Tax Act, 1961, regarding unexplained bank cash deposits.
The Tribunal deleted the unexplained investment (Section 69) and cash interest (Section 69A) additions, emphasizing that unsigned, vague slips and digital data, where the parties were not confronted and no independent verification was done, have no evidentiary value in search assessment law. This aligns with Supreme Court rulings on the invalidity of additions based on non-speaking loose sheets.
The issue was whether the AO could make an addition for unexplained share capital and premium without finding any defect in the extensive documentation filed by the taxpayer. The Tribunal emphasized that the AO must make an independent inquiry and bring contrary material; mere suspicion or non-appearance cannot override the legal requirement that the addition must be based on a failure to prove the creditor’s details.
The Tribunal held that an AO cannot treat a return filed in response to a Section 148 notice as non-est while using it as the base for computing the final income. Following High Court precedent, the ITAT confirmed that once the return is taken into account for assessment, the issue of Section 143(2) notice becomes a prerequisite, making the assessment void.
The ITAT quashed the entire assessment order, ruling that the DCIT (Exemption), Ghaziabad, lacked jurisdiction to pass the order since no mandatory Section 127 transfer order was produced. The Tribunal held that without a valid transfer order from the original AO, the assessment is illegal, arbitrary, and void ab initio.
ITAT Mumbai held that discount on issue of Employee Stock Option Plan [ESOP] is allowable as deduction in computing income under the head profits and gains of the business. Accordingly, appeal of revenue dismissed and order of CIT(A) upheld.
Learn to address crucial Income Tax notices like 143(1), 143(2), 148, 139(9), and 245. Timely, informed action prevents penalties, best judgment assessment, and legal issues.
The Tribunal nullified four assessment years (AY 2013-14, 2014-15, 2018-19, 2021-22) due to serious legal defects, including unsigned/mechanical approvals and non-supply of mandatory sanction and underlying material. This ruling emphasizes that defective procedure is fatal to both reopening and regular assessment proceedings.
