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Section 14A

Disallowance under Section 14A of Income TAx Act, 1961

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ITAT Deletes Section 14A Disallowance Because No Exempt Income Was Earned

Income Tax : The ITAT Bangalore held that no disallowance under section 14A read with Rule 8D can be made where the assessee did not earn exemp...

June 15, 2026 204 Views 0 comment Print

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 546 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Orders Fresh Section 14A Disallowance computation for Lack of AO Satisfaction

Income Tax : The Tribunal clarified that disallowance under Section 14A is not warranted when sufficient interest-free own funds are available,...

January 8, 2026 585 Views 0 comment Print

Section 14A Disallowance Not Addable to MAT Book Profits: Analysis by ITAT

Income Tax : The ruling confirms that notional disallowances under Section 14A cannot be added while computing book profits under the MAT regim...

December 31, 2025 756 Views 0 comment Print

Disallowance of expenditure u/s 14A of Income Tax Act against Exempt Income

Income Tax : Section 14A disallows expenses related to tax-exempt income. Rule 8D provides the formula, ensuring only taxable-income-related ex...

December 21, 2025 1683 Views 0 comment Print


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6 Suggestions for Amendments in Income Tax Act by BCAS

Income Tax : Bombay Chartered Accountants' Society has made a Representation on 'Suggestions for Amendments in the Income Tax Act', on 24th May...

May 28, 2019 8409 Views 2 comments Print

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 1053 Views 0 comment Print

Easwar Committee Recommendations For Income Tax Reforms Through Administrative Instructions

Income Tax : 1. IMPLEMENTATION OF IND-AS AND THEIR IMPACT ON TAXABLE INCOME IND-AS (Indian version of IFRS) accounting standards are being impl...

January 21, 2016 1445 Views 0 comment Print

Simplify Section 14A to remove ambiguity

Income Tax : Amendments to Section 14A to provide that (i) dividend received after suffering dividend-distribution tax and share income from fi...

January 19, 2016 1097 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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Section 10AA Deduction Allowed as AO Failed to Prove Business Splitting: ITAT Pune

Income Tax : The ITAT Pune upheld the deduction under Section 10AA after finding that the Assessing Officer had not established that the SEZ un...

June 23, 2026 111 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 37(1) Disallowance as No Penal Action Was Taken by IRDA Against Insurance Company

Income Tax : The ITAT Mumbai held that Explanation 1 to Section 37(1) could not apply in the absence of any finding by the competent authority ...

June 23, 2026 156 Views 0 comment Print

Pune ITAT Deletes ₹44.80 Crore Angel Tax Addition; AO Cannot Replace Assessee’s DCF Valuation with NAV Method

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that Rule 11UA gives the assessee the exclusive option to choose the valuation method for unquoted shares. While...

June 22, 2026 384 Views 0 comment Print

ESOP Discount Is Allowable Business Expenditure Despite Pending SLP: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : The ITAT Mumbai held that ESOP discount is an allowable deduction under Section 37(1), observing that the pendency of an SLP again...

June 22, 2026 186 Views 0 comment Print

Periodic dredging to maintain existing jetty was revenue expense, not capital outlay: ITAT granted ₹4.49 Crore Relief

Income Tax : Expenditure of ₹4.49 crore incurred on maintenance dredging for removal of natural siltation and restoration of the existing ope...

June 20, 2026 189 Views 0 comment Print


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Section 14A disallowance cannot exceed total expense: CBDT

Income Tax : 2) The expenditure in relation to income which does not form part of the total income shall be the aggregate of following amounts,...

June 2, 2016 6313 Views 0 comment Print

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 57458 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 4424 Views 0 comment Print

Proceedings U/s. 144A & 144B of Income Tax Act, 1961- Procedural Instructions

Income Tax : The provisions of Sections 144-A and 144-B of the Income-tax Act have come into force with effect from 1st January 1976. Instructi...

December 31, 1977 12272 Views 0 comment Print


No TDS Disallowance u/s 40(a)(i) due to lack of incriminating evidence in sec.153A assessment

December 13, 2024 1062 Views 0 comment Print

As a result, assessee was required to deduct TDS on payments made to Bemo. AO invoked Section 40(a)(i) for non-deduction of tax on Rs. 12,69,79,006, disallowing the deduction.

Loss in derivative business is a business loss eligible to set off against business profit: Kerala HC

December 9, 2024 2247 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala High Court held that a loss in the derivative business is a business loss for the purposes of Section 72, and thus a set off of such business loss would have to be permitted against profits and gains of business.

Disallowance u/s. 14A unjustified since own funds available more than investments made: ITAT Ahmedabad

December 9, 2024 876 Views 0 comment Print

Thus all the provisions relied upon by the Ld. AO would apply only in a case where an “asset” is “transferred” in the course of “amalgamation” by “transferor company” to the “transferee company” and would not apply when a particular “asset” is a “result” of amalgamation.

Commercial expediency not to be examined by AO while examining explanation provided u/s. 68

December 5, 2024 1149 Views 0 comment Print

The Assessing Officer (hereafter AO) had made an addition to the income as returned by the respondent under Section 68 of the Act and disallowed the addition made under Section 14A of the Act.

Grant-in-aid incurred wholly and exclusively for business is deductible: ITAT Delhi

December 3, 2024 783 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that grant-in-aid incurred wholly and exclusively for the purpose of business is allowable as deduction. Accordingly, appeal is allowed and addition of the same by AO is liable to be deleted.

Addition u/s 41(1) Upheld as Liability Ceased When Amount Written Off by Borrower

December 3, 2024 1434 Views 0 comment Print

When the person from whom the amount was borrowed has written off the amount in his accounts, the liability ceased to exist. As there was cessation of liability, the same cannot be part of sundry creditors of the assessee.

Additions on grounds not part of reasons recorded for reopening assessment is unsustainable

December 3, 2024 2964 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee filed its original return of income which was taken for scrutiny assessment and regular assessment order under section 143(3) of the Act was passed on 29-12-2011.

Reopening assessment u/s. 147 void-ab-initio as issue already dealt in original assessment

December 3, 2024 1638 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that reopening of assessment u/s. 147 on the issue which is already dealt in the original assessment void ab initio and bad in law since no new fresh material was pointed out at the time of reopening of assessment.

No Section 14A Disallowance Without Exempt Income: Delhi HC

November 16, 2024 1251 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court rules that Section 14A disallowance doesn’t apply if no exempt income is earned. Dismisses Revenue’s appeal against Sahara India Financial Corp.

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

November 15, 2024 1413 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.

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