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Section 14A

Disallowance under Section 14A of Income TAx Act, 1961

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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 489 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 537 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 555 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 1362 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 510 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 8364 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 1008 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 1385 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 1046 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 846 Views 0 comment Print


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Bombay HC Quashes Section 270A Penalty Due to Absence of Under-Reported Income

Income Tax : Court held that penalty under Section 270A cannot apply where assessed income does not exceed processed income. Key takeaway: stat...

May 1, 2026 201 Views 0 comment Print

Interest from co-op banks qualifies for Section 80P(2)(d) deduction: ITAT Indore

Income Tax : The case examined whether interest earned from co-operative banks qualifies for deduction under Section 80P(2)(d). The Tribunal he...

April 28, 2026 270 Views 0 comment Print

Consistency Over Technicalities – ITAT Allows Actuarial Pension Provision & Rejects Mechanical Disallowances

Income Tax : Consistency over technicalities: ITAT Mumbai allowed actuarial pension provision as an ascertained liability, rejected mechanical ...

April 24, 2026 204 Views 0 comment Print

Revised ITR u/s 139(5) was allowed only for errors in the original return

Income Tax : A taxpayer could submit a revised return u/s 139(5) only when it discovered a bona fide omission or incorrect statement in the ori...

April 24, 2026 252 Views 0 comment Print

MAT Not Applicable as Bank Not Formed Under Companies Act: ITAT Kolkata

Income Tax : The Tribunal set aside additions to book profit after ruling that MAT provisions do not apply to banks established under a special...

April 21, 2026 360 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 6295 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 57032 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 4307 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 12155 Views 0 comment Print


Disallowance u/s 14A cannot exceed exempt income amount

November 11, 2022 1536 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that disallowance under section 14A of the Income Tax Act read with rule 8D cannot be more than the quantum of exempt income.

Amendment to section 14A of Income Tax Act has prospective effect

November 9, 2022 3198 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that amendment to section 14A introduced vide Finance Act, 2022 is effective from 1st April 2022. The word for removal of doubts cannot be presumed to have retrospective effect.

Section 14A Disallowance unsustainable in absence of exempt income

November 3, 2022 705 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that no disallowance under section 14A of the Income Tax Act could be made if no exempt income was earned by the assessee.

Disallowance u/s 14A of Income Tax Act not allowable in absence of exempt income

November 1, 2022 1176 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that no disallowance under section 14A of the Income Tax Act could be made if no exempt income was earned by the assessee.

Amendment of Section 14A which is for removal of doubts cannot be presumed to be retrospective

October 28, 2022 1881 Views 0 comment Print

HC held that amendment of Section 14A, which is for removal of doubts cannot be presumed to be retrospective even where such language is used, if it alters or changes the law as it earlier stood.

ITAT deletes section 14A disallowance enhanced by CIT(A)

October 27, 2022 1383 Views 0 comment Print

Geetanjali Hotels & Promoters Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT/DCIT (ITAT Jaipur) It is noted from the record that the assessee company is engaged in the business of Hotel Industries and Toll Tax Collection. During the course of assessment proceedings, the AO noted that the assessee company had debited the interest expenses amounting to Rs. 4,23,15,400/-. During the […]

Section 14A not apply if no exempt income was received or receivable during relevant previous year

October 25, 2022 1656 Views 0 comment Print

PCIT  Vs Delhi International Airport Pvt. Ltd. (Delhi High Court)  present case is covered by the Division Bench judgment in Cheminvest Ltd. vs. CIT, [2015] 61 com 118 (Delhi), wherein this Court has held that the expression ‘does not form part of the total income’ in Section 14A of the Act means that there should […]

No section 14A disallowance for Taxable dividend

October 24, 2022 2517 Views 0 comment Print

PCIT Vs IFFCO LTD (Delhi High Court) In view of Section 14A(1), no deduction is to be allowed in respect of expenditure incurred by the assessee in relation to income which does not form part of the total income under the As per Section 2(45) of the Act, ‘total income’ means the total amount of […]

No section 14A Disallowance if no Exempt Income received during the year under consideration

October 24, 2022 606 Views 0 comment Print

Addl. CIT Vs TV Today Network Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) The Ground in respect of deleting disallowance of Rs. 56,20,737/- u/s 14A of the Act on the ground that disallowance u/s 14A cannot exceed exempt income. The issue involved in Ground No. 2 is also decided in favour of the assessee in ITA No. 7277/Del/2018 for […]

HC deletes Section 36(1)(viii) disallowance on the principles consistency & certainty

October 18, 2022 1146 Views 0 comment Print

Individual affairs are conducted and business decisions are made in expectation of consistency, uniformity and certainty and to detract from those principles is neither expedient nor desirable.

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