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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 114 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


Section 148 notice- HC directs dept to follow SC Judgment

June 16, 2022 2742 Views 0 comment Print

Raghav Trading Corp Vs ITO (Rajasthan High Court) When this case came up for hearing today, learned counsel for the parties jointly submitted that the issue raised in this petition would be covered by order dated 04.05.2022 passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Union of India & Others Vs. Ashish Agarwal […]

Section 14A disallowance not considerable for Book Profit computation

June 5, 2022 2487 Views 0 comment Print

Tega Industries Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Kolkata) Assessee has contended that disallowance under section 14A ought not to have been considered for computing the book profit under section 115JB of the Act, we find merit in the assessee’s contention. Special Bench of Delhi Tribunal in the case of ACIT –vs.- Vireet Investment Pvt. Limited (165 […]

AO cannot disallow under section 14A without recording his Satisfaction

May 1, 2022 1311 Views 0 comment Print

Wanbury Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) ITAT find that during the year, the assessee has not earned any exempt income and further assessee denied that it has incurred any expenditure. Now therefore it is mandatory on part of the learned assessing officer to record a satisfaction that the claim of the assessee is not correct. […]

Disallowance of Expenditure incurred in relation to income exempt from tax

March 16, 2022 8700 Views 0 comment Print

Section 14A, which pertaining to Expenditure incurred in relation to income not includible in total income, was introduced with effect from 1st April, 2062 by the Finance Act 2001, with retrospective effect. There after circular No 11/2001 dated 23/07/2001 (past assessments not to be reopened) and circular no 5/2014 dated 11/02/2014 (Disallowance in cases where […]

No section 14A disallowance if Assessee’s own funds exceeded investments

March 12, 2022 1128 Views 0 comment Print

Lotus Ornaments Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) Upon perusal of assessee’s financial statements, it could be gathered that assessee’s own funds in the shape of share capital and free reserves far exceeds the investment made by the assessee and therefore, a presumption would run in assessee’s favor that the investments were funded out of […]

Section 14A disallowance cannot be added to net profit for computing book profits U/s. 115JB

March 8, 2022 2028 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka State Industrial And Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. Vs DCIT (Karnataka High Court) This appeal under Section 260-A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’, for short) has been preferred by the assessee. The subject matter of the appeal pertains to the Assessment Year 2008-09. The appeal was admitted by […]

Income from contract farming cannot be treated as agricultural income

March 6, 2022 6450 Views 0 comment Print

Income from contract farming done by assessee cannot be treated as agricultural income and that the assessee is not eligible to claim exemption under section 10(1) in respect of such income.

Section 14A disallowance even in absence of any exempt income

February 1, 2022 38004 Views 3 comments Print

Clarification in respect of disallowance under section 14A in absence of any exempt income during an assessment year Section 14A of the Act provides that no deduction shall be allowed in respect of expenditure incurred by the assessee in relation to income that does not form part of the total income as per the provisions […]

Adjustment of section 14A disallowance cannot be made while computing Section 115JB Book Profits

February 1, 2022 1806 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT held that adjustment of disallowance u/s 14A could not be made while computing Book Profits u/s 115JB as per the decision of Special Bench of Delhi Tribunal in ACIT V/s Vireet Investment (P) Ltd. (165 ITD 27) as well as the recent decision of Hon’ble Karnataka High Court in Sobha Developers Ltd. V/s DCIT (2021; 125 com 72).

Section 14A disallowance needs to be re-worked based on investments which yielded tax free income

January 28, 2022 2541 Views 0 comment Print

Zuari Investments Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) As far as the alternate submissions of the Learned AR in working the disallowance u/s 14A only after considering the investment which have yielded tax free income is concerned, we find force in the submission of Learned AR. We find that Hon’ble Delhi High Court in the case […]

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