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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 108 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 14A disallowance not sustainable if AO fails to records satisfaction about correctness of claim of assessee

December 16, 2020 1443 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata quashes arbitrary disallowance by AO. Ambuja Housing wins against DCIT. Get insights into the judgment on Rule 8D and 14A.

Section 14A Disallowance cannot exceed exempt income: ITAT Pune

December 9, 2020 2238 Views 0 comment Print

Santosh Mohanlal Rathi Vs DCIT (ITAT Pune) ITAT followed Hon’ble Bombay High Court decision in the case of M/s. Nirved Traders Pvt. Ltd., Vs. DCIT (ITA No.149/2017 dated 23.04.2019) wherein the Jurisdictional High Court held that the disallowance under Section 14A of the Act read with Rule 8D(2) of the Rules cannot exceed the Assessee’s […]

AO not recorded satisfaction- Section 14A disallowance invalid

December 9, 2020 1404 Views 0 comment Print

Where AO did not record any satisfaction with regard to genuineness of the claim of the assessee before invoking the powers under section 14A read with rule 8D, disallowance was invalid because recording of satisfaction by AO is sine qua non for invocation of power under section 14A read with rule 8D

Expenditure on R&D for manufacture of aircrafts to be sold allowable U/s. 37

December 9, 2020 846 Views 0 comment Print

The fact that a certain payment constitutes income or capital receipt in the hands of the recipient is not material in determining whether the payment is revenue or capital disbursement qua the payer. It has further been held that whether a transaction is capital expenditure would have to be determined having regard to the nature of the transaction and other relevant factors.

Deduction u/s 36(1)(ii) Allowed for Bonus Paid to Directors who are Shareholder of Company 

November 27, 2020 15792 Views 1 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the CIT(A) is correct in upholding the action of the Assessing Officer in making a disallowance under section 36(l)(ii) of the Act; being bonus paid to the Directors of the Company by holding that such payments are in lieu of dividend or profits?

ITAT deletes Addition of sales tax incentive receipt in case of RIL

November 20, 2020 1599 Views 0 comment Print

Reliance Industries Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) The issue under consideration is whether deletion of addition of sales tax incentive/ subsidy as capital in nature is justified in law? In the present case, the assessee in this case is engaged in the business of oil and gas exploration, refining of crude oil, manufacturing of and […]

Interest disallowance Justified if Commercial Expediency not established

November 16, 2020 951 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Alok Industries Limited (ITAT Mumbai) Issue raised is with respect to disallowance under Section 36(1)(iii) of the Act. The Revenue contends that assessee did not have adequate interest free funds, and that assessee could not establish commercial expediency. The disallowance in this regard has been done on the same reasoning as in the […]

Section 14A Disallowance r.w. Rule 8D cannot exceed Exempt Income

November 10, 2020 6342 Views 0 comment Print

Ramalinga Mills Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Chennai) The issue under consideration is whether disallowance of expenditure in relation to exempt income u/s.14A read with Rule 8D of I.T. Rules, 1962 is justified in law? ITAT states that, the facts borne out from records clearly indicate that the assessee has earned dividend for the impugned assessment […]

ITAT Deletes section 14A disallowance made without following procedures

November 6, 2020 1293 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether CIT(A) is correct in disallowing managerial and administrative expenses for earning dividend income by treating this as tax free income?

Revenue to establish proximate relationship between expenditure & exempt income for section 14A disallowance

November 6, 2020 1377 Views 0 comment Print

CIT Vs Sociedade De Fomento Industrial Pvt. Ltd (Bombay High Court) Here, on facts, the Tribunal noted that the AO only discussed the provisions of section 14A(l) but has not justified how the expenditure the Assessee incurred during the relevant year related to the income not forming part of its total income. The AO, according […]

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