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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 105 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


Whether section 14A disallowance is related to Income Earning

September 24, 2020 3111 Views 0 comment Print

Whether disallowance under section 14A of the income tax act, 1961 is related with earning of actual income or notional/anticipated income? Most of taxpayers under Income tax act, 1961 afraid to file appeal against additions made by assessing officers due to fear of departmental procedures/penalty/bar/attachment in  the thought process of normal taxpayers. however, most of […]

Disallowance of Expenditure u/s 14A by AO without Recording a Satisfaction is Not Justified

September 21, 2020 2169 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the disallowance of expenditure u/s 14A by AO without recording a satisfaction is justified in law?

Outstanding Receivables are Part of Working Capital Hence No Separate Benchmarking Required for them

September 19, 2020 1941 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the addition made on imputing interest on outstanding receivable from associated enterprises as its separate international transaction and its determination of ALP is justified in law?

No Section 14A addition if no exempt income earned in relevant year

September 17, 2020 2046 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Asset Auto India Pvt. Ltd (ITAT Mumbai) The fact remains that no exempt income was earned by the assessee during the year under consideration. The Ld. CIT(A) has rightly followed the judgement of the Hon’ble Delhi High Court in Holcim India (P.) Ltd (supra).; IL & FS Energy Development Company Ltd (supra), where […]

Foreign Travel expense of director having nexus with business allowable

September 5, 2020 9402 Views 0 comment Print

Laxmi Ventures (India) Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) The issue under consideration is whether disallowance made against the foreign expense incurred for the foreign travelling of the officer is justified in law? ITAT states that, the assessee had debited a sum on account of foreign travelling expenses for Europe visit and a sum on account […]

Excise Duty related to earlier years allowed under section 43B

August 19, 2020 3183 Views 0 comment Print

In the instant case, the assessee in the year under consideration has claimed an expense under the head prior period item in its profit and loss account. Such prior period item was representing the excise duty with respect to waste i.e. Spent Earth generated during the manufacturing process. The assessee during the assessment proceedings admitted that such expenses pertains to the earlier year but the same is allowable on payment basis under section 43B of the Act.

Section 14A disallowance- Consider only those Investment which yielded exempt income

August 16, 2020 10500 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs Manoj Vashudev Wadhwa (ITAT Mumbai) In ACIT v. Vireet Investment (P.) Ltd. 165 ITD 27 (Del) (SB) it is held by the Special Bench of the Tribunal that only those investments are to be considered for computing average value of investment which yielded exempt income during the year. We are of the considered […]

Section 41(1) Not Applicable to Loan Waiver related to Capital Asset Purchase

August 15, 2020 3255 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether Section 41(1) is applicable in case of waiver of liability incurred in respect of purchase of capital asset?

Income from Letting out Property in Industrial park/SEZ including amenities Taxable as Business Income

August 14, 2020 1431 Views 0 comment Print

Whether the income derived from letting out of the property in an industrial park/SEZ including the amenities would be business income in the hands of the owner of the property?

Tribunal should Issue Specific Directions while Remanding Back the Case to AO

August 14, 2020 975 Views 0 comment Print

whether the tribunal was right in coming to the conclusion that the Assessing Officer has not recorded his mandatory satisfaction as required under Section 14A(2) of the Act?

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