Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that an addition under Section 69A cannot be sustained when the assessee is denied the opportunity to cross-exami...
Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai remanded the case to examine whether Section 56(2)(x) applied based on the agreement date and to consider refund of ex...
Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata condoned appeal delay, set aside the CIT(A)'s order, and remanded the assessment for fresh adjudication after grantin...
Income Tax : ITAT Nagpur held that a 50-year lease is not a transfer under Section 2(47)(vi) where the transaction is only a lease and not an a...
Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad allowed Section 10(10B) exemption on BSNL VRS compensation, following coordinate bench rulings despite no claim in ...
Income Tax : ITAT held an assessment passed after the taxpayer's death was invalid in law, quashed the order, and treated all remaining issues ...
Payments made pursuant to allotment confer valuable property rights. Their relinquishment through an agreement to sell amounts to a statutory transfer, entitling the assessee to compute gains or losses under capital gains.
The tribunal ruled that cash deposits sourced from recorded cash sales and bank withdrawals were genuine. It held that partial, ad-hoc additions without rejecting books of account are unsustainable.
The Tribunal refused to send the matter back for valuation after finding a clear statutory breach. The addition was deleted outright, reinforcing strict compliance with valuation provisions.
Adjustments made through CPC were not finally upheld where the assessee raised a valid factual plea on timing of salary payment. The ruling highlights that mechanical disallowances must give way to proper verification.
The Assessing Officer inferred undisclosed loans by applying a notional interest rate to declared interest income. The Tribunal ruled that additions under section 69B cannot rest on assumptions ignoring the business model.
The Tribunal held that search-based reassessments issued beyond six assessment years are barred by limitation. Revenue appeals were dismissed as the statutory time limits could not be extended.
ITAT Bangalore held that incentive/ bonus paid to employees before due date of filing the return is allowable as deduction under the Income Tax Act. Accordingly, disallowance of expenditure incurred towards incentive payment for executive gain sharing plan not sustained.
The issue was whether an assessment could survive when statutory notices were issued in the name of a deceased person. The Tribunal held such notices invalid and quashed the entire assessment.
The issue was whether screen-based stock exchange trades can be ignored due to alleged exit providers. The Tribunal ruled that non-response of buyers and weak financials of counterparties do not invalidate genuine exchange-routed transactions.
The Tribunal held that dispatch records alone do not establish valid service of intimation under section 143(1). Rectification under section 154 must be considered on merits where service is disputed.
