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FAQs on Penalty provisions under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : This guide explains when penalties can be imposed under various provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961. It also outlines the appli...

June 22, 2026 5895 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 270A Penalty as Estimated Addition Cannot Justify Penalty

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that penalty under Section 270A cannot be levied merely because income was estimated after rejection of books. Si...

June 20, 2026 342 Views 0 comment Print

Specified Domestic Transaction- Penalty for Concealment of Income

Income Tax : The article explains how transactions between associated domestic entities exceeding ₹20 crore must comply with arm's length pri...

June 15, 2026 57930 Views 1 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 270A Penalty Due to Defective Notice and Bona Fide Reliance on Form 16

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that non-specification of the precise statutory charge under sections 270A(2) and 270A(9) violated principles o...

May 15, 2026 774 Views 0 comment Print

Proposed Changes to the ITR-U Framework under Finance Bill 2026

Income Tax : Budget 2026 proposes allowing taxpayers to file an updated return even after receiving a reassessment notice under Section 148. Wh...

March 5, 2026 2313 Views 0 comment Print


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Budget 2024: Time-limit for filing appeals to Income Tax Appellate Tribunal

Income Tax : Explore amendments to section 253 of Income-tax Act, adjusting time limits for filing appeals to the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal...

July 23, 2024 14589 Views 0 comment Print


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Cost-to-Cost Overseas Reimbursements Without Profit Element Not Taxable as FTS: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that IT, salary and travel reimbursements without any profit element were not taxable and deleted the disallowance...

July 4, 2026 141 Views 0 comment Print

DCF Share Valuation Accepted as AO Could Not Replace Prescribed Method with NAV

Income Tax : ITAT held that an Assessing Officer cannot substitute the DCF method chosen under Rule 11UA with the NAV method without legal just...

July 3, 2026 183 Views 0 comment Print

Indexed Cost Can’t Be Reduced When Entire Property Rights Are Surrendered: ITAT Pune

Income Tax : ITAT held ₹33 crore settled rights over the entire land, allowing full indexed acquisition cost and rejecting proportionate rest...

July 3, 2026 186 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi Excludes TPO Comparables for Functional Dissimilarity

Income Tax : ITAT excluded EDCIL, Just Dial, Info Edge and India Exposition Mart as transfer pricing comparables due to functional differences ...

July 1, 2026 153 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Sections 270A & 271AAB Penalty as Notice Lacked Specific Charge

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that a penalty notice lacking a specific allegation of under-reporting, misreporting, or the applicable clause ...

July 1, 2026 318 Views 0 comment Print


No Fixed Place, Service PE or DAPE: ITAT Delhi Holds No PE in India, Profit Attribution Quashed

October 4, 2025 855 Views 0 comment Print

Following SC’s E-Funds ruling, Delhi ITAT confirmed Concentrix US has no PE in India. The Tribunal also held that IPLC/link charges are non-taxable reimbursements, not ‘royalty’ under Article 12 of the India-US DTAA.

Shipping & Inland Haulage Income Covered by Article 8 of India–UAE DTAA: ITAT Mumbai

October 3, 2025 849 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai rules Avana Global’s freight and inland haulage income is exempt under Article 8 of the India-UAE DTAA, rejecting the S44B tax stand and following High Court precedent.

ITAT Confirms 270A Penalty When Undisclosed Receipts Detected During Survey

October 1, 2025 1338 Views 0 comment Print

Pune ITAT upholds ₹35.92 lakh penalty u/s 270A for misreporting income by a Diagnostic Centre proprietor. Admission of unaccounted cash receipts only after tax survey detection was not considered voluntary disclosure.

TP Adjustment Cannot Be Added to MAT Book Profits: ITAT Delhi

September 28, 2025 906 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi directs the exclusion of the Rs. 84.95 lakh Transfer Pricing adjustment from the Book Profits (u/s 115JB), citing the Supreme Court’s ruling in Apollo Tyres Ltd. that the AO cannot tamper with the net profit determined under the Companies Act, except for specified adjustments.

Clerical Mistake Not a Misreporting for Section 270A Penalty for Charitable Institutions

September 25, 2025 1779 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata deletes S. 270A penalty on St. Peters School for disallowed depreciation. Tribunal ruled the incorrect claim was a bona fide clerical error, not misreporting, citing the Reliance Petro and Price Water House SC judgments.

Consequential Penalty Must Wait for Outcome of underlying Assessment: ITAT Nagpur

September 25, 2025 399 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Nagpur has set aside a penalty of ₹11.8 lakh imposed on Kirtikumar Haribhai Patel, ruling that the penalty, being consequential to the assessment order, cannot survive once the original assessment is restored for fresh adjudication.

ITAT Cochin Deletes ₹2.2 Lakh Penalty for Bona Fide Gratuity Claim

September 24, 2025 861 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the ITAT Cochin’s decision in the Chundayil Kalam Girijadevi vs. ITO case, which sets a precedent that a tax penalty cannot be levied for an honest mistake in claiming a higher gratuity exemption.

Receipt for sale of copyrighted IFE video/audio content, not royalty: ITAT Delhi

September 24, 2025 438 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Delhi ruled that a UK company’s receipts from Indian airlines for in-flight content are not taxable as royalty or fees for technical services, as no copyright or technical know-how was transferred.

Copyrighted Article vs Copyright – Subscription Fees Not Taxable as Royalty: ITAT Delhi

September 24, 2025 663 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Delhi ruled that receipts for online journal access are business income, not royalty. The court held that without a Permanent Establishment, a US company’s income is not taxable in India.

Draft Assessment Order was not permissible u/s 144C(1) when TPO makes no variation

September 24, 2025 726 Views 0 comment Print

Where the Transfer Pricing Officer (TPO) accepted international transactions at arm’s length without proposing any variation under Section 92CA(3), assessee did not qualify as an “eligible assessee” under Section 144C(15)(b).

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