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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 384 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 2031 Views 0 comment Print

Section 270A Penalty Quashed Because Incorrect Limb Was Invoked at Initiation

Income Tax : Misreporting under Section 270A(9) applies only to six specific circumstances. Where the assessment order does not clearly establi...

March 2, 2026 1209 Views 0 comment Print

Penalty for Under-Reporting to Be Issued With Assessment, Not Separately

Income Tax : The law now proposes a single consolidated assessment-cum-penalty order for under-reporting of income, reducing multiple proceedin...

February 2, 2026 1689 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Penalty provisions under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Detailed overview of penalties under various sections of the Income Tax Act, covering defaults in tax payment, reporting, document...

October 30, 2025 5523 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 13695 Views 0 comment Print


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Remote access to customer systems for maintenance not create a PE in India: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : The ITAT observed that mere remote access to customer-owned systems does not satisfy the disposal and permanence tests required fo...

May 21, 2026 99 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Quashes Section 270A Penalty as AO Failed to Specify Exact Clause

Income Tax : The Delhi ITAT held that penalty proceedings under Section 270A are invalid when the Assessing Officer does not identify the preci...

May 20, 2026 246 Views 0 comment Print

Penalty for Unsecured Loans Not Automatic Merely for Section 68 Addition: ITAT Bangalore

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that the use of the word may in Section 271AAC gives discretionary power to the Assessing Officer and does not ...

May 20, 2026 330 Views 0 comment Print

Mere Acceptance of Political Donation Addition Doesn’t Justify Penalty

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that mere disallowance of deduction claimed under Section 80GGC does not automatically amount to misreporting of...

May 18, 2026 3243 Views 0 comment Print

No 270A Penalty When Income Declared in 148 Return Is Accepted: ITAT Deletes ₹4.91 Lakh Penalty

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that once the income disclosed in the return filed under Section 148 was accepted without any addition, there co...

May 18, 2026 159 Views 0 comment Print


Disaster recovery playout services and up-linking services are not in nature of FTS under India-Singapore DTAA

August 10, 2023 627 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that receipts from disaster recovery playout services and disaster recovery up-linking services are not in the nature of Fee for Technical Service (FTS) as envisaged under Article 12(4)(a) of India-Singapore DTAA.

Penalty u/s 270A leviable for Unexplained Income Misreporting

August 4, 2023 6705 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune held that penalty under section 270A of the Income Tax Act duly leviable in absence of any plausible legal explanation with regard to misreporting of taxable income and increasing deductions.

Order passed in name of non-existing amalgamated company quashed

July 28, 2023 984 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that where assessee company was amalgamated with another company and thereby lost its existence, assessment order passed subsequently in name of said non-existing entity, would be without jurisdiction and liable to be set aside.

ITAT Mumbai: Interest Receivables Treated as Loan to AE, TP Adjustment Confirmed

July 25, 2023 2076 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that TPO rightly treated interest receivables as a loan outstanding given by assessee to its Associated Enterprises (AE) and charging interest on the same.

Penalty u/s 270A(9) imposed without specifying the limb is unsustainable

July 19, 2023 13659 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune held that imposition of penalty under section 270A(9) of the Income Tax Act without specifying the limb within which the penalty is imposed is unsustainable. Failure of AO to quote any of the six sub-limbs as prescribed u/s 270A(9) makes imposition of penalty unsustainable

Benchmarking corporate guarantee fees based on bank guarantee rates is incorrect

July 17, 2023 2451 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that the bank guarantee rates cannot be considered for benchmarking corporate guarantee fees, therefore benchmarking of AO and DRP is also incorrect. It depends on creditworthiness of parties and benefit arising out of the same in the hands of the parties to the transaction.

No Penalty for Excessive Income Tax Refund Claim due to Consultant’s Fraud

July 17, 2023 2808 Views 0 comment Print

Explore our in-depth analysis of the recent ITAT Bangalore ruling on Veereshayya Angadi Vs ITO case, focusing on the issue of penalty for excessive refund claims influenced by a tax consultant.

Shutting down window by department before completion of extended time limit to furnish reply is unjustified

July 11, 2023 1422 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court held that as per clause (xiii) of section 144B(1), reply can be filed by the assessee on the date and time as specified or within the extended time. Accordingly, shutting down the window before completion of extended time limit is unjustified. Hence, assessment order liable to be quashed.

Determination of ALP of intra group services as NIL not sustained as reasonable documents maintained

July 4, 2023 1554 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that determination of Arm’s Length Price (ALP) of intra group services at Rs. Nil is not justified as the assessee has maintained a reasonably sound documentation of intra group services.

No Penalty for Inadvertently Reported House Property Annual value Value

June 27, 2023 1188 Views 0 comment Print

Analyzing ITAT Chennai’s decision in the S. Saroja Vs DCIT case, focusing on the ruling that no penalty should be levied for inadvertent mistakes in reporting house property value by an accountant.

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