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ITAT Allows Final Section 35D Deduction and ESOP Recharge Expense

Income Tax : Bangalore ITAT held that the Revenue cannot deny the fifth-year deduction under Section 35D after consistently allowing the claim ...

June 12, 2026 381 Views 1 comment Print

How Small Businesses can Optimize Tax Benefits under Income Tax Act 1961

Income Tax : Learn how small businesses in India can optimize tax benefits through strategic structuring, presumptive taxation, deductions, MSM...

May 5, 2025 1689 Views 0 comment Print

Why amortizing preliminary expenses over 5 years is unjust for businesses?

Income Tax : Explore why amortizing preliminary expenses over 5 years is unjust for businesses. Urgent appeal to lawmakers for immediate tax re...

August 16, 2023 2208 Views 0 comment Print

Section 35 – Preliminary expenses – Removal of condition of activity

Income Tax : Income Tax Section 35D amended to remove condition of activity in connection with preliminary expenses of a concern approved by CB...

February 3, 2023 4410 Views 0 comment Print

Applicability of provisions of section 35AD of Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Section 35AD provides for investment -linked tax incentive for Specified Business. One such specified business of laying and opera...

January 14, 2022 55620 Views 0 comment Print


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REIT Not Eligible for Deduction u/s 35D on IPO & Listing Expenses: Bangalore ITAT

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held that a REIT, being a trust and not a company, is not eligible for deduction under Section 35D(2)(c) on IPO and...

July 9, 2026 51 Views 0 comment Print

Bangalore ITAT Allows Mine Development Expenditure as Revenue Expense; Deletes Double Addition

Income Tax : Bangalore ITAT held that mine development expenditure incurred by a mining contractor was allowable as a revenue deduction under S...

June 24, 2026 102 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes MAT Addition Because Convertible Debentures Were Not Compound Financial Instruments

Income Tax : The ITAT Mumbai held that the assessee's convertible debentures lacked the liability component required for classification as Comp...

June 20, 2026 108 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Allows Section 35D & ESOP Claims, But Upholds Disallowance of Share Issue Expenses

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that once a Section 35D claim was accepted in earlier years, it could not be disallowed in the final amortizatio...

June 5, 2026 165 Views 0 comment Print

No 14A Disallowance Without Satisfaction, No Penalty on Debatable Issues

Income Tax : The Bangalore ITAT held that a disallowance under Section 14A read with Rule 8D cannot survive without the Assessing Officer recor...

June 4, 2026 354 Views 0 comment Print


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Income Tax Amendment 2023: New Rules for Preliminary Expenses

Income Tax : Find out the latest Income Tax amendment in 2023, introducing new rules for preliminary expenses under section 35D. The Ministry o...

August 1, 2023 18762 Views 0 comment Print


ROC expense for enhancement of share capital not allowable

July 2, 2021 2472 Views 0 comment Print

AO was justified in treating the payment to ROC for increase in capital as capital expenditure as ROC expenses was fees for enhancement of capital.

Allowability of MCA / ROC Fee for Increase in Capital

June 7, 2021 56706 Views 1 comment Print

Section 37(1) of the Income Tax  provides for a general deduction for all expenditure laid out wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business or profession. The relevant exclusions made by the section along with the Explanation 1 are the following: (i) Expenses of capital nature, (ii) Expenses which are personal in nature, (iii) Expenses incurred […]

Section 35D: ROC expense for increase of share capital allowable

May 5, 2021 19785 Views 0 comment Print

Ocimum Bio Solutions India Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Hyderabad) On perusal of the financial statements submitted by the assessee, we find that there is no doubt that the assessee has increased share capital. On perusal of the provisions of section 35D, we find substance in the written synopsis submitted by the ld. AR of the […]

Section 35D Amortization of preliminary expenditure

January 25, 2021 28083 Views 0 comment Print

Article explains Category of the person eligible for claiming deduction under section 35D, The extent of deduction allowable under section 35D, List of preliminary expenditure allowable as a deduction under section 35D and Some noteworthy points related to deduction under section 35D. Amortization of preliminary expenditure is allowed as deduction under section 35D of the […]

Stamp duty expense on IPO allowable under section 35D

January 18, 2021 5721 Views 0 comment Print

Whether, the Tribunal was justified in law in holding that the expenditure incurred in connection with the issue of IPO inter alia stamp duty is an allowable expenditure under section 35D of the I.T. Act

Section 35D applies to expenses incurred wholly & exclusively for amalgamation or demerger of an undertaking

December 4, 2020 2688 Views 0 comment Print

Menarini india P.Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Ahmedabad) In the assessment proceedings, it was noticed by the AO that the assessee has claimed expenses of Rs.1,96,630/- and Rs.3,37,080/- against Tax Consultancy with Transaction Tax as “preparation of Amalgamation of MRPL with MIP” and “Lawyer fees for Merger” respectively as revenue expenses. The ld.AO sought details of […]

Mere Rejection of section 35D claim not amounts to Concealment of Income

September 30, 2020 834 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs. ICICI Bank Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai) The issue under consideration is whether the CIT(A) is correct in deleting the penalty levied u/s 271(1)(c) on the disallowance of expenses made u/s.35D? ITAT states that, the assessee claimed deduction of preliminary expenses u/s 35D which was rejected by Ld.AO in terms of decision of Hon’ble Madras […]

Income Tax Law Relating To Cash Transactions

July 9, 2020 22206 Views 3 comments Print

A number of new provisions have been introduced in the Income Tax Act from time to time to put restrictions on cash transactions as well as to incentivise the non-cash transactions. Cash transactions have always played a major role in the Indian Economy and consistently were responsible for generation and accumulation of Black Money. The […]

Section 35D benefit once granted in initial year cannot be denied in subsequent years

June 10, 2020 1725 Views 0 comment Print

Once the claim under section 35D of the Act was accepted in the initial year i.e. AY 1995-96, then the clock had started running in favour of the assessee which was to continue for the entire period of ten years and the benefit once granted in the initial year could not be denied in the subsequent years.

Restrictions on Cash Transactions under Income Tax Act, 1961

May 5, 2020 23697 Views 1 comment Print

In order to restrict cash transactions, the government has come out with several provisions and related rules to prohibit various types of cash payments in the Finance Acts. The effects of restrictions under provisions of income tax act are as follows: Restrict cash transactions by disallowances of expenses or deduction under chapter VIA of income […]

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