Income Tax : The Tribunal held that cash deposits during demonetisation cannot be treated as unexplained when backed by audited books, invoices...
Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held that profit cannot be estimated arbitrarily when regular books of account are maintained and not rejected unde...
Income Tax : A large spousal gift exemption was denied due to failure in proving genuineness, creditworthiness, and source of funds. The ruling...
Income Tax : Income without satisfactory explanation is taxed at a special high rate under Section 115BBE. The provisions place strict liabilit...
Income Tax : ITAT held spousal gift taxable under Section 68 due to lack of evidence on genuineness, bank trail, and donor capacity despite Sec...
Finance : The Supreme Court upheld a Will executed in favour of the testator’s sister despite objections from his wife and children. The C...
Income Tax : Tribunal reiterated that credits brought forward from earlier financial years cannot ordinarily be taxed under Section 68 in subse...
Goods and Services Tax : Allahabad High Court ruled that while authorities could verify documents during transit, absence of an e-Tax Invoice did not confe...
Income Tax : The Tribunal observed that the assessee had repaid the unsecured loan along with interest after deducting TDS and the lender had o...
Income Tax : Tribunal ruled that future projections under DCF method cannot be tested solely against later actual financial performance. It obs...
Income Tax : Assessing Officers should follow the sequence as noted below for applying provisions of section 68 of the Act: Step 1: Whether the...
ITAT Delhi held that addition under section 68 of the Income Tax Act confirmed as assessee grossly failed to discharge initial burden of explaining and proving credit entries in the books of account.
ITAT Delhi quashes reassessment proceedings for AY 2009-10 in the case of Agroha Fincap Ltd. The approval u/s 151 of the Income Tax Act was found to be defective and without due application of mind.
In a recent case, the ITAT Ahmedabad deleted the addition made on protective basis in the assessment of ACIT Vs. Rachna Finlease Pvt. Ltd. The tribunal upheld the findings of identity, genuineness, and creditworthiness of transactions made by the assessee.
ITAT Delhi held that addition merely on the sole basis that there was mismatch between TDS certificate/26AS and the turnover/receipts shown by the assessee in its P&L account unsustainable as difference successfully established.
ITAT Delhi held that supplemental rent/maintenance reserve would be exempt from tax in the hands of lesser in India as per Section 10(15A) of the Act and hence, no disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia) for non-deduction of TDS. Hence, TDS not deductible on such amount paid to foreign company for acquiring aircraft on lease.
In the case of Goldline Dealers Pvt Ltd vs. ITO, ITAT Kolkata directs re-adjudication due to incomplete investigation & application of mind on the issue of Addition for Share Capital & Premium. Read the full text of the ITAT order.
CESTAT Delhi held that buying and selling space on ships does not amount to rendering a service and any profit or income earned through such transactions would not be leviable to service tax.
Agasthya Auto Products LLP filed an appeal against the order of the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) for the assessment year 2011-12. The appeal raised multiple grounds, challenging the validity of the reassessment proceedings initiated by the Assessing Officer (AO) under Section 147 of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
ITAT Mumbai held that CIT(A) has passed the order ex-parte due to the non-appearance of/on behalf of the assessee. Accordingly, de novo adjudication ordered as CIT(A) didn’t rendered any finding on merits.
ITAT Pune held that exemption under section 54B of the Income Tax Act based on new agricultural land bought in the name of the son and daughter-in-law and not in the name of the assessee is not allowable.
