ITAT Chennai allows a partnership firm to claim a bad debt deduction of ₹23.10 lakh, ruling that losses from employee fraud are a genuine business loss. The decision highlights that an FIR and book entries are sufficient evidence.
Tribunal remanded case to AO, allowing assessee to substantiate capital introduced from sale of agricultural lands with proper documents like patta, chitta, and adangal.
The ITAT Bangalore ruled in Ramesh Kumar vs. ACIT that capital gains tax can’t be levied based on mere possession, a commencement certificate, and an unregistered Power of Attorney.
Delhi High Court in VRG Electronics v. PCIT reaffirms a liberal approach to condoning ITR filing delays under Section 119(2)(b). Court ruled that an accountant’s negligence can constitute genuine hardship.
The Supreme Court of India upholds the validity of consolidated GST Show Cause Notices (SCNs) for multiple financial years in fraudulent ITC claims.
The Bombay High Court set aside an order denying tax exemption to People’s Mobile Hospitals, a charitable trust, for a delay of 84 days in filing Form 10B. The court ruled that the delay was procedural and not a willful default, emphasizing a “justice-oriented” approach in such cases.
The Karnataka High Court dismissed an appeal by the Income Tax Department, ruling that payments to Syna Media for software licenses are not taxable as royalty, citing the Supreme Court’s precedent in the Engineering Analysis case.
The Allahabad High Court set aside a tax reassessment order against Central Electronics Ltd., ruling that the proceedings were based on an invalid circular.
The Allahabad High Court quashed a trade tax assessment against Avant Grade Carpets, ruling it was time-barred. The court held that the Revenue’s failure to produce server records supported the taxpayer’s claim of the order being “anti-dated” to meet a statutory deadline.
The ITAT Kolkata remits the DCIT Vs Seven Hills Project case back to the CIT(A) for re-examination, challenging the disallowance of unpaid service tax under Section 43B of the Income Tax Act.
