Category: ITAT
Expenses for making house habitable are not renovation expenses and hence qualified for exemption u/s 54 In a recent order, the ITAT Delhi has held that when house was purchased in inhabitable condition and expenditure was necessary for the proper electrification, water facilities, wood work, glass work, etc.. …
Commercial expediency – Expression “for the purposes of the business” is wider than “for the purpose of earning profits” – ITAT In a recent judgment, Ahmedabad ITAT has allowed an expenses u/s 37(1) considering Commercial expediency holding that the expression given in section 37 “for the purposes of …
Issue decided on merits by ITAT cannot again be subject matter of reopening of assessment under section 147 In a recent judgment, ITAT Delhi has held that once the issue has been decided on merits by the Tribunal, being the highest fact finding authority and a categorical finding …
Penalty u/s 270A for claiming bogus deductions deleted by ITAT for failure to identify specific Clauses from (a)to (f) of section 270A(9) In a recent judgment, ITAT Pune has deleted penalty u/s 270A for claiming bogus deductions for failure to identify in show cause notice the specific clauses …
Rotations from Auto Sweep A/c not fresh investments-Addition deleted In a recent judgment, ITAT Mumbai has deleted the addition u/s 68 observing that as alleged there were no fresh investments/deposits in bank account except amount along with interest being rotated several times through auto sweep in the current …
Maintenance charges received from tenants taxable under income from other sources not house property – ITAT In a recent judgment, ITAT Bangalore has held that maintenance charges received from tenants are to be assessed under the head Income from other sources and not under income from House Property …
Disallowance u/s 40A(2)(a) without following yardstick for arriving at unreasonableness cannot be sustained – ITAT In a recent judgment, ITAT Raipur has held that disallowance u/s 40A(2)(a) without taking recourse to prescribed basis/yardstick, for arriving at unreasonableness cannot be sustained ABCAUS Case Law Citation:ABCAUS 4135 (2024) (07) ITAT …
Month wise receipt and income slightly more than last year cannot warrant the cash deposited into the bank account as unexplained cash In a recent judgment, ITAT Jaipur has held that month wise receipt and income slightly more than last year cannot warrant the cash deposited into the …
Assessee can maintain two ledger accounts of same person one under the head sundry debtor and another under sundry creditor – ITAT In a recent judgment, ITAT Kolkata has deleted addition u/s 68 for bogus creditors as the assessee maintained two accounts of same person, one under the …
There is no statutory obligation upon legal heirs to intimate death of assessee to the Income Tax Department In a recent judgment, Hon’ble High Court Karnataka held that there is no statutory obligation upon legal heirs to intimate death of assessee to the Income Tax Department. ABCAUS Case …
