Category: ITAT

Amount of Rs. 6 lakh claimed to have been received as gift from parents in law not an excessively or unreasonably high amount – ITAT In a recent judgment, ITAT Lucknow has held that amount of Rs. 6,00,000/- claimed by assessee to have been received as gift from …

Conducting courses in gemmology, jewellery arts, jewellery design amounts to imparting of education entitling assessee benefit of exemption u/s 11 of the Income Tax Act. In a recent judgment, ITAT Mumbai has held that conducting courses in the field of gemmology, applied jewellery arts, jewellery design and manufacturing …

Penalty u/s 271B is not attracted in a case where books of account have not been maintained In a recent judgment, ITAT Allahabad has held that penalty under section 271B of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is not attracted in a case in which books of account have …

Penalty u/s 270A quashed as there was no satisfaction in the penalty order on what exactly was under reporting of income and what was misreporting of income by the assessee In a recent judgment, ITAT Raipur deleted penalty under section 270A observing that there was no satisfaction brought …

When AO invoked provisions of section 37(1) to disallow purchases, provisions of section 69C of the Act are not applicable In a recent judgment, ITAT Delhi has held that when AO did not raise any doubts about the source of such purchases but invoked the provisions of section …

ITAT refuses to accept opening cash as source of cash deposit as assessee was not subject to audit and cash book was just a self-servicing document In a recent judgment, ITAT Rajkot has declined to accept the opening cash as source of cash deposit holding that assessee was …

Advances received in normal course of business and adjusted against sale bills cannot be added u/s 68 of the Income Tax Act In a recent judgment, ITAT Kolkata has upheld that advances received in the normal course of business cannot be added u/s 68 of the Act when …

Faceless mechanism for income escaping assessment would not exclude the Central charges and International Taxation charges from its application – ITAT In a recent judgment, ITAT Chandigarh quashed notice under section 148 issued by JAO holding that faceless mechanism for income escaping assessment would not exclude the Central …

Ground not adjudicated by first appellate authority or ground not originating from first appellate order cannot be decided in second appeal In a recent judgment, ITAT Panji has held that ground which is not adjudicated by first appellate authority or ground not originating from first appellate order cannot …

Notice u/s 143(2) without specifying whether it is a limited scrutiny or a complete scrutiny or a compulsory manual scrutiny held void – ITAT In a recent judgment, ITAT Guwahati has held that income tax notice u/s 143(2) without specifying whether it is a limited scrutiny or a …