Category Archives: Income Tax

Deduction under Section 80-IB excludes DEPB/duty drawback; Section 80-IA vs 80-HHC computation issue is remanded.

By | July 4, 2026
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Deduction under Section 80-IB excludes DEPB/duty drawback; Section 80-IA vs 80-HHC computation issue is remanded. Issue Issue 1: Whether the relief under Section 80-IA must be deducted from business profits before computing the export deduction under Section 80-HHC, and whether this needs to be re-evaluated based on recent Supreme Court precedent. Issue 2: Whether incentives… Read More »

Long-term capital losses can be set off against capital gains arising from depreciable assets.

By | July 4, 2026
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Long-term capital losses can be set off against capital gains arising from depreciable assets. Issue Whether the deeming fiction under section 50, which treats gains from depreciable assets as short-term capital gains, converts the underlying long-term asset into a short-term asset, thereby barring the set-off of current year and brought forward long-term capital losses under… Read More »

Reassessment order is invalid as a mere change of opinion on already examined cash deposits.

By | July 4, 2026
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Reassessment order is invalid as a mere change of opinion on already examined cash deposits. Issue Whether the reassessment proceedings and subsequent addition under section 69A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 were valid when the specific issue of cash deposits had already been examined and accepted during the original assessment under section 143(3). Facts For… Read More »

Cash deposits are fully explained by a co-owner’s accepted advance and verified bank withdrawals

By | July 4, 2026
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Cash deposits are fully explained by a co-owner’s accepted advance and verified bank withdrawals Issue Whether a Section 69A addition for unexplained cash deposits totaling ₹48 lakhs can be sustained when a co-owner’s tax proceedings have already validated the primary source of the funds and the remaining deposits are backed by documented bank withdrawals. Facts… Read More »

Reassessment order must be quashed if the Assessing Officer fails to consider the assessee’s replies

By | July 4, 2026
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Reassessment order must be quashed if the Assessing Officer fails to consider the assessee’s replies Reassessment order must be quashed if the Assessing Officer fails to consider the assessee’s replies Issue Whether an order passed under Section 148A(3) and a consequential reassessment notice under Section 148 are legally sustainable if the Assessing Officer fails to… Read More »

Foreign exchange gains are operating income, and expense allocation must follow gross profit margins

By | July 4, 2026
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Foreign exchange gains are operating income, and expense allocation must follow gross profit margins Issue Whether the Transfer Pricing Officer (TPO) is legally justified in treating business-related foreign exchange gains as non-operating income, modifying common expense allocations from gross profit to turnover basis, and eliminating comparables without persistent losses under the Transactional Net Margin Method… Read More »

Additions for notional interest, ad-hoc expenses, and trade payables are invalid after favorable remand report

By | July 4, 2026
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Additions for notional interest, ad-hoc expenses, and trade payables are invalid after favorable remand report Issue Whether the Assessing Officer can sustainably maintain tax additions for notional interest on subsidiary loans, ad-hoc expense disallowances, and unexplained trade payables when the revenue’s own remand report subsequently accepts the assessee’s explanations without any adverse remarks. Facts The… Read More »

One-time settlement to contractors is fully deductible under Section 37 as revenue business expenditure

By | July 4, 2026
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One-time settlement to contractors is fully deductible under Section 37 as revenue business expenditure Issue Whether a one-time settlement paid to contractors during business restructuring can be restricted to a one-fifth deduction under Section 35DDA parity, and whether Section 14A disallowances and DDT treaty rate claims can be finalized without proper lower authority verification or… Read More »

CIT(E) cannot reject a trust’s renewal application over a technical selection mistake in Form 10AB

By | July 4, 2026
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CIT(E) cannot reject a trust’s renewal application over a technical selection mistake in Form 10AB Issue Whether the CIT(E) is legally justified in rejecting a charitable trust’s renewal application under Section 12AB simply because the trust inadvertently selected the incorrect statutory clause on the electronic form. Facts The Assessee: A charitable institution that already held… Read More »

Foreign bank operations win relief on disallowances under Section 14A, 37, and 115JA regimes

By | July 4, 2026
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Foreign bank operations win relief on disallowances under Section 14A, 37, and 115JA regimes Issue Whether the various additions and disallowances made by the Assessing Officer concerning Section 14A exempt income expenses, broken period interest on stock-in-trade, MAT applicability to banking companies, gross taxation of foreign currency loans, intra-entity transactions with the Head Office, taxability… Read More »