When the taxpayer is not satisfied with the Commissioner of Income Tax's decision, he may appeal it in the ITAT.

• Decisions made by the Commissioner of Income Tax (appeals) under Section 250/271/ 271A/272A
• Order of correction pursuant to Section 154
• Order from the Commissioner rejecting a charity or religious institution's Section 12AA registration application
• Order by the Commissioner under Section 263 amending an assessment officer's decision that is deemed to be against the interests of revenue
• Order made by the Assessing Officer according to section 158BC(c) - Block Assessment Procedure - with regard to search actions started between 1995 and 1997.
• Exclusion of the taxpayer from the tonnage tax program by order of the Assessing Officer
• Verification of an Order under Section 263 by Commissioner according to Section 154 Order.
• The Chief Commissioner issued a penalty order under Section 272A of the Income Tax Act,
• The Assessing Officer followed that order by issuing an order under Sections 143(3) and 147 that increased the assessment or decreased the refund.
The ITAT accepts direct initial appeals against orders made by the CIT under section 263 and orders made by the Assessing Officer in response to an instruction from the Dispute Resolution Panel under section 144C of the Act. The Tribunal also considers a variety of requests for the recall and correction of orders, stay petitions, etc.