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Appellate Kill Shot to Reassessment Notices Under Section 148/148A

Income Tax : This article explains why reassessment proceedings may be invalid if the Assessing Officer merely relies on Investigation Wing rep...

June 20, 2026 618 Views 0 comment Print

Every Foreign Asset Is Not a Black Asset: Lessons from Two Recent Tribunal Rulings

Income Tax : The Jaipur Tribunal held that every foreign asset or remittance cannot be treated as undisclosed wealth under the Black Money Act....

June 20, 2026 1086 Views 0 comment Print

Old vs New Tax Regime: Complete Comparison of Deductions & Tax Benefits

Income Tax : This guide compares the Old and New Tax Regimes, explaining differences in deductions, exemptions, home loan benefits, and standar...

June 20, 2026 603 Views 0 comment Print

Nil LTCG Tax or Higher Demand? Section 112 Utility Computation Sparks Legal Debate

Income Tax : The article explains how different interpretations of Section 112 may produce either nil tax or a positive tax liability for the s...

June 20, 2026 2151 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Grants TDS Credit Despite Employer’s Failure to Deposit Tax with Government

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that an employee cannot be denied TDS credit merely because the employer failed to deposit the tax deducted from ...

June 20, 2026 147 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Advance Tax Collections Grow 15.30% due to Higher Corporate Tax Payments

Income Tax : Net direct tax collections for FY 2026-27 grew by 14.64% as of June 17, 2026, driven by higher corporate and non-corporate tax rec...

June 19, 2026 192 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Superintendent Caught by CBI in Bribery Case Linked to PAN Deletion

Income Tax : The CBI apprehended an Income Tax Office Superintendent in Odisha after he was allegedly caught accepting a bribe for deleting a d...

June 6, 2026 6172 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Prioritizes Old Appeals as Rising Pendency Requires Urgent Disposal Measures

Income Tax : The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has proposed a priority disposal mechanism for appeals filed up to and including 2022 in respons...

June 5, 2026 282 Views 0 comment Print

Request for Rationalisation and Merger of TDS Return Codes 1023 & 1024

Income Tax : A representation has urged CBDT to merge TDS return codes 1023 and 1024, arguing that both apply to the same contract payments wit...

June 4, 2026 1863 Views 0 comment Print

Reduce CASS 2026 Scrutiny Cases Due to New Income Tax Act Transition Challenges: ITGOA

Income Tax : Association requested CBDT to rationalize CASS 2026 case selection considering the administrative burden caused by implementation ...

May 21, 2026 3948 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


No denial of scientific research deduction allowed for procedural delay when DSIR approval existed: ITAT deleted ₹2.07 Crore disallowance

Income Tax : A belated filing of Form 3CLA was a curable procedural defect and could not deprive an assessee of weighted deduction under sectio...

June 22, 2026 90 Views 0 comment Print

Orissa HC Quashes Section 143(2) Notice as It Was Issued Without Jurisdiction

Income Tax : The Orissa High Court held that the Section 143(2) notice was issued by an authority lacking jurisdiction and set it aside. The Co...

June 21, 2026 585 Views 0 comment Print

FMV of Surrendered Tenancy Rights Is Cost of Acquisition for Redeveloped Property: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : The Mumbai ITAT held that ownership premises received under a redevelopment scheme are acquired in exchange for valuable tenancy r...

June 21, 2026 537 Views 0 comment Print

Section 80-IB Deduction Denied as Housing Project Covered Less Than One Acre: ITAT Cochin

Income Tax : The Cochin Bench held that the minimum one-acre condition must be satisfied by the land comprising the approved housing project it...

June 21, 2026 147 Views 0 comment Print

CPC Cannot Deny Section 11 Exemption for Delayed Form 10B in Section 143(1) Processing: ITAT Kolkata

Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata held that appellate authority should have awaited outcome of pending condonation application before deciding exempti...

June 21, 2026 291 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CBDT Issues Complete Income Tax Scrutiny Guidelines for FY 2026-27

Income Tax : The CBDT has identified specific categories of taxpayers whose returns will be compulsorily selected for complete scrutiny during ...

June 7, 2026 49473 Views 1 comment Print

Income-Tax (Amendment) Commencement Ordinance, 2026

Income Tax : The Ordinance exempts interest income and capital gains arising from Government securities for Foreign Institutional Investors and...

June 6, 2026 777 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Notifies Infrastructure Sub-Sectors as Eligible Businesses Under Income Tax Act 2025

Income Tax : The Central Government has specified infrastructure sub-sectors from the Updated Harmonised Master List as eligible businesses und...

June 2, 2026 612 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Approves National Institute of Advanced Studies as Scientific Research Institution  

Income Tax : CBDT has granted scientific research approval under the Income-tax Act, 2025, enabling eligible donations to qualify for tax benef...

May 30, 2026 231 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Approves S. Nijalingappa Sugar Institute for Scientific Research Tax Benefit Eligibility 

Income Tax : CBDT has granted scientific research approval under the Income-tax Act, 2025, allowing eligible donations to qualify for tax benef...

May 30, 2026 192 Views 0 comment Print


Business claim allowable in the year in which it is incurred and not in the year of write off

July 29, 2015 514 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee company was engaged in the business of real estate development. Vide order of Hon’ble High Court, 19 Group companies engaged in similar business were merged in the assessee company w.e.f 01.04.1999.

Addition merely based on inference drawn from documents seized from third party is not valid

July 29, 2015 2867 Views 0 comment Print

The present case is related to search & seizure action carried out in case of Sh. S.K. Gupta (‘third party’) in respect of companies and other business entities which were controlled by him or owned by him or different individuals connected with him.

Documents supporting a Transaction cannot be accepted as genuine where fundamental transaction is shown to be sham

July 29, 2015 1201 Views 0 comment Print

However, where the fundamental transaction is shown to be a sham transaction, the same cannot necessarily be accepted as genuine merely because a broker’s confirmation and invoices have been produced. Given the facts of this case, the decisions referred to by CIT(A)

Section 154 can not be applied if a debatable point involved

July 29, 2015 2525 Views 0 comment Print

Mistake apparent on the record u/s 154 must be an obvious and patent mistake and not something which can be established by a long drawn process of reasoning on points on which there may be conceivably two opinions.

Validity of summon order passed by trial court and criminal proceedings u/s 279(1) r.w. section 276D

July 29, 2015 643 Views 0 comment Print

The petitioner by letter dated 17th November, 2011 had disclosed a foreign bank account which existed with the HSBC Private Bank, Geneva, Switzerland to the Director of Income Tax (Investigation-II). The peak amount lying in the said account during the year ending 31st March, 2007 was around US$ 1.3 million.

Failure to supply reasons recorded by AO u/s 148 will make whole assessment proceedings void

July 29, 2015 4192 Views 0 comment Print

It is an admitted fact, in the present case that the Department has failed to supply the assessee the copy of reasons recorded by the Assessing Officer for issuance of notice under Section 148 of the Act. Following the decision of Hon’ble Jurisdictional High Court in Haryana Acrylic Manufacturing Company, the issue was decided in favour of the assessee.

Mere error would not confer jurisdiction to exercise revisional power U/s. 263

July 29, 2015 471 Views 0 comment Print

The condition precedent for exercising the revisional power under section 263 of the Act is that the order under revision should not only be erroneous, but such erroneous order should result in prejudice to the interests of the Revenue.

Penalty u/s 271AAA not justified, if A.O. makes assessment on actual income disclosed u/s 132(4)

July 29, 2015 721 Views 0 comment Print

On this undisclosed income, A.O. vide penalty order, levied penalty of Rs.2.5 crore u/s 271AAA mainly for the reason of non disclosure of the particulars of income in the statement filed u/s 132(4) by the assessee.

Onus to prove Third party documents found during search is on department

July 29, 2015 999 Views 0 comment Print

Document found during search was a third party document which was neither in the handwriting of the assessee nor bears her signature. Its inference has to be taken as stated by the person who possessed the document.

Addition u/s 68 for mere high premium on issue of shares not valid

July 29, 2015 2178 Views 0 comment Print

Whether the assessee company charged a higher premium or not, should not have been the subject matter of the enquiry in the first instance Instead, the issue was whether the amount invested by the share applicants were from legitimate sources.

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