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Various Types of Assessment of Income under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : The framework outlines different assessment types to verify income and tax liability. It ensures accuracy through self, summary, s...

April 9, 2026 1122 Views 0 comment Print

Assessment of Partnership Firms in Assessment Year 2022-23 to 2026-2027

Income Tax : Explore the assessment procedures for partnership firms in the upcoming years 2022-2023 to 2024-2025. Understand key provisions un...

March 12, 2026 11367 Views 0 comment Print

Five Common Income Tax Assessment Issues Every Taxpayer Should Understand

Income Tax : This article explains the five most frequent issues arising in modern income tax assessments, including unexplained cash deposits,...

March 9, 2026 1440 Views 0 comment Print

Understanding ‘Previous Year’: Bedrock of Income Tax Assessment

Income Tax : Explains how Section 3 defines the earning year and the taxation year under the Income-tax Act. Clarifies why income earned in one...

February 27, 2026 1350 Views 0 comment Print

Validity of Income Tax Notices Issued by JAO instead of FAO

Income Tax : Courts have ruled that notices or orders issued by a Jurisdictional AO under the faceless regime are void due to lack of authority...

January 8, 2026 1476 Views 0 comment Print


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KSCAA submits Probable resolutions to spate of high pitched assessments

Income Tax : Read KSCAA's representation to the Commissioner of Income Tax, addressing practical issues faced by taxpayers and suggesting solut...

December 9, 2023 3192 Views 0 comment Print

Indiscriminate Income Tax notices without allowing reasonable time

Income Tax : In view of Indiscriminate notices by income Tax Department without allowing reasonable time it is requested to Finance Ministry an...

March 20, 2022 13332 Views 0 comment Print

Extend Time Limit for Income Tax Assessment time barring on 31.3.2022

Income Tax : Lucknow CA Tax Practicioners Association has made a Representation to FM for Extension of Time Limit for Assessment cases time bar...

March 20, 2022 42774 Views 2 comments Print

FAQs on Issues faced by field users in Assessment module of ITBA

Income Tax : While uploading Manual order for the A Y 2017-18 user is getting the following message: Manual Order cannot be uploaded for this P...

November 30, 2019 9027 Views 2 comments Print

IT Scrutiny and assessment to get fully online in next two year

Income Tax : Tax collections increased from Rs 6.38 Lakh Crore in year 2013-14 to almost Rs 12 Lakh Crore this year  80% growth in tax base; n...

February 1, 2019 1404 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Income Tax Assessment Quashed Due to Invalid Notice by Officer Lacking Pecuniary Jurisdiction

Income Tax : The Tribunal admitted a new legal ground and held that jurisdictional defects can be raised at any stage. It quashed the assessmen...

April 13, 2026 2616 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Voids Assessment in Name of Non-Existent Company

Income Tax : The ITAT has declared an assessment against SoftwareONE India Pvt. Ltd. void, ruling that an assessment framed in the name of a no...

September 9, 2025 411 Views 0 comment Print

No Income Tax Assessment Order Passed After ITAT Remand: Delhi HC directs Refund

Income Tax : Delhi High Court directs acceptance of Acuity KP Solutions' tax return and refund, citing time-barred assessment proceedings after...

August 10, 2025 579 Views 0 comment Print

Demand in computation sheet Invalid if No Addition Proposed in Assessment Order

Income Tax : In a case of BVM Global Education Trust vs Assessment Unit, Madras High Court declares computation sheet and demand notice invalid...

May 12, 2024 3927 Views 0 comment Print

Madras HC Directs Valuation Report Consideration for Tax Assessment Rectification

Income Tax : Read about the Madras High Court's order for rectification of an income tax assessment order regarding addition on sale considerat...

May 12, 2024 753 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CAG Highlights ₹7,929 Crore Errors in Income Tax Assessments

Income Tax : A CAG audit report on direct taxes for FY 2022-23 reveals over ₹7,929 crore in tax effect from 481 observations, highlighting as...

August 18, 2025 1035 Views 0 comment Print

SOP for Faceless Income Tax Assessment under Section 144B

Income Tax : Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Assessment Unit (AU), Verification Unit (VU), Technical Unit (TU) and Review Unit (RU) unde...

August 3, 2022 69996 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT specifies cases for section 144B Assessment

Income Tax : CBDT hereby specifies that all the assessment proceedings pending as on 31.03.2021 and the assessment proceedings initiated on or ...

March 31, 2021 20592 Views 1 comment Print

ITBA Appeal Module for pending appeals to be allocated to Faceless Appeal Units

Income Tax : Faceless Appeal Scheme has been implemented in ITBA and the allocation of cases to Faceless Appeal units is under progress. A numb...

October 19, 2020 3225 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT notifies Prescribed Authority under Section 133C

Income Tax : CBDT notifies Prescribed Authority under Section 133C with effect from 13th August, 2020 vide Notification No. 66/2020, Dated: Aug...

August 13, 2020 2478 Views 0 comment Print


Types of Assessment under Income Tax Act, 1961

November 12, 2016 13669 Views 0 comment Print

Article Discusses Assessment under Section 143(1)-Scrutiny Assessment, Section 144- Best Judgement Assessment and Section 147- Income Escaping Assessment of Income Tax Act, 1961.

CBDT Strategy to ensure Quality in Assessment Work for 2016-17

June 21, 2016 11348 Views 0 comment Print

Framing of Quality Assessments is an essential part of any risk management strategy. Quality of Assessments is being used as one of the most important indicator to judge the performance of tax department. Therefore, it is imperative that various authorities in the hierarchy of Income-tax Department discharge their respective roles in the process of assessment […]

Extension of Scheme for E-assessment to 2 more cities

May 26, 2016 3028 Views 0 comment Print

Paperless assessment/ e-mail based assessment on a pilot basis was commenced in the financial year 2015-16 in non-corporate charges of five cities i.e. Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai. The e-mail based assessment scheme has now been extended to two more cities, namely Hyderabad and Kolkata during the current financial year.

Automation of various processes and paperless assessment

March 5, 2016 2689 Views 0 comment Print

It is proposed to amend the relevant provisions of the Act so as to provide adequate legal framework for paperless assessment in order to enhance efficiency and reduce the burden of compliance. A series of changes are proposed to achieve this end. Sub-section (1) of section 282A provides that where a notice or other document is required to be issued by any income-tax authority under the Act, such notice or document should be signed by that authority in manuscript.

Electronic Assessment – Practical aspects

February 10, 2016 5396 Views 2 comments Print

Background a) CBDT vide its notification 2/2016 dated 3-Feb-2016 has prescribed Procedure, Formats and Standards for ensuring secured transmission of electronic communication. b) I am thankful to Sandeep for providing scope for a preliminary article on this topic at https://taxguru.in/income-tax/ready-email-assessment.html c) An attempt is being made to trace the difference in manual or physical submissions […]

Get ready for Email assessment

February 7, 2016 2523 Views 0 comment Print

Impact on All- 1. It will bring transparency and speed in the assessment procedure. It will especially reduce the travelling time / meeting time / waiting time of both AOs and CAs increasing their efficiencies. 2. There will be permanent / reliable repository [ on cloud ] to store / retrieve the submissions. 3. The geographical location of any concerned person will become completely irrelevant.

Assessment of Charitable Trusts and Institutions – A Ready Referencer

June 8, 2015 11838 Views 0 comment Print

Many Non Governmental Organizations spread across the world are supplementing the efforts of the governments in promoting social welfare and economic development. Tax administrations have also recognized the voluntary efforts of these NGOs and provided tax incentives to those engaged in charitable activities. The present booklet under ‘Tax Payer Information Series’ is an attempt to […]

Enquiry Proceedings u/s 133(6) – Whether more Grisly than Scrutiny

June 2, 2015 23478 Views 5 comments Print

The locution `Enquiry’ is a term of wide and capacious connotation signifying and inherently carrying with it the burden to enquire, probe, delve, scrutinize, escalate and to congregate such vital and salient information as might be required to entrust and endow the charm of stepping into the shoes of scrutiny proceedings carried in due reference to the stipulations provided for by the Income Tax Act, 1961.

Service of notice generally – `Whether Aladin’s Lamp’

May 29, 2015 7797 Views 0 comment Print

Service of notice, summon, intimation, requisition or order (by whatever name called) marks the very foundation and pedestal for the inception of any proceedings of whatever nature and by whatever name called and designated as the pinnacle and ace caveat for steeping into the shoes of legality.

Assessment of Income of Partnership Firms

May 6, 2015 24265 Views 0 comment Print

From the Assessment Year 1993-94 partnership firm has been classified for the purpose of computation of income and its assessment as under: (a) Partnership Firm assessed as such (PFAS) (b) Partnership Firm assessed as an Association of Person (PFAOP).

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