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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


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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


Treatment to be given to income from delivery based share transactions

February 23, 2009 1174 Views 0 comment Print

Gopal Purohit v. JCIT- The delivery based transaction should be treated as of the nature of investment transactions and profit there from should be treated as short-term capital gain or long term capital gain depending upon the period of holding; employment of an infrastructure so as to keep a track of the developments in the share market cannot turn an investment activity into a business activity.

Power of Commissioner under section 263 of Income-tax Act

February 21, 2009 2315 Views 0 comment Print

8. Having carefully examined the entire evidences available on the record in the light of the oral submissions of the parties, with reference to the provisions of law and the precedents relied before us and after giving anxious thought, in the light of the plain words used in section 263 of the Act and in the light of the ratio of the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court rendered in the case of Malabar Industries Co. Ltd. v. CIT

Non Resident Indians' obligation to file Income Tax Return in India

February 21, 2009 6530 Views 0 comment Print

An ‘NRI’ is a citizen of India or a person of Indian origin* who is not a resident in India. Residency for tax purposes is decided based on a person’s physical stay in India. There are three conditions that could trigger non residency for tax purposes. First, when an individual’s stay in India is less than 60 days in a particular tax year. Second when the stay exceeds 60 days but is less than 182 days and the cumulative stay in the four years preceding the year in question is less than 365. Finally, when an individual leaves India for taking up an employment outside India and his/her stay is less than182 days in the year of departure.

Applicability of section 292B of IT Act in case return contains any mistake, defect or omission

February 20, 2009 7894 Views 0 comment Print

Nicholas Applegate South East Asia Fund Limited Vs Assistant Director of Income Tax (ITAT Mumbai) – The question of application of section 292B cannot be prejudged by finding that return, notice, etc. is not as per the requirement of the statute and is/are invalid; the finding that the return or notice etc. is invalid or to what extent it is invalid is unnecessary and counter productive; if in substance and in effect return, notice or assessment is in conformity with or according to intent and purpose of the Act, the mistake defect or omission is to be ignored as per the underlining philosophy of section 292B.

When an order can be said to be erroneous for exercise of power of revision under section 263 of IT Act : ITAT Mumbai

February 20, 2009 679 Views 0 comment Print

9.1 From plain reading of sub-section (1) of section 263, it is clear that the power of suo motu revision can be exercised by the Commissioner only if, on examination of the records of any proceedings under this Act, he considers that any order passed therein by the Income-tax Officer is ` erroneous in so far as it is prejudicial to the interests of the Revenue’. It is not an arbitrary or unchartered power.

S. 115JA assessment is not liable for advance tax interest u/s 234B and 234C

February 19, 2009 1538 Views 0 comment Print

There is a difference between dismissal of a Special Leave Petition and dismissal of an Appeal. While the dismissal of a SLP does not result in merger of the judgment of the High Court with that of the Supreme Court and there is no affirmation, the dismissal of an Appeal results in an affirmation and merger of the order of the High Court into that of the Supreme Court.

Reopening notice even if served after limitation period is valid: HC DELHI

February 19, 2009 1775 Views 0 comment Print

(i) S. 149, which imposes the limitation period, requires the notice to be “issued” but not “served” within the limitation period. Once a notice is issued within the period of limitation, jurisdiction becomes vested in the AO to proceed to reassess. Service is not a condition precedent to conferment of jurisdiction but it is a condition precedent to the making of the order of assessment;

“Sham” lease transactions cannot be given relief as “financial arrangements”.

February 19, 2009 642 Views 0 comment Print

2. This civil appeal filed by the assessee is directed against judgment and order dated 22.9.2006 in ITA No. 164/04 by the Delhi High Court. By the impugned judgment, confirming the decision of the Tribunal, the High Court has held that the appellant (assessee) is not entitled to claim depreciation under Section 32(1)(ii) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (“1961 Act” for short) in respect of two separate transactions

Exercise of revisionary jurisdiction under section 263 of Income Tax Act, 1961

February 19, 2009 660 Views 0 comment Print

(ii) where proper enquiries have been conducted by the Assessing Officer and he has followed the principles of natural justice, the order passed by him cannot be said to be erroneous and prejudicial to the interests of revenue simply because the ld. Commissioner does not agree with him and he is of the view that addition of a higher amount should have been made;

Computation of profit in case of construction contracts

February 18, 2009 1306 Views 0 comment Print

13.5 That in the case of running contracts, no income, profits or gains can in fact be computed unless the contract is completed and if the contract is completed in a period of more than a year, the crucial time for calculating the income, profits and gains arrives only when the entire contract is completed in other words, argument was that the only method by which the gains or profits of the assessee could be determined was to wait until

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