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Compulsory Income Tax Scrutiny Guidelines FY 2026-27: CS01–CS06 Explained

Income Tax : CBDT has identified six categories of returns for compulsory scrutiny during FY 2026-27. Selection triggers detailed examination b...

June 30, 2026 870 Views 0 comment Print

Parameters for compulsory selection of income-tax returns filed in FY 2025-26

Income Tax : CBDT has identified search, survey, and reassessment cases for compulsory scrutiny in FY 2026-27. The guidelines highlight the Dep...

June 8, 2026 2199 Views 0 comment Print


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ITAT Delhi Deletes Section 14A Disallowance as It Was Beyond Limited Scrutiny Scope

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi held that the Assessing Officer could not make a disallowance under Section 14A when the case was selected only for...

June 28, 2026 246 Views 0 comment Print

Limited Scrutiny Cannot Be Expanded Without CBDT Approval: ITAT Kolkata

Income Tax : Tribunal held that the Assessing Officer exceeded the scope of limited scrutiny by making disallowances beyond the selected issues...

June 27, 2026 465 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad Quashes Addition as AO Exceeded Limited Scrutiny Scope

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that the Assessing Officer exceeded the scope of limited scrutiny by treating capital gains as business income w...

June 27, 2026 204 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata Deletes Interest Disallowance as AO Exceeded Scope of Limited Scrutiny

Income Tax : The ITAT Kolkata held that the Assessing Officer could not examine issues beyond the limited scrutiny mandate without following CB...

June 7, 2026 201 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi Quashes Assessment as AO Exceeded CASS Limited Scrutiny Scope

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi held that the Assessing Officer travelled beyond the limited scrutiny mandate by examining a loan transaction unrel...

May 28, 2026 738 Views 0 comment Print


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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 4, 2026 51909 Views 1 comment Print

Guidelines for Compulsory Income Tax Scrutiny – FY 2023-24 clarification

Income Tax : Government of India issues guidelines for compulsory selection of returns for Complete Scrutiny during FY 2023-24. Find the proced...

August 3, 2023 23673 Views 3 comments Print

Guidelines for Complete Income Tax Return Scrutiny in FY 2023-24

Income Tax : Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) released guidelines outlining the parameters and procedures for the compulsory selection of i...

May 24, 2023 24492 Views 0 comment Print

Compulsory Income Tax Scrutiny criteria/Guideline for FY 2022-23

Income Tax : CBDT Issues Guidelines for compulsory selection of Income Tax returns for Complete Scrutiny during the Financial Year 2022-23 and ...

May 11, 2022 57360 Views 1 comment Print


Section 263 Jurisdiction cannot exceed to issues not forming part of Limited scrutiny

October 22, 2023 3186 Views 0 comment Print

Learn how the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal restricted the jurisdiction of Section 263 regarding issues not forming part of a limited scrutiny assessment in the case of Aggarwal Promoters Vs PCIT.

Limited scrutiny is limited to aspects of information received through AIR returns

October 22, 2023 1380 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the Sanjeev Khemka vs PCIT case, addressing limited scrutiny, jurisdiction, and errors under Section 263 – ITAT Kolkata decision.

Limitations on Section 263 Based on Guideline Value vs. Sale Consideration

October 22, 2023 3192 Views 0 comment Print

In CIT Vs Padmavathi, Madras High Court held that Section 263 cannot be invoked merely because guideline value was higher than sale consideration shown in conveyance deed

Revisionary Jurisdiction Can’t Exceed Scope of “Limited Scrutiny”

October 19, 2023 1029 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune rules that assessment under limited scrutiny cannot exceed its prescribed scope, preventing the use of revisionary jurisdiction under section 263 of the Income Tax Act.

Guidelines for Compulsory Income Tax Scrutiny – FY 2023-24 clarification

August 3, 2023 23673 Views 3 comments Print

Government of India issues guidelines for compulsory selection of returns for Complete Scrutiny during FY 2023-24. Find the procedure and clarification here.

Limited Scrutiny: AO can’t verify cash withdrawals when permission was for cash deposit verification

July 16, 2023 3306 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Visakhapatnam in case of Vishnu Srinivasa Rao Kakarla Vs ITO clarifies that AO cannot travel beyond his jurisdiction to verify cash withdrawals when limited scrutiny was for verifying cash deposits.

Section 143(2) Notice: A Prerequisite for Income Tax Assessment in Limited scrutiny case

June 19, 2023 1815 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the Madras High Court judgment in Angusamy Gounder Subbu Rathinamun vs. Assistant Commissioner. Insights on Section 143(2) notice in income tax assessments.

Guidelines for Complete Income Tax Return Scrutiny in FY 2023-24

May 24, 2023 24492 Views 0 comment Print

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) released guidelines outlining the parameters and procedures for the compulsory selection of income tax returns for complete scrutiny during the financial year 2023-24. The guidelines specify various scenarios, including cases related to surveys, search and seizure actions, non-filing of returns, addition in earlier assessment years, and specific information on […]

Enquiring on issues other than limited scrutiny issue before conversion into complete scrutiny is bad-in-law

March 30, 2023 3696 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata held that enquiring on issues other than limited scrutiny issue, before conversion of limited scrutiny to complete scrutiny, is against the procedure laid down in Instruction No. 5/2016 of CBDT dated 14.07.2016. Accordingly, assessment order is quashed as nullity and bad-in-law.

Matter which was not subject matter of limited scrutiny cannot be raised in revisionary proceedings

January 2, 2023 855 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT held that matter relating to wages/labour expenses which was not subject matter of limited scrutiny cannot be raised in revisionary proceedings u/s 263 for the first time.

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