Income Tax : This FAQ guide explains the applicability of ITR forms, filing methods, due dates, penalties, and taxpayer obligations for AY 2026...
Income Tax : This guide explains when penalties can be imposed under various provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961. It also outlines the appli...
Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that an addition under Section 69A cannot be sustained when the assessee is denied the opportunity to cross-exami...
Income Tax : ITAT held that additions based solely on third-party search material without independent evidence or cross-examination are invalid...
Income Tax : A large spousal gift exemption was denied due to failure in proving genuineness, creditworthiness, and source of funds. The ruling...
Income Tax : Bombay High Court held that non-compliance with Section 144B raised a jurisdictional issue requiring ITAT adjudication and set asi...
Income Tax : ITAT Allahabad held that estimating gross profit solely on the basis of the subsequent years GP rate is not justified after reject...
Income Tax : ITAT held that mere transfer of records cannot replace a valid transfer of jurisdiction under Section 127, rendering the assessmen...
Income Tax : ITAT Surat held that rural agricultural land falls outside Section 2(14), deleting capital gains and related additions....
Income Tax : ITAT remanded the matter after holding that the CIT(A) passed a non-speaking order without giving reasons or properly considering ...
Income Tax : CBDT has instructed tax officers to uniformly apply Sections 68 to 69D and Section 115BBE after a C&AG audit found inconsistencies...
This guide explains when penalties can be imposed under various provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961. It also outlines the applicable penalty amounts for different types of tax defaults and compliance failures.
The ITAT deleted an addition relating to an NRE account after finding that the credits were linked to overseas salary remittances and lacked evidence of unexplained income. It remanded the larger addition for fresh verification due to inadequate SFT reconciliation.
ITAT Jaipur held that assessments initiated under Section 153C were time-barred under every possible computation of limitation. The assessment orders were declared void ab initio and quashed.
ITAT Ahmedabad held that cash deposits cannot be treated as unexplained merely because they were made in old denomination notes during demonetisation. The Tribunal remanded the matter to verify whether the deposits represented genuine business sales.
The Delhi ITAT held that cash deposits sourced from recorded cash sales cannot be treated as unexplained credits once the sales and books of account are accepted. The Tribunal deleted the Section 68 addition as it resulted in double taxation of the same income.
ITAT Ahmedabad upheld reassessment proceedings after finding that seized diaries recorded unaccounted cash transactions exceeding prescribed limits. The Tribunal held that statutory conditions for reopening were satisfied.
The Tribunal ruled that third-party WhatsApp messages and decoded chat entries lacked evidentiary value against the assessee without corroborative material. The Revenue failed to prove that any cash was actually paid over and above the registered sale consideration.
The Tribunal ruled that audited books and quantitative reconciliation supported the genuineness of agricultural commodity purchases. In the absence of contrary evidence, arbitrary disallowance of purchases could not be sustained.
The ITAT observed that invoking the test of human probabilities cannot replace factual verification of books and bank records. Additions under Section 69A require evidence showing that the disclosed cash was unavailable.
The ITAT Ahmedabad held that isolated WhatsApp messages and electronic communications cannot, by themselves, support additions in search assessments. The Tribunal deleted several additions because no corroborative evidence established actual cash transactions. The ruling underscores that suspicion cannot replace proof in tax proceedings.
