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Income Tax : Section 270A penalties must specify the exact misreporting clause. Vague notices invalidate penalties and can restore immunity und...
Income Tax : Understand the three core processes of Indian Income Tax: Rectification of mistakes (Sec 154), the four types of Assessment (Summa...
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CA, CS, CMA : Legal opinion sought by NFRA on auditing standards, penalties, and regulatory roles in India. Analysis of NFRA’s powers under th...
Income Tax : Learn about the new block assessment provisions for cases involving searches under section 132 and requisitions under section 132A...
Goods and Services Tax : The Ministry of Finance reports the arrest of a firm's finance head for GST evasion worth Rs 88 crore. Learn about the case and it...
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Income Tax : The ITAT Ahmedabad held that isolated WhatsApp messages and electronic communications cannot, by themselves, support additions in ...
Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held that penalty under Section 43 of the Black Money Act could not be imposed when foreign assets were subsequentl...
Income Tax : The Hyderabad Bench emphasized that penalty under Section 271(1)(c) cannot be imposed solely because an addition survives appellat...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that Section 263 cannot be invoked where the assessee never claimed the alleged expenditure as a deduction. With...
Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that proportionate interest disallowance under Section 36(1)(iii) cannot be sustained when the assessee has ade...
Income Tax : Read the order issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), Ministry of Finance, specifying the scope of the e-Appeals Sche...
Income Tax : Dispute arose between the Department and the assessees with regard to adjustment of such seized/requisitioned cash against advance...
Delhi High Court rules that additions under section 153C of the Income Tax Act without incriminating material are invalid. Get insights into this judgment.
Delhi High Court sets aside Income Tax transfer orders for administrative convenience. Highlights the need for speaking orders with reasons and DIN compliance.
Punjab and Haryana High Court held that non-conveying of grounds of arrest in writing is not sufficient compliance of the provisions of Section 19 of the PMLA and Article 22 of the Constitution of India. Accordingly, arrest of the present petitioner illegal and cannot be sustained.
ITAT Delhi held that commission taxed @2% of the amount of accommodation entries provided by the assessee has not been made on ad hoc basis, however, the same is as per prevailing market rate. Accordingly, the addition is sustained.
In Completed/Unabated Assessments, AO Cannot Make Additions in Absence of Incriminating Material Found during Section 132 or 132A Search
Mr Sujeet Singh Hussain, in whose name M/s Madhu Enterprises was registered, had stated that he was working as a security guard in the office of present applicants, who got his signatures for opening the bank account and fraudulently got the firm registered in his name as well as other employees.
Addition under Section 153A could not be made in the absence of incriminating material found during the course of a search conducted under Section 132. In case no incriminating material was unearthed during the search, AO could not reassess taking into consideration the other material in respect of completed assessments/unabated assessments.
ITAT Delhi rules addition u/s 69A for excess jewelry during a search operation unsustainable as the assessee belonged to a wealthy family and received jewelry on occasions
Kerala High Court held that writ petition not entertained as alternate remedy available with the petitioner since notices and assessment orders issued under section 153C of the Income Tax Act are duly issued within jurisdiction.
ITAT Delhi held that deletion of additions on account of understated sale consideration based on loose papers, dairy, documents, etc. seized in search action without dealing with the fundamental aspects of the matter by CIT(A) order cannot be countenanced in law. Accordingly, matter restored back to CIT(A) for fresh determination.
