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Can WhatsApp Chats Alone Justify Tax Additions? Tribunal Says No

Income Tax : The ruling clarifies that unauthenticated digital chats and screenshots cannot form the sole basis of tax additions without proper...

April 13, 2026 795 Views 0 comment Print

Delay in Recording Satisfaction Note Under Section 153C Can Invalidate Search Proceedings

Income Tax : Judicial rulings clarify that satisfaction for initiating action against other persons in search cases must be recorded promptly. ...

March 11, 2026 1566 Views 0 comment Print

Precision in Penalty: Why Misreporting Must Be Pinpointed Under Section 270A

Income Tax : Section 270A penalties must specify the exact misreporting clause. Vague notices invalidate penalties and can restore immunity und...

October 25, 2025 4473 Views 3 comments Print

Rectification, Assessment and Appeal under Income Act, 1961

Income Tax : Understand the three core processes of Indian Income Tax: Rectification of mistakes (Sec 154), the four types of Assessment (Summa...

October 17, 2025 12180 Views 0 comment Print

PMLA and Income Tax Raids: Legal Rights of Accused

Income Tax : Understand your legal rights and procedural protections during Income Tax and PMLA raids in India. Learn what to do and what to a...

August 9, 2025 1338 Views 0 comment Print


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ICAI lacks authority to issue quality management standards: SG Tushar Mehta

CA, CS, CMA : Legal opinion sought by NFRA on auditing standards, penalties, and regulatory roles in India. Analysis of NFRA’s powers under th...

December 31, 2024 2025 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2024: Block Assessment provisions for Section 132 & 132A Searches

Income Tax : Learn about the new block assessment provisions for cases involving searches under section 132 and requisitions under section 132A...

July 23, 2024 2127 Views 0 comment Print

Finance Head of a firm arrested for GST evasion to the tune of Rs 88 crore

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...

March 7, 2024 2502 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT directed to re-opening of all cases under the search and seizure label and those claimed deduction u/s. 80IB, 80A

Income Tax : The Central Board of Direct Taxes ( CBDT) has directed re-opening of all cases under the search and seizure label, income-escapin...

August 28, 2009 1285 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Bogus Purchase Addition Restricted to Profit Element: ITAT Grants Relief

Income Tax : The case examined whether compensation paid to exit prior agreements was a sham arrangement. The Tribunal ruled it was a valid bus...

April 18, 2026 24 Views 0 comment Print

Section 153C Assessment Quashed Over Unsigned Seized Document: ITAT Hyderabad

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that an unsigned agreement without corroboration cannot be treated as incriminating material. Proceedings under ...

April 18, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print

On-Money Addition Based on Excel Sheet Deleted: No Corroborative Evidence

Income Tax : The Tribunal deleted additions where the Revenue failed to prove actual cash transactions. It emphasized that suspicion and assump...

April 18, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print

Alleged Accommodation Entry Addition deleted Due to Loan Repayment Misclassification

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that loan repayment cannot be treated as unexplained cash credit under section 68. The addition was deleted as i...

April 16, 2026 282 Views 0 comment Print

No reassessment beyond 3 years without proper sanction of prescribed higher authority

Income Tax : Reassessment proceedings was invalid for a notice issued beyond three years without the sanction of the prescribed higher authorit...

April 15, 2026 249 Views 0 comment Print


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CBDT Order: Scope of e-Appeals Scheme under Income-tax Act Specified

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...

June 16, 2023 4854 Views 0 comment Print

Adjustment of Seized cash against advance tax- Explanation 2 to Section 132B is prospective in nature: CBDT

Income Tax : Dispute arose between the Department and the assessees with regard to adjustment of such seized/requisitioned cash against advance...

June 12, 2017 6879 Views 0 comment Print


Assessment Invalid Where Department Could Not Prove Timely Issue of Order: ITAT Bangalore

October 1, 2025 990 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee argued that the order was barred by limitation because it was not served within the prescribed time. AO countered this, claiming the order was dispatched via speed post on December 30, 2017, and had thus left the office within the deadline.

ITAT Bangalore Restricts Additions in Search Assessment – Statement Alone Not Incriminating

October 1, 2025 669 Views 0 comment Print

Late Mahabir Prasad (through L/H Mrs. Parul Kansaria) Vs DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) ITAT Bangalore Restricts Additions in Search Assessment – Statement Alone Not Incriminating-  No Addition in Concluded Years Without Incriminating Material- Unaccounted Sales – Only GP Taxable, Not Entire Turnover Bangalore ITAT dealt with additions arising out of search proceedings in the A-One Steel […]

Addition u/s. 68 upheld as money trail establishes circulation of unaccounted funds through shell company

September 30, 2025 810 Views 0 comment Print

Chhattisgarh High Court held that addition under section 68 of the Income Tax Act justifiable since the money trail establishes circulation of assessee’s own unaccounted funds through shell company. Accordingly, appeal of revenue allowed and order of ITAT set aside.

Seized amount being proceeds of crime cannot be recovered by income tax department prior to conclusion of PMLA trial

September 29, 2025 1089 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that seized amount is prima facie proceeds of crime and not lawful income hence to treat such amounts as taxable income recoverable by the Income Tax Department, prior to the conclusion of the PMLA trial or adjudication, would be erroneous. Accordingly, petition dismissed.

Madras HC Quashes Customs Prosecution After DRI Allegations Found False

September 28, 2025 954 Views 0 comment Print

The Madras High Court blocked criminal prosecution against Jurassic Refiners & Jewels, ruling the underlying customs duty evasion allegation, which stemmed from the duty-free gold scheme, was dismissed on merit by the Telangana High Court.

No Section 271(1)(c) Penalty for Income Surrendered During Survey & Already Disclosed in ROI

September 28, 2025 672 Views 0 comment Print

Jaipur ITAT dismisses Revenue’s appeals in Nath Corporation, Royal Jewellers, and Shri Jitendra Kumar Agarwal cases, deleting Rs. 3.3 crore in penalties.

ITAT Ahmedabad Quashes ₹3.68 Cr Additions Based on WhatsApp & Loose Sheets

September 27, 2025 597 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) upheld the CIT(A)’s ruling, deleting unexplained money and commission additions made against Riddhesh Girishbhai Bhandari following a search.

ITAT Quashes 263 Revision on Political Donation – AO’s Enquiry Found Sufficient

September 27, 2025 1950 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad quashed the PCIT’s Section 263 revision setting aside an assessment, holding AO’s enquiry into an Section 80GGC political donation was plausible and adequate.

Laptop Data Alone Cannot Justify Reopening u/s 148: Excel Sheets Not Books or Assets

September 25, 2025 936 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Hyderabad rules Excel sheets from an accountant’s laptop aren’t ‘books’ or ‘assets,’ quashing reassessment notices against Exel Rubber for mechanical sanction and insufficient evidence.

No notice should be issued under Section 148A(b) in absence of undeclared/unexplained income

September 25, 2025 1188 Views 0 comment Print

In the instant case, the grievance of assessee was directed against the impugned notices dated 24.03.2025 and 28.05.2025 issued under Section 148A(1); the order passed under Section 148A(3); and the consequential notice issued under Section 148, all pertaining to AY 2019-20.

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