Income Tax : The ruling clarifies that unauthenticated digital chats and screenshots cannot form the sole basis of tax additions without proper...
Income Tax : Judicial rulings clarify that satisfaction for initiating action against other persons in search cases must be recorded promptly. ...
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...
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...
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...
Income Tax : The Central Board of Direct Taxes ( CBDT) has directed re-opening of all cases under the search and seizure label, income-escapin...
Income Tax : The case examined whether compensation paid to exit prior agreements was a sham arrangement. The Tribunal ruled it was a valid bus...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that an unsigned agreement without corroboration cannot be treated as incriminating material. Proceedings under ...
Income Tax : The Tribunal deleted additions where the Revenue failed to prove actual cash transactions. It emphasized that suspicion and assump...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that loan repayment cannot be treated as unexplained cash credit under section 68. The addition was deleted as i...
Income Tax : Reassessment proceedings was invalid for a notice issued beyond three years without the sanction of the prescribed higher authorit...
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 held that Magistrate not empowered to order/ direct fresh revaluation of smuggled goods at the preliminary stage of investigation. Accordingly, direction for revaluation of goods is unsustainable in law.
ITAT Mumbai held that addition under section 69A of the Income Tax Act on the basis of a third party statement without bringing any corroborative material is liable to be deleted. Accordingly, addition deleted and appeal of assessee allowed.
Madras High Court held that writ against assessment orders issued under section 153C of the Income Tax Act is dismissed existence of alternative remedy. Accordingly, writ petition dismissed and petitioner directed to approach the appellate authority.
Delhi High Court quashes tax notices against R.C. Jewellers, rules Section 153C proceedings require incriminating material linking seized items to assessee’s income.
Delhi High Court sets aside Section 153C notice for AY 2015-16, ruling assessment time-barred based on date documents were handed over by the search AO.
Assessee challenged this, arguing the procedure under Section 148A was not followed. The Supreme Court ruled that notices after 31.03.2021 had to follow the amended Section 148A.
ITAT Jaipur held that without considering the merits of the dispute and without verifying the veracity of the documents, the documents signed by third party cannot be directly held to be colorable devise. Accordingly, matter remanded to AO for due verification.
ITAT Delhi held that loose papers cannot be considered as admissible evidence for making an addition unless backed by independent corroborative material. Accordingly, addition made under section 69B of the Income Tax Act liable to be deleted.
ITAT Delhi held that in absence of original certificate, benefit of jewellery and ornaments declared in VDIS Scheme 1997 is granted based on affidavit and valuation report of the jewellery declared under VDIS.
Held that the AO seeks to disallow expenses on account of doubting the genuineness for the reason that the same were not incurred wholly or exclusively for the purpose of the petitioner’s business.
