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 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...
ITAT Bangalore held that granting an opportunity to cross examine essential when addition is made on the basis of 3rd party statements. Non-granting any opportunity of cross examination violates the principle of natural which vitiates the validity of addition.
Kerala High Court held that competent authorities under the Income Tax Act is entitled to seek interim custody of the currency notes that are seized and produced before the Jurisdictional Magistrate.
Madras High Court held that matter rightly transferred from jurisdiction of registered office to place of business as search was conducted based on place of business and incriminating material were seized based on place of business.
The ITAT Kolkata quashed Section 263 proceedings against Nalanda Engicon, ruling that the prior approval under Section 153D was sufficient to invalidate the revision.
Where AO failed to issue a notice under Section 143(2) and proceed directly by rejecting the return filed by assessee, the reassessment action would thus be liable to be quashed.
ITAT Mumbai held that accommodation entries in the nature of bogus unsecured loans is liable to be added as unexplained under section 68 of the Income Tax Act. Accordingly, addition u/s. 68 confirmed.
ITAT Delhi held that penalty u/s. 271AAB of the Income Tax Act not imposable as AO failed to link additional income disclosed by the assessee with the incriminating material found during search. Thus, penalty u/s. 271AAB deleted.
The ITAT Jaipur ruled in ACIT vs Naresh Jain, addressing Section 115BBE, unexplained income, and the benefit of telescoping in tax assessments.
ITAT Ahmedabad held that claim of exemption u/s. 10(38) on sale of shares rightly disallowed as assessee failed to prove genuineness of transaction and long-term capital gain on sale of shares was an arranged affair to convert its own unaccounted money.
Punjab and Haryana High Court held that cash seized cannot be adjusted against tax liability as advance tax and hence interest under section 234B of the Income Tax Act on delayed payment of advance tax duly leviable.
