Income Tax : ITAT held that a return filed under section 148 remains valid even if delayed. Failure to issue mandatory notice under section 143...
Income Tax : Tribunal held that an assessment is void when the competent officer does not issue the mandatory notice. Jurisdiction cannot arise...
Income Tax : A surge in Section 143(2) notices was triggered by the June 2025 limitation deadline. This explains why cases were picked and how ...
Income Tax : Automated risk alerts are delaying income-tax refunds without clear reasons. The law allows withholding only through statutory pro...
Income Tax : Faceless Income-tax proceedings and e-assessments under Section 144B simplify taxpayer compliance. Use the e-filing portal for ele...
Income Tax : Read how Income Tax Gazetted Officers’ Association addresses last-minute case reallocations affecting timely issuance of notices...
Income Tax : The Supreme Court has ruled that it is mandatory for the Income Tax Department to issue notice within the prescribed time limit of...
Income Tax : Delhi ITAT held that Dividend Distribution Tax paid on dividends to non-resident shareholders could be restricted to the treaty ra...
Income Tax : The Hyderabad ITAT held that purchases cannot be treated as bogus merely because the supplier failed to respond to a notice under ...
Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that the assessee was covered under the search proceedings even though its name did not specifically appear in the...
Income Tax : Court ruled that reassessment notices under Section 148 must be issued through the faceless mechanism under Section 151A and the 2...
Income Tax : ITAT Hyderabad held that addition of Rs. 13 lakh under Section 69A through rectification proceedings exceeded the scope of Section...
Income Tax : Understand the guidelines set by the Indian Ministry of Finance for the compulsory selection of returns for complete scrutiny duri...
Income Tax : CBDT hereby authorises the Assistant Commissioner of Income-tax/Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax (NaFAC) having her / his headqua...
Income Tax : The three formats of notice(s) are: Limited Scrutiny (Computer Aided Scrutiny Selection}, Complete Scrutiny (Computer Aided Scruti...
Income Tax : Central Board of Direct Taxes, with approval of the Revenue Secretary, has decided to modify notice under section 143(2) of the In...
Income Tax : Instruction No.1/2015 Clarification regarding applicability of section 143(1D) of the Income-tax Act, 1961- Vide Finance Act, 2012...
ITAT Surat held that AO cannot go beyond reason for which matter was selected for limited scrutiny. Thus, PCIT cannot pass revisionary order u/s. 263 of the Income Tax Act on other aspects outside the scope of limited scrutiny.
ITAT Raipur held that ad-hoc disallowance of expenditure without specifying expenditure which was either not incurred for the purpose of business or was not substantiated by documentary evidence/material is unsustainable in law.
ITAT Kolkata held that invocation of revisionary power u/s 263 of the Income Tax Act without pointing out the error committed by AO and without recording a finding regarding escapement of income is unsustainable in law.
ITAT Kolkata held that as per provisions of section 23(1)(c) the annual lettable value of the vacant property of unsold units/flats held as stock-in-trade by the assessee but remained vacant during the year is to be computed at Rs. NIL.
ITAT Chennai held that interest income received from investment in Erode District Central Co-operative Bank, which is governed by Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Act, is eligible for deduction u/s 80P(2)(d) of the Income Tax Act.
ITAT Kolkata held that as assessee has provided the explanation with documentary evidence and such documents have not been held as false either by AO during assessment proceedings or during penalty proceedings. Hence, penalty u/s. 271(1)(c) not leviable.
ITAT Mumbai held that disallowance of net prior period expenditure debited under the head ‘prior period expenses’ unsustainable as expenditure duly allowed in earlier years by the Tribunal.
Revenue had placed no material on record to show that the loose papers were in the hand-writing of assessee and there was no corroborative material on record to prove that the expenditure recorded in the said loose papers was incurred by assessee. Therefore, no addition could be made on account of undisclosed expenses.
In the case of Bombay Samachar Pvt. Ltd Vs ACIT, ITAT Mumbai rules that valuation of sale consideration must involve a Valuation Officer as per Section 50C of the Income Tax Act.
ITAT Hyderabad held that claim of deduction under section 54F of the Income Tax Act not available as the flats sold are not hold for a minimum period of 3 years.
