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FAQs on Assessments under Income-tax Law

Income Tax : Learn how different types of income tax assessments are conducted under the Income-tax Act. The FAQs explain assessment procedures...

June 24, 2026 93717 Views 7 comments Print

Understanding Section 145(3): Best Judgment Assessment & Powers of AO

Income Tax : Section 145(3) allows rejection of books if accounts are unreliable or standards are not followed. The key takeaway is that specif...

March 24, 2026 939 Views 0 comment Print

Best Judgment Assessment invalid without rejection of books of account

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that cash deposits cannot be treated as unexplained income unless books of account are formally rejected under s...

December 22, 2025 1503 Views 0 comment Print

Time limit for issuing different income-tax notices & completion of assessment

Income Tax : Summary of statutory deadlines for issuing income tax notices (Sec 143, 147) and completing assessments, reassessments, and appeal...

October 17, 2025 40887 Views 0 comment 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 13539 Views 0 comment Print


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Budget 2024: CIT(A) can Refer Section 144 Best Judgment Assessments Back to AO

Income Tax : Starting October 1, 2024, Commissioners (Appeals) will gain new powers to set aside and refer best judgment assessments back to As...

July 26, 2024 13224 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


ITAT Quashes Reassessment as Section 151 Approval Was Not Obtained from Competent Authority

Income Tax : ITAT Pune held that the reassessment proceedings were invalid because the notice under Section 148 was approved by the Principal C...

June 24, 2026 204 Views 0 comment Print

Section 80P Deduction Allowed on Interest Income Attributable to Credit Society’s Business

Income Tax : ITAT held that interest earned by a co-operative credit society from deposits with a co-operative bank remained attributable to it...

June 24, 2026 105 Views 0 comment Print

Vivad se Vishwas Benefit Allowed as Assessment Was Based on Survey, Not Search: Gujarat HC

Income Tax : Gujarat High Court held that rejection of a Vivad se Vishwas declaration was invalid because final assessment arose from survey pr...

June 23, 2026 75 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka HC Quashes Assessment as Assessee Was Not Heard Under Section 148A

Income Tax : The High Court set aside the assessment order, demand notice, and bank attachment after finding that the proceedings were complete...

June 23, 2026 102 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Bogus LTCG Addition in absence of Independent Inquiry & Corresponding Bank Credits

Income Tax : The ITAT held that the Assessing Officer failed to produce any material establishing a connection between the assessee and the all...

June 23, 2026 333 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


ITO doesn’t have jurisdiction to issue notice to NRI: ITAT Chandigarh

Income Tax : ITAT Chandigarh held that ITO Ward-3(1), Chandigarh had no jurisdiction to issue notice to an NRI and hence consequently the asses...

April 11, 2025 5928 Views 0 comment Print


Reassessment order quashed as mandatory requirement of notice u/s. 143(2) not complied

November 30, 2024 2040 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chandigarh held that reassessment order under section 147 of the Income Tax Act cannot be passed without compliance with mandatory requirement of notice under section 143(2) of the Income Tax Act. Thus, order passed u/s. 144 r/w 147 set aside.

Ex-parte order confirming addition of entire cash deposits during demonetization not justified

November 29, 2024 1308 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that addition towards entire cash deposits during demonetization period by passing ex-parte order due to non-compliance by assessee without examining on merits unjustified. Accordingly, matter restored back to AO for fresh examination.

No addition with regard to closing balance of old loan can be made u/s. 68: ITAT Surat

November 26, 2024 1851 Views 0 comment Print

CIT(A) confirmed the addition to the extent of Rs.1.42 crores and remaining addition of Rs.3.35 crores, which was closing balance of loans were deleted. Further aggrieved, the revenue has filed present appeal before the Tribunal.

Addition u/s. 69A sustained since assessee remained non-compliant: ITAT Ahmedabad

November 26, 2024 2154 Views 0 comment Print

During the course of assessment proceedings, AO noticed that there was cash deposit of Rs. 36,48,000/- and credit entries of Rs. 21,93,269/-. AO observed that inspite of repeated reminders, assessee failed to submit the reply.

Reassessment notice under section 148 served after date of limitation is bad-in-law: ITAT Kolkata

November 22, 2024 6741 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata held that reassessment order quashed since notice issued under section 148 of the Income Tax Act was served after the date of limitation. Since issuance of notice is bad in law, consequent orders is liable to be quashed.

Amount received in advance leviable to tax in the year of its collection: Madras HC

November 20, 2024 2862 Views 1 comment Print

The First Appellate authority further directed the assessing authority to reopen the assessment proceedings for the A.Y. 2010-11 and from 2012-13 onwards to disallow the set off of the claim of unabsorbed depreciation computed from 1998-99 onwards.

Excess interest to be refunded back as rule 8(3) is ultra vires to section 11AB(1) of Central Excise Act

November 19, 2024 621 Views 0 comment Print

Petitioner is engaged in manufacturing of Duplex Board. The present writ petition has been preferred seeking to recover a sum of Rs.3,66,649/- which was paid by the petitioner to the Department as interest in excess of actual interest liability.

Rejection of books of accounts unjustified as no discrepancy pointed out: ITAT Ahmedabad

November 18, 2024 1404 Views 0 comment Print

During the impugned year, noting the fact that the assessee had deposited cash during demonetization period from 8th November 2016 to 30th December 2016 of Rs.4,12,67,000/-, the case of the assessee was selected for scrutiny under Computer Assisted Scrutiny Selection (CASS).

Income from AOP/BOI Included in Taxable Income; Post-Tax Share Not Subject to Re-Taxation

November 18, 2024 1308 Views 0 comment Print

Aggrieved by the relief granted by CIT(A) to assessee, Revenue preferred Appeal before ITAT for the assessment years under consideration and against the deletion of additions made by AO. ITAT dismissed the appeal.

Orissa HC Dismisses Writ Petition challenging Manual Income Tax Assessment

November 16, 2024 897 Views 0 comment Print

Orissa High Court rejects Sri Gopal Store’s writ challenging a manual assessment, citing the absence of faceless assessment requirements for the 2021-22 tax year.

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