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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 40890 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 207 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 336 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


ITAT Restores Assessment for Fresh Adjudication, Allows Assessee to Present Evidence

October 1, 2024 642 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi orders reassessment in Anita Dabas Vs ITO case due to non-speaking order and lack of fair hearing by CIT(A).

Delay Condoned as Assessee, an Agriculturist, Unaware of Proceedings: ITAT Ahmedabad

September 30, 2024 756 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad condoned delay of 725 days in filing of an appeal since assessee is an agriculturist and is not aware of the intricacies of the assessment proceedings as well as appellate proceedings.

Power of rectification vested to Settlement Commission only w.e.f. 01.06.2011: Madras HC

September 26, 2024 543 Views 0 comment Print

Madras High Court held that Settlement Commission not authorized to rectify the order under section 154 of the Income Tax Act as power of rectification vested to Settlement Commission only with effect from 01.06.2011.

No reassessment if AO failed to issue mandatory notice u/s 143(2) before assessment

September 21, 2024 1632 Views 0 comment Print

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.

Cash deposit during demonetization period to be examined as per CBDT instructions: ITAT Bangalore

September 17, 2024 1719 Views 0 comment Print

AO noted that the assessee was unable to satisfied the ingredients of section 68 of the Income Tax Act. Thus, AO applied section 68 and added into total income and applied tax rate as per section 115BBE of the Act. Accordingly assessed income was determined at Rs.75,49,764.

Dismissal of appeal by CIT(A) unjustified as reason for non-payment of advance tax amount explained: ITAT Bangalore

September 10, 2024 609 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that dismissal of appeal by CIT(A) for non-payment of an amount equal to the amount of advance tax unjustified as assessee has explained good and sufficient reason for not paying the amount.

ITAT Orders De Novo Consideration as CIT(A) Fails to Provide Reasons for dismissal of appeal

September 5, 2024 564 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ranchi remands MD Yasin Construction Pvt Ltd’s appeal due to CIT(A)’s non-mentioning of reasons for dismissal, directing a de novo review.

Arihant Developers Wins Bombay HC Case on IDS Tax Payment

September 5, 2024 714 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court quashes reassessment order against Arihant Developers, confirming their compliance with the Income Declaration Scheme 2016.

Assessment must be completed u/s. 144 when books of accounts are rejected u/s. 145(3): ITAT Jaipur

September 2, 2024 2454 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur held that in case the books of accounts are rejected by applying provisions of section 145(3) of the Income Tax Act then assessment must be completed under section 144 of the Income Tax Act which is not done by AO in the present case.

Due to short gap between three notices CIT(A) directed to give one more opportunity of being heard

September 2, 2024 420 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur held that there was short gap between three notices issued as say the opportunities granted hence it a fit case were one more opportunity should be granted in the proceedings before CIT(A), to enable the assessee to represent his appeals.

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