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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 609 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 1173 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Assessments under Income-tax Law

Income Tax : Learn about various types of income tax assessments under Sections 143, 144, and 147, their procedures, time limits, and taxpayer ...

November 4, 2025 92790 Views 7 comments 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 38034 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 12498 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 12918 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


12.5% Profit on Bank Credits Excessive, Restricted to 4%: ITAT Hyderabad

Income Tax : ITAT Hyderabad holds 12.5% profit estimation on ₹2.52 crore bank credits excessive; rejects commission agent claim due to lack o...

April 27, 2026 93 Views 0 comment Print

No Appeal Dismissal u/s 249(4)(b) Without Advance Tax Liability: ITAT Hyderabad

Income Tax : ITAT Hyderabad holds that Section 249(4)(b) cannot bar appeal where no income is admitted and no advance tax is payable; sets asid...

April 27, 2026 39 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai: Faceless Additions Set Aside – Salaried Assessee Deserves Fair Opportunity

Income Tax : The Tribunal restored the case as the CIT(A) confirmed additions without granting adequate opportunity of hearing. It held that fa...

April 27, 2026 93 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai: Section 68 Additions Collapse – No “Source of Source” for Firms, Evidence Overrides Suspicion

Income Tax : The tribunal held that cash deposits cannot be treated as unexplained when sufficient recorded cash receipts exist. Once books sup...

April 27, 2026 168 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Proceedings Quashed as Notices Sent to Incorrect Email Address

Income Tax : The High Court quashed assessment and penalty orders after finding notices were sent to an incorrect email address. It held that i...

April 26, 2026 300 Views 0 comment Print


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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 5733 Views 0 comment Print


Penalty u/s 271B for non-filing of tax audit report not leviable if sufficient cause shown

June 17, 2023 7026 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Amritsar held that non-filing of tax audit report due to technical glitch is the reasonable cause shown. Accordingly, penalty under section 271B of the Income Tax Act not leviable for such non-filing of tax audit report.

Addition unsustained as difference between reported gross receipts and Form 26AS duly explained

June 15, 2023 2265 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata held that addition towards difference between figure of gross receipts reported and figure reported in Form 26AS is unsustainable as the difference is merely because figure reported in Form 26AS was inclusive of service tax component.

Condonation of delay in filing of appeal granted in absence of malafide or deliberate intention

June 13, 2023 21189 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that as there was no malafide or deliberate in action on the part of the assessee in filing the appeal with delay of 387 days before the Ld. CIT(A). Accordingly, it was directed to CIT(A) to condone the delay.

Wrong allotment of two PANs cannot set assessee as non-filer for one PAN as return filed via other PAN

June 9, 2023 3219 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Amritsar held that because of wrong allotment of two PANs, assessee cannot be set as a non-filer or undeclared of tax in the return of one PAN as income duly declared via other PAN. Matter remanded back.

Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) not imposable when income assessed on estimate basis

May 29, 2023 9495 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that penalty under section 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act not imposable when income is assessed on estimate basis and accordingly additions are made therein on estimate basis.

Non-compliance due to receipt of notice in SPAM folder is sufficient cause for condonation of delay

May 24, 2023 2850 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur held that non-compliance due to receipt of notice in SPAM folder is sufficient cause shown for the delay. Accordingly, delay of 223 days in filing of an appeal condoned.

Section 45(5A) inserted vide Finance Act 2017 doesn’t have retrospective effect

May 23, 2023 3531 Views 0 comment Print

Patna High Court held that sub-section (5A) of section 45 inserted by way of an amendment in the Finance Act, 2017, expressly stated to be effective from 01.04.2018 cannot be treated as retrospective.

Ex-parte order unjustified as revenue failed to carry out primary duty post non-service of notice

May 15, 2023 2463 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that post non-service of notice, revenue failed to carry out its primary responsibility to ascertain whether the company, against which notices were issued, and proceedings under section 148 was contemplated, was existing or not. Accordingly, matter remanded to carry out fresh adjudication.

Books cannot be rejected without showing defect in books of account maintained

May 6, 2023 2865 Views 0 comment Print

CIT(A) in his order while rejecting Books of Account does not specify defect in record. The basis of rejection appears to be best judgment of assessment

Tax on sale of property belonging to father is not leviable on son

May 3, 2023 8094 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Amritsar held that the assessee is not liable for payment of tax related to sale of property which belong to his father. Accordingly, addition liable to be quashed.

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