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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 93756 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 1506 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 40914 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 Rejects Bogus LTCG Addition as No Independent Enquiry Was Conducted

Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held that an addition under Section 68 cannot be sustained solely on information received from the Investigation Wi...

June 25, 2026 66 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka HC Quashes Tax Assessment as Assessee Was Not Heard & Unfreezes Account

Income Tax : The Court held that the assessment and consequential demand could not stand where the petitioner had not participated in the proce...

June 25, 2026 90 Views 0 comment Print

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 252 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 129 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 81 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


HC Reverses 2016 Ex-Parte Order: Impacts of Best Judgment Assessment

October 19, 2023 1248 Views 0 comment Print

High Court’s decision to set aside a 2016 ex-parte order, impacting best judgment assessment for Parina Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. Get insights into case and its implications.

Addition u/s 68 impermissible as income estimated u/s 44AD of the Income Tax Act

October 14, 2023 5550 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that as income is estimated under section 44AD of the Income Tax Act, so addition under section 68/69A of the Income Tax Act is impermissible.

Mechanical issuance of notice u/s 148 of the Income Tax Act is unsustainable

October 7, 2023 1593 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai held that notice u/s 148 of the Income Tax Act being issued mechanically by AO without going through the original assessment records and without verification of documents on records is unsustainable in law.

Addition u/s. 68 unsustainable as genuineness of depositors proved

October 6, 2023 1776 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jodhpur held that addition under section 68 of the Income Tax Act towards unexplained credit unsustainable as genuineness of the depositors provided by filing confirmation, affidavits, bank statement, etc.

DTVSV Benefit Rejection Over pending Non-Tax Arrears Prosecution Unjustified

October 5, 2023 1233 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court held that rejection of benefit under Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas Act 2020 (DTVSV) unjustified as pendency of prosecution was in respect of any issue and not in respect of tax arrears.

Amendment to provisions of section 50C(1) is retrospective in nature

October 3, 2023 3714 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Hyderabad held that amendment to provisions of section 50C(1) of the Income Tax Act is retrospective in nature and hence the value adopted or assessed or assessable by the Stamp Valuation Authority on the date of agreement has to be taken for the purpose of full value of the consideration.

‘Non-cooperative attitude’ alone cannot justify penalties: ITAT Delhi

October 2, 2023 1116 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the case of Alankit Imaginations Ltd vs. DCIT (ITAT Delhi), where penalties were challenged. Learn why a ‘non-cooperative attitude’ alone cannot justify penalties.

No Section 271B Penalty without Assessee’s Reasonable Opportunity to be Heard

September 30, 2023 1221 Views 0 comment Print

In a landmark decision, ITAT Mumbai rules in favor of Evermore Polymer Systems Ltd., stating that penalties under Section 271B require a reasonable opportunity to be heard.

ITAT Orders Reassessment Due to Ex-Parte Assessment Ignoring Rule 46A Evidence

September 30, 2023 1821 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad directs readjudication of ex-parte assessment orders passed without considering additional evidence filed under Rule 46A of Income Tax Rules.

Reassessment of income other than income for which AO had formed a reason is unjustified

September 29, 2023 2319 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur held that reassessment of income under section 147 of the Income Tax Act other than income in respect of which AO has formed a reason to believe that the income has escaped assessment is unsustainable in law.

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