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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 756 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 1350 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 93195 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 39186 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 12942 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 13038 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Entire Joint Property Value Cannot Be Taxed in One Co-owner’s Hands Without Verification: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : Tribunal noted the assessee’s contention that only his share in jointly owned properties could be taxed instead of the entire tr...

May 22, 2026 72 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Hyderabad Condones 182-Day Delay as Assessee Faced Liver Failure

Income Tax : ITAT Hyderabad condoned a 182-day delay in filing the appeal after accepting medical evidence relating to failed liver transplanta...

May 22, 2026 90 Views 0 comment Print

Assessment Order Quashed Due to Email Communication Issue Despite Valid Section 148 Notice

Income Tax : Court upheld the validity of the Section 148 notice but set aside the assessment order after finding that notices were sent to an ...

May 22, 2026 420 Views 0 comment Print

Opening Balances Cannot Be Added Under Section 68 as They Relate to Earlier Years

Income Tax : Tribunal reiterated that credits brought forward from earlier financial years cannot ordinarily be taxed under Section 68 in subse...

May 22, 2026 273 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi Quashes Reassessment as Reopening Was Based Only on Audit Objection

Income Tax : The Delhi ITAT held that reassessment proceedings initiated solely on the basis of a revenue audit objection without fresh tangibl...

May 20, 2026 111 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 5829 Views 0 comment Print


Various Type of Assessment & amp; Study of Best Judgement Assessment

October 22, 2020 139819 Views 0 comment Print

Self assessment – The assessee is required to make a self assessment and pay the tax on the basis of the returns furnished. Any tax paid by the assessee under self assessment is deemed to have been paid towards regular assessment. Regular assessment – On the basis of thereturn of income chargeable to tax furnished by the assessee an intimation shall be sent to the assessee informing him about the tax or interest payable or refundable to him.

If Assessee Engaged in Accommodation Entries Only Commission to be Added on Estimation Basis

July 30, 2020 4545 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether for assessee engaged in providing accommodation entries only commission amount to be added on estimation basis or entire amount of accommodation entry to be added?

Know All about Section 144 of Criminal Procedure Code (with recent special words)

April 4, 2020 3579 Views 4 comments Print

Section 144 of Criminal Procedure Code- Power to issue order in urgent cases of nuisance of apprehended danger- (1) Who Can issue order: Order can be issued by District Magistrate, Sub-Divisional Magistrate or Executive Magistrate specially empowered by state Govt. जिला मजिस्ट्रेट, उप-विभागीय  मजिस्ट्रेट  या विशेष रूप से राज्य सरकार द्वारा सशक्त कार्यकारी मजिस्ट्रेट द्वारा आदेश जारी किया जा सकता है|

Best Judgement Assessment under Income Tax Act, 1961

March 31, 2020 21162 Views 1 comment Print

SECTION 139(1) requires that every person; a) Being a Company or a firm or; b) Being a person other than a Company or a firm if (i) his /her total income or (ii) the total income of any other person in respect of which he is assess able under the Income Tax Act, during the […]

Modification of e-assessment scheme to include section 144 reference

February 5, 2020 3366 Views 0 comment Print

Modification of e-assessment scheme Section 143 of the Act provides the manner for processing and assessment of return of income (ITR) where a return has been made under section 139, or in response to a notice under sub-section (1) of section 142 of the Act. 2. Sub-section (3A) of section 143 provides that the Central […]

Jurisdiction Free Assessment under Income Tax Act, 1961

January 8, 2020 17967 Views 1 comment Print

This article is covering in depth knowledge of various types of Jurisdictions, Various types of Assessments under Income Tax Act, 1961 and details of new system i.e. Jurisdiction-Free Assessment which was introduced from 2016. Jurisdiction is prescribed under Section 124 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 and assessment includes Summary assessment under section 143(1), Scrutiny assessment […]

Order passed by AO against directions issued by Tribunal is not sustainable in law

January 7, 2020 6384 Views 0 comment Print

Engineering Professional Co. Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (Gujarat High Court) In the given case, Assessee has filed appeal before ITAT against the order passed by the A.O. u/s 44AD. With respect to that appeal ITAT passed the order and state that “the Assessee is directed to attend the assessment proceedings and justify its claim of […]

Various Assessments Under The Income Tax Law

January 2, 2020 80748 Views 3 comments Print

Every taxpayer has to furnish the details of his income to the Income-tax Department. These details are to be furnished by filing up his return of income. Once the return of income is filed up by the taxpayer, the next step is the processing of the return of income by the Income Tax Department. The […]

Best judgment assessment- Salary & interest to partners can be disallowed

May 2, 2019 3642 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT held that As there was part non-compliance by assessee with first notice under section 142(1) and complete non-compliance with subsequent notice under section 142(1), the AO was right in framing assessment order under section 144 and in denying allowance of interest and salary paid to partners by taking support of provisions of section 184(5).

Best Judgement in cases of Rejection of books of account

March 1, 2019 11070 Views 0 comment Print

Rejection of Books of Account under Section 145(3) and Assessment in the manner under Section 144 Connotation thereof Method of Accounting Section 145 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (the Act) provides the method of accounting by the assessee. Section 145(1) of the Act provides that income chargeable under the head “Profits and gains of business […]

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