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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 93198 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 39189 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 12945 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 78 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 93 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 438 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 276 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


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 5829 Views 0 comment Print


Rejection of Books of Accounts is Pre-Requisite As Per Section 145(3) For Making an Assessment Under Section 144

May 26, 2017 4455 Views 0 comment Print

Under section 145 of the Act, rejection of books of accounts is pre-requisite, where books of accounts have been maintained by the assessee, for making additions by the AO on account of estimation of profit.

Types of Assessment under Income Tax Act, 1961

November 12, 2016 13702 Views 0 comment Print

Article Discusses Assessment under Section 143(1)-Scrutiny Assessment, Section 144- Best Judgement Assessment and Section 147- Income Escaping Assessment of Income Tax Act, 1961.

Assessment of holding company with notice to subsidiary is invalid

April 13, 2016 2041 Views 0 comment Print

High Court held that as the issue of service of notices under sections 148, 142(1) and 143(2) are concerned, it is an admitted position that the said notices were never served on the Petitioner. The Revenue seeks to justify service of these notices on the Petitioner by contending that they have served the said notices on the last known address of the Petitioner which was the address of Ingram Micro India [earlier known as Tech Pacific India], the downstream company of the Petitioner.

Cascading Effects of Assessment U/S 144 for Partnership Firm

November 14, 2015 6380 Views 0 comment Print

Assessment under section 144 popularly known as best judgment assessment is an assessment carried out as per the best judgment of the Assessing Officer. Best judgment assessment can only be made at the instance of certain failures as specified under section 144​ on the part of the taxpayer.

A collective understanding of Assessment Procedures

August 6, 2015 2775 Views 1 comment Print

Self Assessment u/s 140A: This simply means that the person is calculating his own tax liability and thereafter filing ITR after payment of self calculated tax. Since assessee himself calculates the tax and income, it is called as self assessment.

Assessment U/s. 143(3) despite non compliance of Notices is valid: HC

August 3, 2015 3151 Views 0 comment Print

Punjab & Haryana High Court held In the case of Subhash Chander vs. CIT that it is open for the AO to complete assessment either u/s 144 or u/s 143(3), in case compliance of notice has not been done by the assessee.

Section 124(3) stipulates a bar to any contention about lack of jurisdiction of an AO

July 4, 2015 7305 Views 0 comment Print

It is provided in section 124 (3) that no person shall entitled to call in question the jurisdiction of AO after the expiry of the time allowed by the notice under section 148 for the making of the return or by the notice under the first proviso to section 144 to show cause

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