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Time limit for issuing different income-tax notices & completion of assessment

Income Tax : Understand the statutory time limits for issuing income-tax notices and completing assessments under the Income-tax Act. The guide...

June 29, 2026 42375 Views 0 comment Print

Rectification, Assessment and Appeal under Income Act, 1961

Income Tax : Learn the updated provisions governing rectification, assessments, reassessments, and appeals under the Income-tax Act. This guide...

June 29, 2026 14043 Views 0 comment Print

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 94167 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 1005 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 1575 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 13293 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Bengaluru ITAT Remands Ex Parte Assessment Based on Demonetisation Cash Deposits; AO Directed to Recompute Income on Proper Evidence

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore remanded the assessment after holding that income estimation based solely on bank deposits without supporting evide...

July 7, 2026 12 Views 0 comment Print

Old Currency Deposits From Identified Members Not Section 69A Unexplained Money: ITAT Bengaluru

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore deleted the Section 69A addition after holding that member details established the source of cash deposits made dur...

July 6, 2026 159 Views 0 comment Print

1439-day delay in Filing Appeal Condoned & Matter Remanded for Fresh Assessment: ITAT Kolkata

Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata condoned appeal delay, set aside the CIT(A)'s order, and remanded the assessment for fresh adjudication after grantin...

July 5, 2026 264 Views 0 comment Print

Section 44AD Inapplicable Above Turnover Limit; Past Profit Rate Adopted: ITAT Agra

Income Tax : ITAT Agra held Section 44AD could not apply where turnover exceeded the limit, adopted past profit history, allowed telescoping an...

July 4, 2026 249 Views 0 comment Print

Draft Assessment Ignoring Filed Return Set Aside for Fresh Consideration: Madras HC

Income Tax : Madras HC held that merely issuing a corrigendum acknowledging the return did not rectify the defective assessment process and ord...

July 4, 2026 117 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 5958 Views 0 comment Print


Jurisdiction Free Assessment under Income Tax Act, 1961

January 8, 2020 18096 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 6420 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 80859 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 3669 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 11160 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 […]

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

May 26, 2017 4527 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 13801 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 2077 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 6455 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 2850 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.

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