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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 93717 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 1503 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 40887 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 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 204 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 105 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 75 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka HC Quashes Assessment as Assessee Was Not Heard Under Section 148A

Income Tax : The High Court set aside the assessment order, demand notice, and bank attachment after finding that the proceedings were complete...

June 23, 2026 102 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Bogus LTCG Addition in absence of Independent Inquiry & Corresponding Bank Credits

Income Tax : The ITAT held that the Assessing Officer failed to produce any material establishing a connection between the assessee and the all...

June 23, 2026 333 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


ITAT Quashes Non-Speaking Ex-Parte CIT(A) Order, Directs De Novo Assessment

November 4, 2025 369 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Lucknow quashed the ex-parte appellate orders for AY 2013-14, 2015-16, and 2016-17, ruling that the CIT(A) failed in its statutory duty to pass a speaking order on the appeal merits. The case is remitted for a de novo assessment.

Section 271(1)(c) Penalty Quashed as Quantum Appeal Pending: ITAT Mumbai

November 4, 2025 1029 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that a penalty under Section 271(1)(c) was premature when the related quantum appeal was still pending, remitting the matter back for fresh consideration.

ITAT Hyderabad Restores Appeal as NFAC Sent Notices to Wrong Email

November 4, 2025 618 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Hyderabad condoned a 211-day delay in filing an appeal, finding the delay was justified because the NFAC (CIT(A)) sent all crucial notices to incorrect email addresses. The Tribunal restored the appeal for fresh hearing, ruling that the ex parte dismissal violated the principles of natural justice due to improper service of notice.

Renewal of Fixed Deposit Not Unexplained Investment: ITAT Delhi Deletes Addition

November 2, 2025 798 Views 0 comment Print

Dismissing Revenue’s appeal, the Tribunal held that the assessee’s ₹1.9 crore FDR was a renewal of an earlier deposit used as bank guarantee security and not a new unexplained investment under Section 69.

ITAT Allows 80P(2)(d) Deduction on Interest from Co-op Bank Deposits to Co-op Society

November 2, 2025 750 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT ruled that Thane Zilla Vidyasevak Sahakari Patpedhi Ltd. is eligible for deduction u/s 80P(2)(d) on Rs. 94.12 lakh interest income earned from deposits in a co-operative bank. Tribunal affirmed that a co-operative bank is classified as a co-operative society for this deduction.

ITAT Pune: Profit on Sale of Agricultural Land Not Automatically Business Income – Intent of Purchase Must Be Examined

November 2, 2025 831 Views 0 comment Print

Tribunal ruled that merely selling agricultural land does not make it a business transaction. It directed AO to reassess whether land was held for investment or trade based on intention, frequency and surrounding facts.

ITAT Chennai Remands Case Over Unexplained Cash Deposits for Fresh Hearing

November 2, 2025 240 Views 0 comment Print

Tribunal set aside the CIT(A)’s order confirming addition of ₹15.01 lakh as unexplained cash deposits, directing the authority to give the assessee a fair opportunity to rebut the remand report and produce supporting evidence.

₹8.84 Cr Addition Deleted as ATM Cash Mistakenly Linked to Employee’s PAN

November 2, 2025 411 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Agra held that ₹8.84 crore deposited and withdrawn from bank accounts used for ATM cash replenishment could not be treated as unexplained money of the employee. The Tribunal confirmed that the amounts belonged to Punjab & Sind Bank.

Reopening Validated: Dual PANs & Huge Cash Deposits Are Tangible Material

November 2, 2025 660 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi upheld reassessment on an individual for AY 2017-18, finding that existence of dual PANs and huge undisclosed demonetization cash deposits constituted tangible material. Tribunal confirmed that sufficiency of material is irrelevant at reopening stage, only prima facie belief matters when notice is issued within four years.

ITAT Dehradun Quashes Section 271(1)(c) Penalty for Non-Specific Charge

October 31, 2025 462 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Dehradun held that penalty u/s 271(1)(c) was invalid as the AO failed to specify whether it was for concealment or inaccurate particulars, showing lack of application of mind.

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