Income Tax : Section 145(3) allows rejection of books if accounts are unreliable or standards are not followed. The key takeaway is that specif...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that cash deposits cannot be treated as unexplained income unless books of account are formally rejected under s...
Income Tax : Learn about various types of income tax assessments under Sections 143, 144, and 147, their procedures, time limits, and taxpayer ...
Income Tax : Summary of statutory deadlines for issuing income tax notices (Sec 143, 147) and completing assessments, reassessments, and appeal...
Income Tax : Understand the three core processes of Indian Income Tax: Rectification of mistakes (Sec 154), the four types of Assessment (Summa...
Income Tax : Starting October 1, 2024, Commissioners (Appeals) will gain new powers to set aside and refer best judgment assessments back to As...
Income Tax : ITAT Hyderabad holds 12.5% profit estimation on ₹2.52 crore bank credits excessive; rejects commission agent claim due to lack o...
Income Tax : ITAT Hyderabad holds that Section 249(4)(b) cannot bar appeal where no income is admitted and no advance tax is payable; sets asid...
Income Tax : The Tribunal restored the case as the CIT(A) confirmed additions without granting adequate opportunity of hearing. It held that fa...
Income Tax : The tribunal held that cash deposits cannot be treated as unexplained when sufficient recorded cash receipts exist. Once books sup...
Income Tax : The High Court quashed assessment and penalty orders after finding notices were sent to an incorrect email address. It held that i...
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...
Mumbai ITAT has set aside an ex parte tax assessment, ruling that a genuine dispute between partners was a valid reason for non-compliance.
The ITAT Raipur ruled that the CIT(A) overstepped its jurisdiction by remanding a multi-crore TDS dispute involving SECL. The decision clarifies that a CIT(A) cannot remand cases that were not assessed under Section 144.
An overview of Section 144 of the Indian Income Tax Act, which allows an Assessing Officer to make a best judgment assessment in cases of non-compliance.
The ITAT Chandigarh deleted a ₹25.25 lakh cash deposit addition to an illiterate agriculturist’s income, accepting bank records as evidence of redeposited funds.
ITAT Delhi partly allowed the assessee’s appeal for AY 2012-13, reducing the unexplained investment addition from Rs. 7.82 lakh to Rs. 1.32 lakh. The tribunal factored in the assessee’s socio-economic status and past family savings, granting a net relief of Rs. 6.5 lakh.
ITAT emphasized that section 69C applies only to unexplained or unrecorded expenditure; recorded educational expenses cannot be arbitrarily disallowed.
A recent ITAT Patna decision underscores that genuine tax claims aren’t defeated by incorrect section citations. Taxpayers can seek rightful exemptions if conditions are met, even with minor errors.
ITAT Hyderabad held that addition of agricultural income as unexplained income under section 68 of the Income Tax Act as documents evidencing ownership of agricultural land now placed on record. Accordingly, matter remanded back to file of AO for fresh adjudication.
Chandigarh ITAT held that CIT(A) has no power to set aside assessments passed u/s 143(3), as such power exists only for ex-parte orders u/s 144. Revenue’s appeal was allowed, and the case remanded for fresh adjudication on merits.
Explore the different types of assessments under the Income Tax Act, 1961, including self-assessment, regular assessment, and best judgment assessment for taxpayers in India.
