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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 609 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 1188 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 92799 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 38079 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 12498 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 12924 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


12.5% Profit on Bank Credits Excessive, Restricted to 4%: ITAT Hyderabad

Income Tax : ITAT Hyderabad holds 12.5% profit estimation on ₹2.52 crore bank credits excessive; rejects commission agent claim due to lack o...

April 27, 2026 105 Views 0 comment Print

No Appeal Dismissal u/s 249(4)(b) Without Advance Tax Liability: ITAT Hyderabad

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...

April 27, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai: Faceless Additions Set Aside – Salaried Assessee Deserves Fair Opportunity

Income Tax : The Tribunal restored the case as the CIT(A) confirmed additions without granting adequate opportunity of hearing. It held that fa...

April 27, 2026 102 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai: Section 68 Additions Collapse – No “Source of Source” for Firms, Evidence Overrides Suspicion

Income Tax : The tribunal held that cash deposits cannot be treated as unexplained when sufficient recorded cash receipts exist. Once books sup...

April 27, 2026 171 Views 0 comment Print

Income Tax Proceedings Quashed as Notices Sent to Incorrect Email Address

Income Tax : The High Court quashed assessment and penalty orders after finding notices were sent to an incorrect email address. It held that i...

April 26, 2026 306 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 5736 Views 0 comment Print


Amprolium HCL classified under CTH 2933 9900 and duty demand upheld

September 1, 2025 249 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Chennai held that classification of Amprolium HCL under Customs Tariff Heading [CTH] 2933 9900 upheld. Accordingly, duty and interest as ordered is upheld.

Income already taxed in proprietor’s hands cannot be taxed again in dissolved partnership

September 1, 2025 651 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi: Cash deposits in a dissolved firms bank account are taxable only in the proprietors hands, not the partnerships. The protective addition was deleted.

No TOLA Shelter: ITAT Delhi Quashes 2015-16 Reopenings as Time-Barred

September 1, 2025 492 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi ITAT invalidates reassessment notices issued for AY 2015-16 after April 1, 2021. The ruling, based on Supreme Court and High Court precedents, confirms they are time-barred.

Once 263 is dropped, 147 Is Dead – Kolkata ITAT Strikes Down Reassessment/Quashes Rs. 7.03 Cr Addition

August 30, 2025 480 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Kolkata has quashed a reassessment notice and a subsequent Rs. 7.03 Cr addition, ruling that once a Section 263 revision proceeding is dropped, a Section 147 reassessment on the same issue cannot be initiated.

ITAT Ahmedabad Restores Cash Deposit Addition to AO – Joint a/c with Agriculturist Father Considered

August 30, 2025 315 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Ahmedabad has sent a cash deposit addition case back to the Assessing Officer for review, citing new evidence including a joint bank account with an agriculturist father and an affidavit.

No Section 271(1)(c) Penalty on Estimated Additions for Bogus Purchases

August 29, 2025 915 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Mumbai ruled that a penalty cannot be levied on additions made on an estimated basis. The case of Khodiyar Impex vs. ITO clarified that a 3% disallowance on alleged bogus purchases doesn’t constitute concealment of income.

Explanation to section 14A inserted vide Finance Act, 2022 is prospective in nature

August 28, 2025 810 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that the Explanation to section 14A of the Income Tax Act inserted by the Finance Act, 2022 is prospective in nature and cannot be applied to assessment years preceding the amendment. Accordingly, appeal of revenue dismissed.

Scrap Dealer Gets New Hearing due to Ignored Submissions

August 27, 2025 414 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Pune has ordered a fresh hearing for a scrap dealers ₹3.84 crore tax dispute, ruling that the initial appeals were wrongly dismissed without merit review.

Late Return Filed after Sec 142(1) Notice Held Invalid; No 143(2) Notice Required When Return is Invalid

August 27, 2025 813 Views 0 comment Print

Late Return Filed after Sec 142(1) Notice Held Invalid; No 143(2) Notice Required When Return is Invalid; ITAT Restores Sec 69A Addition to AO

ITAT Ahmedabad Set Aside Ex-Parte Orders on Capital Gains & Penalty  

August 27, 2025 612 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad has remanded a tax reassessment and penalty case to the CIT(A) for fresh adjudication on merits, imposing a cost on the assessee for non-compliance.

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