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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 936 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 183 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 318 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 5925 Views 0 comment Print


ITAT Jabalpur Restricts Addition to 12% Presumptive Interest on Cash Deposits

October 18, 2025 300 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jabalpur partially allowed Dayanand Paryani’s appeal, directing AO to replace a full Rs. 29,38,600/− cash credit addition with a 12% presumptive income rate, citing failure to calculate peak credit.

₹15.55 Cr Unexplained Cash Addition: ITAT Remands Case Due to CIT(A) Ignoring Evidence

October 18, 2025 3573 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT set aside a massive unexplained investment addition made on a joint bank account, ruling that the CIT(A) failed to consider vital documentary evidence submitted by the assessee. The case is remanded to the AO for fresh verification of the documents, which claim the deposits were company business, not personal income.

No 143(2), No Reassessment: ITAT Strikes Down ₹2.35 Cr Addition- AO Can’t Use the Return & Skip the Notice

October 17, 2025 780 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal held that an AO cannot treat a return filed in response to a Section 148 notice as non-est while using it as the base for computing the final income. Following High Court precedent, the ITAT confirmed that once the return is taken into account for assessment, the issue of Section 143(2) notice becomes a prerequisite, making the assessment void.

ITAT Kolkata Deletes Section 69A Rs. 11 Lakh Addition on Accommodation Entry

October 17, 2025 681 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata deletes a lakh addition made u/s 69A against an interior decorator, ruling the amount cannot be taxed as unexplained money if already offered to tax.

1994 Notification Prevails: Land Beyond 5 Km Is Agricultural- No Capital Gains

October 17, 2025 933 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi rules in Mahabir vs ITO that the 1994 CBDT notification defines agricultural land limits for capital gains tax. Subsequent municipal expansions are irrelevant. Land 6km from Sohna Municipality was deemed non-taxable.

Proof vs. Suspicion: ITAT Overturns 25% Estimated Bogus Purchase Disallowance

October 17, 2025 1011 Views 0 comment Print

 ITAT upheld the deletion of a 25% bogus purchase addition, ruling that the AO cannot disallow purchases based merely on suspicion and circumstantial evidence when the audited books of account were not rejected. The key takeaway is that without finding defects or rejecting the books, and while accepting sales, disallowance of purchases is impermissible.

No 143(2), No Jurisdiction- ITAT Quashes Penny Stock Reassessment Despite Non-Cooperation by Assessee

October 17, 2025 324 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT held a reassessment under sections 144/147 void due to the absence of a mandatory 143(2) notice. Revenue’s claim that participation cures defects under 292BB was rejected, emphasizing strict compliance with statutory notice requirements.

Income Tax Jurisdiction Defect: ACIT Cannot Issue 148 Notice Below ITO’s Prescribed Monetary Limit

October 17, 2025 990 Views 0 comment Print

An assessment was quashed as the ACIT (a senior authority) issued the reassessment notice for an income below the Rs.15 Lakh limit, which was exclusively the ITO’s jurisdiction. The Tribunal affirmed that this jurisdictional defect is fatal and cannot be cured, following the Bombay High Court’s ruling.

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

October 17, 2025 40887 Views 0 comment Print

Summary of statutory deadlines for issuing income tax notices (Sec 143, 147) and completing assessments, reassessments, and appeal effect orders.

Rectification, Assessment and Appeal under Income Act, 1961

October 17, 2025 13539 Views 0 comment Print

Understand the three core processes of Indian Income Tax: Rectification of mistakes (Sec 154), the four types of Assessment (Summary, Scrutiny, Best Judgment, and Reassessment), and the Appeal mechanism to CIT(A)/ITAT against adverse orders.

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