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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 Taxes 0.7% Margin on Vodafone E-Top Up Sales, Rejects Dept Appeal

October 5, 2025 507 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad dismisses Income Tax Dept’s appeal, ruling that only the 0.7% margin earned on E-top-up sales routed to Vodafone is taxable income under Section 69A.

CIT(A) Cannot Remand 143(3)/144B Assessments Under New 251(1) Proviso: ITAT Pune

October 4, 2025 2658 Views 0 comment Print

Pune ITAT rules CIT(A) wrongly applied new S. 251(1) proviso to remand a scrutiny assessment, which only applies to S. 144 orders. CIT(A) directed to decide the appeal on merits.

Members’ Club Not Eligible u/s 12A but Mutuality Defence Restored for Fresh AO Check

October 4, 2025 360 Views 0 comment Print

Club income not taxable if mutuality is proven: ITAT directs re-verification of cash deposits and identity of contributors/beneficiaries, setting aside an assessment based on the estimated 10% income addition.

Journal Entries Not Cash Credits, ₹10.51 Cr Addition Deleted by ITAT Delhi

October 4, 2025 1164 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Delhi ruled that Section 68 (unexplained cash credits) cannot be invoked against journal entry adjustments where no cash or equivalent funds flowed into the assessee’s account. The ₹10.51 Cr addition was deleted.

No Section 68 Addition as Penny Stock Transactions Did Not Yield LTCG

October 4, 2025 561 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Ahmedabad upheld the deletion of a ₹1.17 Lakh addition made under Section 68 for alleged penny stock gains, ruling that the taxpayer had incurred a Short Term Capital Loss and had not claimed any exempt LTCG u/s 10(38),

ITAT Indore Restores Ex-Parte Assessments for Fresh Hearing Amid Natural Justice Concerns

October 4, 2025 294 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Indore remands assessment orders for AYs 2013-14 to 2018-19 to the AO for de novo consideration, finding that non-compliance during proceedings occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic and an inoperative email ID, violating natural justice.

Reassessment proceedings u/s. 147 cannot be sustained in absence of valid service of notice

October 3, 2025 984 Views 0 comment Print

Allahabad High Court held that in absence of valid service of notice under section 148 of the Income Tax Act, proceedings under section 147 of the Income Tax Act for reassessment cannot be initiated. Accordingly, appeal of the assessee allowed.

ITAT Mumbai Quashes CIT(A) Remand Over Clerical Error, Orders TP Issue on Merits

October 3, 2025 582 Views 0 comment Print

Mumbai ITAT sets aside CIT(A) remand for LTIMindtree; holds AO’s S144 mention was clerical, assessment was S143(3). Directs CIT(A) to decide TP issue on merits.

Why You May Be Forced into New Tax Regime if you missed ITR Deadline

October 2, 2025 4224 Views 0 comment Print

Missing the ITR due date u/s 139(1) mandates the use of the new tax regime, as the option to choose the old regime or file Form 10−IEA is lost.

CBDT Instruction No. 3/2017 Shields Small Deposits from Scrutiny-Gift from Grandmother Accepted

October 1, 2025 2256 Views 0 comment Print

Bangalore ITAT deletes unexplained cash addition of Rs.2 lakhs for a student assessee, ruling the scrutiny itself violated CBDT Instruction No. 3/2017, which exempts individuals without business income from verification for deposits up to Rs.2.5 lakhs.

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