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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 38082 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 12501 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


ITAT Sets Aside Penalty Proceedings to AO, Directs Revisit Post De Novo Assessment

May 13, 2025 1323 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad directs AO to re-examine penalty u/s 271(1)(c) against Krupal Patel after setting aside the original ex parte assessment order.

Section 68 Additions Fail if Creditor’s Identity, Creditworthiness & Genuineness Proven

May 13, 2025 636 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad dismisses tax addition on loans for Arvindbhai R Nanavati after AO’s remand report verified identity, genuineness, & creditworthiness of creditors.

ITAT Remands Demonetization Cash Deposit Addition Case

May 13, 2025 426 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune sets aside NFAC order on ₹20.7 lakh cash deposit, remands case for fresh hearing citing non-speaking order and denial of opportunity.

Reassessment Set Aside as JCIT cannot Sanction Notice After 4 Years: Delhi HC

May 13, 2025 531 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court sets aside reassessment for AY 2006-07, ruling JCIT lacked power to sanction Section 148 notice after 4 years; CCIT/CIT approval required.

Accepting additional evidence and granting relief u/s. 10(26AAA) by CIT(A) without hearing AO not justifiable

May 12, 2025 576 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata held that CIT(A) accepted additional evidence and allowed the relief u/s. 10(26AAA) of the Income Tax Act without allowing an opportunity of being heard to AO. Therefore, the order of CIT(A) is in contravention of Rule 46A(3) of the I.T. Rules, 1962.

Loan Between Holding & Subsidiary Due to Commercial Expediency is Outside Deemed Dividend Scope

May 10, 2025 1524 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata held that loan transaction between holding and subsidiary company done in the normal course of business and out of business/ commercial expediency are outside the scope of deemed dividend.

Voluntary donations received by registered trust are capital receipts: ITAT Ahmedabad

May 10, 2025 792 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that amount of corpus of donations i.e. voluntary donations received by trust registered under section 12A are considered as capital receipts and hence not chargeable to Income Tax Act. Accordingly, appeal of revenue dismissed.

Reopening u/s. 147 based on invalid reasons recorded by AO cannot be sustained: ITAT Hyderabad

May 7, 2025 948 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Hyderabad held that reopening of assessment under section 147 of the Income Tax Act on the basis of invalid reasons recorded by AO cannot be sustained in law. Accordingly, notice issued u/s. 148 and final assessment order is quashed.

Income declared under PMGKY needs verification hence matter of unexplained money u/s. 69A remitted

May 6, 2025 465 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that claim of assessee that income declared under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana [PMGKY] and hence the same should not be treated as unexplained deposits needs verification. Hence, matter remitted to AO to verify the same.

ITAT Remands Ex-Parte Order for Lack of Hearing Opportunity

May 5, 2025 312 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi remits ex-parte order against Sohanvir Singh to AO, citing denial of adequate opportunity of being heard, upholding natural justice.

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