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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 189 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 Upholds Deletion of Section 68 ₹1.5 Cr Unexplained Cash Credit addition

September 1, 2025 486 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad dismisses a revenue appeal, upholding the deletion of a ₹1.5 crore addition. The tribunal ruled the amount was a loan given, not a cash credit received.

Amprolium HCL classified under CTH 2933 9900 and duty demand upheld

September 1, 2025 306 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 771 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 540 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 543 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 375 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 1029 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 885 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 456 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 915 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

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