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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 92802 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 38088 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 5739 Views 0 comment Print


ITAT Orders Verification of Agricultural Land 10 km Beyond Municipal Limits u/s 2(14)(iii)

February 21, 2025 879 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad directs verification of agricultural land sale 10 km beyond municipal limits to determine its capital asset status under Section 2(14)(iii).

ITAT Remands Case for Reassessment of Cash Deposits

February 21, 2025 1929 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai sends case back for reassessment as the assessee was not given a final opportunity to explain cash deposits in bank accounts for AY 2012-13.

ITAT Grants Fresh Hearing on ₹54.70 Lakh Demonetization Cash Deposits Case

February 21, 2025 2223 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai allows reassessment of ₹54.70 lakh cash deposits during demonetization, granting the assessee another opportunity subject to a ₹5,000 cost payment.

PCIT Rightly Invokes Section 263: AO’s Incorrect Application of Law on Stamp Duty Valuation & Unexplained Investment

February 20, 2025 633 Views 0 comment Print

Learn how the PCIT correctly invoked Section 263 of the Income Tax Act due to the AO’s misapplication of law in taxing Stamp Duty Valuation and Unexplained Investment. Explore detailed analysis of Section 56(2)(x), Section 69, and key judicial precedents.

ITAT Pune Quashes Income Tax Penalty for Non-Compliance During COVID-19

February 20, 2025 1572 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune cancels penalty imposed on Balbir Kaur Birdie for non-compliance with tax notices, citing reasonable cause due to COVID-19 and technical issues.

Non-Compliance Due to Email Change: ITAT Restores Quantum & Penalty Appeals to CIT(A)

February 19, 2025 537 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune restores Mauli Nagari’s tax case to CIT(A)-NFAC due to non-compliance issues. Read about penalties, unexplained cash deposits & reassessment.

Lack of proper inquiry on Unexplained Cash Deposits during Demonetization: ITAT restores matter

February 17, 2025 555 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee and his family have 261 bighas of agricultural land and did not filed his ITR for AY 2017-18. AO received information that there was cash deposits of Rs. 10,00,000/- in the bank accounts of the assessee during demonetization

ITAT Jaipur Orders Fresh Hearing in Undisclosed Income Ex Parte Case

February 15, 2025 606 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur remands Jai Prakash Sharma’s case for fresh hearing after CIT(A) added ₹12,06,189 as undisclosed income due to non-compliance in earlier proceedings.

Depreciation claim rejected as purchase of machinery found to be false: Madras HC

February 14, 2025 456 Views 0 comment Print

Madras High Court held that once the purchase of machinery itself was found to be false and the transaction was sham, the claim of depreciation cannot be sustained. Appeal dismissed, accordingly.

AO doesn’t possess jurisdiction to tax any other income in reassessment order

February 14, 2025 567 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune held that once primary reason to believe that income had escaped assessment fails then AO doesn’t possess jurisdiction to tax any other income in reassessment order. Hence, re-assessment is unsustainable and liable to be quashed.

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