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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 Delhi Directs AO to Apply Peak Credit Theory for Cash Deposits

June 27, 2025 846 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Delhi has directed the NFAC to apply the peak credit theory and allow set-off against agricultural income for unexplained cash deposits in the reassessment of Shakti Singh.

ITAT Remands Reassessment Dispute for Fresh Opportunity, Cost Imposed

June 27, 2025 483 Views 0 comment Print

Ahmedabad ITAT remands Naimishbhai Kantibhai Patel’s reassessment case for a fresh opportunity, citing non-compliance and imposing a Rs. 5,000 cost.

Reopening Invalid as No Fresh Material; Full Depreciation Allowed on Office

June 26, 2025 477 Views 0 comment Print

Mumbai ITAT allows full depreciation for New Rampgreen Technologies, citing asset ownership date. It also voids the reassessment, holding that the tax audit report was already with the AO, preventing a ‘change of opinion’ based reopening.

ITAT Kolkata Condones 148-day Delay & Remands Case on Medical Grounds

June 25, 2025 564 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata condones 148-day delay in Sandeep Prasad’s appeal citing medical grounds and legal oversight, remanding case to CIT(A) for fresh merits review.

ITAT Directs Fresh Hearing on Section 2(22)(e) Deemed Dividend Case Dispute

June 25, 2025 543 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Mumbai has set aside a deemed dividend order against Yashvardhan Gokuldas Binani, allowing re-examination of a loan as a commercial transaction, citing non-compliance.

Appeal Dismissal Under Section 249(4)(b) Invalid as No Advance Tax Liability Arises Without Income Admission

June 21, 2025 1035 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi rules Section 249(4)(b) inapplicable for Sangeet Kathuria’s appeal dismissal, when no return was filed and no admitted income existed, remanding the case for fresh assessment.

Ex-parte order by CIT(A) set aside as assessee unaware about on-going appellate proceeding

June 20, 2025 954 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Raipur held that ex-parte order passed by CIT(A) is liable to be set aside since there were justifiable reasons for the assessee trust of having remained unaware about the on-going appellate proceedings before the CIT(A). Accordingly, matter restored back for fresh consideration.

Aggregate annual receipts below specified limit hence exemption u/s. 10(23C)(iiiad) cannot be denied for belated return

June 18, 2025 3885 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur held that denial of exemption u/s. 10(23C)(iiiad) of the Income Tax Act for non-filing of return before due date prescribed u/s. 139(1) not justified since aggregate annual receipts doesn’t exceed specified limit. Accordingly, exemption granted and appeal allowed.

ITAT Chennai Remands ₹6.16 Cr Cash Deposit addition Case for Fresh Adjudication

June 18, 2025 357 Views 0 comment Print

Chennai ITAT remands a case involving Rs 6.16 crore in unexplained cash deposits by a cooperative society, allowing a fresh adjudication after non-compliance, with a cost of Rs 5,000.

Charitable Trust Granted Another Hearing by ITAT Patna on Penalty Dispute

June 17, 2025 315 Views 0 comment Print

Patna ITAT remands penalty case of Narayani Educational Health and Charitable Trust, allowing re-examination of Section 271(1)(b) levy due to lack of evidence submission.

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