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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


Denovo assessment directed with cost of Rs. 5000 for failure to respond to notices

January 23, 2025 513 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai set aside the order and appeal restored back to the file of AO for denovo assessment, however, cost of Rs. 5,000 imposed for non-response on the part of the assessee. Accordingly, appeal allowed.

ITAT Kolkata deletes Addition for Unexplained Cash Deposit not belonging to Assessee

January 23, 2025 2427 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata deletes ₹8.27 lakh addition under Section 69A, ruling cash deposits belonged to Seva Kendra, not the assessee. Penalty also set aside.

ITAT Pune Remands Case for Fresh Adjudication on Commission Income Addition to Gross Receipt

January 23, 2025 732 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune remands the case of Prakash Dipchand Kapadnis, instructing NFAC to reconsider the addition of gross receipts instead of net income for AY 2013-14.

₹118 Lakhs Cash Deposit: ITAT Lowers Income Estimation to 2% for Ticket Agent

January 23, 2025 930 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT reduces income estimation to 2% for ticket agent’s ₹118 Lakhs cash deposit case, providing relief by lowering the AO’s 10% margin estimation.

Section 68 Addition set aside as identity & creditworthiness of investors established: ITAT Kolkata

January 21, 2025 747 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata held that addition under section 68 of the Income Tax Act rightly deleted by CIT(A) since assessee duly established identity and creditworthiness of the investors and genuineness of the transactions.

Post approval of resolution plan, no new liability can be fastened: Allahabad HC

January 21, 2025 879 Views 0 comment Print

The petitioner no.1 was the erstwhile company that went through insolvency proceedings. The resolution plan was approved on February 24, 2021 wherein the Income Tax Department had also put forward its claim before the resolution professional.

Mandatory twin Conditions to be satisfied u/s 127 for transferring assessee’s case from one officer to another

January 20, 2025 1359 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee was justified in objecting to jurisdiction of AO and transfer of his case, which obviously could not have been adjudicated upon without affording an opportunity of hearing and disclosing to him the reasons for not accepting his point of view.

Addition on grounds not forming part of reasons recorded for reopening of assessment not tenable

January 20, 2025 807 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that addition on grounds other than grounds forming part of reasons recorded for reopening of assessment not justified. Accordingly, addition towards unexplained investment which didn’t form part of reasons liable to be deleted.

ITAT Grants Assessee Another Opportunity Due to Health & Personal Challenge

January 18, 2025 714 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad allows Pankajkumar Patel’s appeal for statistical purposes, remanding unexplained investment case to AO for reconsideration under Section 69A.

ITAT Restores Ex Parte Assessment Order U/s.144 Due to Assessee’s Old Age

January 18, 2025 1197 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi remits Vinod Kumar Garg’s 2012-13 tax assessment case back to AO for reevaluation. Key issues include unexplained investments and procedural lapses.

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