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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


PCIT Cannot invoke Section 263 to Change Profit Estimation Rate: ITAT Nagpur

February 26, 2025 1023 Views 0 comment Print

Section 263 could not be used merely to impose a different view on the estimation rate. Since the declared income exceeded the presumptive tax threshold, there was no loss to revenue, making the revision unjustified.

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

February 21, 2025 954 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 1974 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 2280 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 681 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 1635 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 567 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 636 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 660 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 537 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.

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