Income Tax : Courts have held that non-compliance with mandatory procedures under Section 144B renders faceless assessment orders void. The rul...
Income Tax : Budget 2026 introduces sweeping retrospective amendments affecting limitation, reassessment jurisdiction, DIN validity, and TPO ti...
Income Tax : The ITAT held that an assessment completed before receiving the DVO report under section 50C(2) is invalid. All additions and disa...
Income Tax : Overview of the Faceless Scheme for Income Tax: electronic assessments, appeals, penalties, and rectifications with no physical in...
Income Tax : Faceless Income-tax proceedings and e-assessments under Section 144B simplify taxpayer compliance. Use the e-filing portal for ele...
Income Tax : In view of Indiscriminate notices by income Tax Department without allowing reasonable time it is requested to Finance Ministry an...
Income Tax : Lucknow CA Tax Practicioners Association has made a Representation to FM for Extension of Time Limit for Assessment cases time bar...
Income Tax : The Kerala High Court, today admitted a batch of Writ Petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Faceless Assessment...
Income Tax : ITAT Indore held that appellate order violated principles of natural justice after finding that key hearing notices were sent to a...
Income Tax : The Hyderabad ITAT held that purchases cannot be treated as bogus merely because the supplier failed to respond to a notice under ...
Income Tax : Tribunal noted the assessee’s contention that only his share in jointly owned properties could be taxed instead of the entire tr...
Income Tax : Tribunal held that deduction for bad debts is allowable in the year in which the debts are actually written off in the books of ac...
Income Tax : Court upheld the validity of the Section 148 notice but set aside the assessment order after finding that notices were sent to an ...
Income Tax : CBDT issues guidelines for IT verification under Section 144B(5), detailing circumstances for digital and physical checks, effecti...
Income Tax : In pursuance of sub-section (3) of section 144B of the Income-tax Act, 1961, the Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby makes the fo...
Income Tax : Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Assessment Unit (AU), Verification Unit (VU), Technical Unit (TU) and Review Unit (RU) unde...
Income Tax : Roll out of first phase of changes in ITBA functionalities for Faceless Assessment due to amendments in Section 144B by Finance Ac...
Income Tax : National Faceless Penalty Centre, in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Board, may,–– (a) in a case where imposit...
ITAT Mumbai sets aside reassessment for advocate Nilanjana Arvinder Singh (AY 2013-14, 2014-15), ruling Section 148 notices time-barred. Decision follows Supreme Court’s Ashish Agarwal and Rajeev Bansal rulings on reassessment limitation.
ITAT Raipur cancels reassessment for Vinay Agrawal (AY 2014-15 & 2015-16) due to time-barred Section 148 notices. Decision relies on Supreme Court rulings in Ashish Agarwal and Rajeev Bansal.
ITAT Mumbai held that the addition in respect of bogus purchases is to be limited to the extent of bringing the gross profit rate on such purchases at the same rate as of other genuine purchases. Accordingly, matter restored to file of AO with direction to restrict addition.
ITAT Mumbai under Resale Price Method [RPM] focus is more on same or similar nature of products rather than similarity of products. Thus, TPO directed to include 5 companies as comparable for benchmarking international transaction.
ITAT Agra held that property purchased, being four shops at ground floor and one room at first floor, was predominantly commercial in nature and hence disqualifies for exemption under section 54 of the Income Tax Act. Hence, appeal dismissed.
ITAT Delhi held that Bright Line Test doesn’t have statutory mandate and cannot be applied for determining Arm’s Length Price [ALP] of Advertisement, Marketing and Promotion [AMP] expense. Accordingly, appeal allowed to that extent.
Delhi High Court held that notice sent to email address available at website of MCA is proper service of notice. Thus, order passed doesn’t violate principles of natural justice. Accordingly, writ petition is dismissed.
ITAT Delhi held that in case of bogus purchases only profit element embedded should be taxed and entire amount of purchases cannot be taxed. Accordingly, AO directed to apply profit rate of 5% on unverifiable purchases.
The Madras High Court has directed the Commissioner of Income Tax to grant a personal hearing and dispose of an appeal filed by Vadivelu Anbazhagan concerning an income tax demand of Rs. 8 lakh. The appeal for Assessment Year 2016-17 has been pending for over three years.
The ITAT Cochin has remanded the Manarkattu Theatres case to the Assessing Officer for fresh adjudication, citing the failure of lower authorities to consider assessee’s submissions and evidence.
