Income Tax : Practical guide to tax audit under Section 44AB for trader assessees, covering groundwork, data analysis, compliance checks, and f...
Income Tax : Summary of the judgement About the assessee The assessee is a limited liability company engaged in the business of manufacture and...
Income Tax : Deduction of TDS and Taxability of the same; An Analysis of section 198 and 145 of Income tax 1961. As per basic understanding, th...
Income Tax : Self assessment - The assessee is required to make a self assessment and pay the tax on the basis of the returns furnished. Any ta...
Income Tax : ♦ Section 145A of Income Tax Act, 1961 ‘145A. Method of accounting in certain cases.—Notwithstanding anything to the contra...
Income Tax : ITAT Hyderabad held that assessment orders passed pursuant to earlier remand directions were barred by limitation under Section 15...
Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that Section 69A could not be invoked where the Assessing Officer himself accepted that transactions were recorded...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that revisionary powers cannot be used to substitute the AO’s view with that of the Pr. CIT. It emphasized tha...
Income Tax : The Tribunal upheld reopening under Section 147 as Form 26AS reflected substantial contract receipts despite no return being filed...
Income Tax : Transfer of passive infrastructure (PI) assets under a court-approved scheme of demerger without consideration qualified as a gift...
ITAT Chandigarh held that addition based on statement is liable to be quashed as the statement was recorded from the back of the assessee and the assessee was not given an opportunity to cross-examine the deponent. Accordingly, appeal of revenue dismissed.
ITAT Ahmedabad held that addition by adopting Percentage Completion Method cannot be sustained as department already accepted Project Completion Method in earlier years. Accordingly, appeal allowed and addition set aside.
ITAT Ahmedabad reviews Sankalp Recreation’s tax appeals concerning unaccounted income, expenses, book rejection, and PF/ESIC disallowances following a search operation.
ITAT Ahmedabad held that taxing entire unaccounted cash receipts or on-money receipts not justified as only profit embedded in such receipts is taxable. Accordingly, AO directed to adopt 13% profit margin on real estate business and tax accordingly.
ITAT Mumbai held that the waiver of differed sales tax liability is a benefit accrued to the assessee arising out of its business hence the sum waived is taxable under section 28(iv) of the Income Tax Act. Accordingly, appeal of assessee dismissed.
TAT Ahmedabad rules income from recorded sales, already taxed, cannot be re-added as unexplained cash credit for Dipakkumar Vyas, citing double taxation.
During the course of assessement proceedings, AO noted that the assessee has earned interest income on fixed deposits made with banks which has been included in the business income while computing deduction u/s 10AA of the Act.
ITAT Indore held that addition under section 68 of the Income Tax Act, after rejection of books of accounts under section 145, by the AO is not justifiable in law. Accordingly, AO is directed to delete the addition.
ITAT Jaipur held that reasons recorded for selecting case for scrutiny never mentioned that case was selected for limited scrutiny hence approval for conversion not required. Matter remanded to CIT(A) to decide case based on merits.
While a best judgment assessment can involve some arbitrariness, it must be an honest and fair estimate based on available material and circumstances, not capricious.
