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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 93783 Views 7 comments Print

FAQs on Maintenance of books of accounts under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : This guide explains who is required to maintain books of account under Section 44AA based on business, profession, turnover, and i...

June 23, 2026 6228 Views 0 comment Print

Assessments under Income-Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : This guide explains the various assessments under the Income-tax Act, including summary assessment, scrutiny assessment, best judg...

June 17, 2026 434525 Views 13 comments Print

Section 69A Addition Deleted Because Cross-Examination of Third-Party Witness Was Denied

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that an addition under Section 69A cannot be sustained when the assessee is denied the opportunity to cross-exami...

May 13, 2026 579 Views 0 comment Print

CIT(A) cannot enhance income on issues not examined by AO: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that CIT(A) cannot enhance income under Section 251 on matters not considered by the Assessing Officer during as...

May 10, 2026 741 Views 0 comment Print


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Budget 2024: Block Assessment provisions for Section 132 & 132A Searches

Income Tax : Learn about the new block assessment provisions for cases involving searches under section 132 and requisitions under section 132A...

July 23, 2024 2430 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2024: Amendments to Income-tax Assessment & Reassessment Provisions  

Income Tax : Discover how Finance Act 2021 revamped assessment and reassessment procedures under Income-tax Act, impacting notices, time limits...

July 23, 2024 4533 Views 0 comment Print

Request to clarify on SC judgement on Section 148 notices

Income Tax : Income Tax Gazetted Officers’ Association requested CBDT to issue Clarification in respect of the judgement of Hon’ble Supreme...

May 12, 2022 7512 Views 0 comment Print

Indiscriminate Income Tax notices without allowing reasonable time

Income Tax : In view of Indiscriminate notices by income Tax Department without allowing reasonable time it is requested to Finance Ministry an...

March 20, 2022 13386 Views 0 comment Print

Extend Time Limit for Income Tax Assessment time barring on 31.3.2022

Income Tax : Lucknow CA Tax Practicioners Association has made a Representation to FM for Extension of Time Limit for Assessment cases time bar...

March 20, 2022 42888 Views 2 comments Print


Latest Judiciary


Mere Client Code Modification Allegation Did Not Justify Taxing Entire Commodity Purchases

Income Tax : Tribunal held that allegations relating to client code modification did not justify adding the entire purchase value under Section...

June 25, 2026 51 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai Quashes Reassessment Orders Due to Time-Barred Section 148 Notices

Income Tax : The ITAT held that reassessment notices issued after the surviving limitation period prescribed by the Supreme Court were invalid....

June 25, 2026 111 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat HC Sets Aside Reopening as High-Value Bank Credits Alone Cannot Justify Reassessment

Income Tax : The Gujarat High Court held that reassessment cannot be sustained merely because of high-value bank transactions without evidence ...

June 25, 2026 108 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Rejects Bogus LTCG Addition as No Independent Enquiry Was Conducted

Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held that an addition under Section 68 cannot be sustained solely on information received from the Investigation Wi...

June 25, 2026 66 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Remands Property Sale Gain Addition as Purchase Cost Was Not Considered

Income Tax : The ITAT Hyderabad held that the entire sale consideration could not be assessed as short-term capital gains without examining the...

June 25, 2026 117 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

Central Government Rescinds 6 Central Excise Notifications issued in 2022

Excise Duty : Notification No. 29/2024-Central Excise rescinds six 2022 excise notifications in the public interest, effective immediately. Deta...

December 2, 2024 906 Views 0 comment Print

Instructions to AO’s for initiating section 147 proceedings in I.T. e-Verification cases

Income Tax : Learn how to initiate proceedings under section 147 of the IT Act in e-Verification cases. Detailed instructions for Assessing Off...

March 19, 2024 10392 Views 0 comment Print

Instructions to AO’s for initiating Section 147 proceedings in e-Verification cases

Income Tax : Explore e-Verification Instruction No. 2 of 2024 from the Directorate of Income Tax (Systems). Detailed guidelines for AOs under I...

March 1, 2024 5991 Views 0 comment Print

Limitation date for reopening cases related to Ashish Agarwal judgment

Income Tax : Supreme Court in the matter of Shri Ashish Agarwal, several representations were received asking for time-barring date of such cas...

February 6, 2023 5967 Views 0 comment Print


Assessment Order quashed on ground of Non-Disposal of Objections filed by Assessee

October 8, 2021 1959 Views 0 comment Print

The AO reopened the assessment of the Assessee after it was observed that the Assessee had not reflected or explained his investment in a hotel project during a survey operation. Thereafter, the Assessee filed an application before the CIT(A) challenging the validity of reopening of assessment, which was subsequently rejected and disposed of by the CIT(A) on the ground that the AO had correctly followed the procedure as contemplated in the IT Act and there was no infirmity in the action of the AO regarding reopening, all of which has been in accordance with law.

Direct beneficial interest in asset/ bank account is a pre-requisite for issuing Notice u/s 148

October 8, 2021 1230 Views 0 comment Print

Hon’ble Tribunal uphold the observations of Ld. CIT(A) wherein it was observed that in order to assess the asset/bank account held by a third party in the hands of the respondent assessee the department has to prove that the assessee has direct beneficial interest in the asset/bank account held by third party.

A change of opinion cannot be the basis of reopening the completed assessment

October 5, 2021 2832 Views 0 comment Print

JRS Pharma and Gujarat Microwax Private Limited Vs DCIT (Gujarat High Court) Question of law: whether the revenue is justified in reopening the assessment for the year under consideration? Writ application filed before the Hon’ble HC of Gujrat challenging notice u/s 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 for reopening the assessment for AY 2013-14. […]

Reopening Based on Information must be Reliable with Some Evidence to Believe Purchase as Bogus

October 1, 2021 1719 Views 0 comment Print

Dove Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) Reopening Based on Information must be Reliable and Some Evidence to Believe Purchase as Bogus, Proceedings Quashed By Delhi ITAT We have considered the rival contentions of both the Ld. Representative of the parties. A perusal of the reasons recorded for reopening of the assessment (as reproduced […]

Allahabad HC Quashes section 148 Notices issued Post 31.03.2021

September 30, 2021 29073 Views 0 comment Print

Ashok Kumar Agarwal Vs Union of India and 2 Others (Allahabad High Court) Ashok Kumar Agarwal (the Petitioner) had filed a Petition to challenge the initiation of re-assessment proceedings under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (the IT Act) for different Assessment Years (AYs). The Petitioners contended that all the impugned re-assessment proceedings had […]

Reopening after 4 Years in absence of failure of Assessee to disclose fully & truly all materials was invalid

September 26, 2021 1266 Views 0 comment Print

CIT Vs John Ettimootil Samuel (Madras High Court) The Tribunal, in our view, rightly took note of the fact that the reopening of the assessment was after four years and there was no tangible material to establish that the assessee failed to disclose fully and truly all materials, which are required for the assessment at […]

Reopening based on seized material not belonging to assessee is void ab-initio

September 26, 2021 1098 Views 0 comment Print

Green Park Estate Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) A perusal of the reasons recorded in the case of the assessee as well as in the case of M/s Green Valley Tower Ltd. are identical on the issue of alleged interest paid on post dated cheuqes. We have also gone through the paper book containing […]

Faceless Assessment in Cases in which limitation period expires on 30.09.2021

September 22, 2021 2325 Views 0 comment Print

Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby directs that in addition to the exclusion of the cases in the said Orders, cases (a) set aside to be done de novo or (b) to be done u/s 147 of the Act

Section 148 notice invalid for reassessment initiated based on incriminating material

September 21, 2021 8412 Views 0 comment Print

On the basis of incriminating material found, once reassessment proceedings was initiated on the basis of incriminating material found in the search of 3rd party then the provisions of section 153C of the I.T. Act were applicable which exclude the application of section 147 and 148 of the I.T. Act and notice u/s. 148 of the Act and proceeding u/s. 147 are illegal and void ab initio

Reopening For Mere Non -Ratification of Section 10B approval not justified

September 20, 2021 1026 Views 1 comment Print

Indus Teqsite Private Ltd. (presently known as Data Patterns India Pvt. Vs DCIT (Madras High Court) Merely because the ratification has not been done by a Higher Authority, will it automatically vitiate the approval, which was granted by the Competent Authority namely the Development Commissioner. The learned Single Judge, after noting that the said assessee […]

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