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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 93762 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 6222 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 738 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 13383 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


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 84 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 96 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 108 Views 0 comment Print

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 261 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 proceedings cannot be conducted against HUF after partition

February 28, 2020 1257 Views 0 comment Print

The issue raised by the assessee that the HUF was not in existence when the assessment proceedings have been conducted and the Assessment Order has been passed on HUF and therefore, the entire proceedings are rendered null and void and it should be held that the Assessment Order is bad in law on the facts and circumstances of the present case.

Important CBDT instructions on Issue of Section 147 & Section 133(6) Notice

February 28, 2020 24294 Views 1 comment Print

Field formation should not carry out any enquiry u/s 133(6) or issue notice u/s 148 of the Act on the basis of the data presently available in either AIMS Module of the ITBA or the AIR information earlier shown in the ITD till further directions are issued.

Penalty cannot be imposed for mere Section 12A registration cancellation

February 28, 2020 1959 Views 0 comment Print

TAT see no reason to uphold the levy of penalty in the present case U/s 271(1)(c) of the Act, since the basis for levy of penalty, being cancellation of registration granted to the assessee U/s 12A of the Act and as a consequence treating its surplus and corpus donation as not exempt but taxable under the Act, has been quashed by the ITAT.

Reassessment u/s 147 without any tangible material to support escapement of income not justified

February 25, 2020 1776 Views 0 comment Print

SPR & RG constructions Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Chennai) The issue under consideration is whether the reasons for reopening of assessment u/s 147 are justified? The reasons recorded for reopening are on the basis of the audited accounts of the assessee i.e., specifically perusal of Schedule 30 of the profit and loss account and […]

Reassessment-Section 143(2) notice issued without confronting assessee with remand report is invalid

February 25, 2020 1779 Views 0 comment Print

It was an admitted fact that assessee filed reply in response to notice under section 148 on 26-11-2013 and AO on the very same day served notice under section 143(2) upon assessee, whose signatures tally on the said notice without confronting the assessee with the remand report and the evidence produced by the AO before the Ld. CIT(A). Therefore, notice issued under section 143(2) was invalid and resultantly, the reassessment proceedings were vitiated and the same were quashed.

Is AIR based Notice under section 147 void ?

February 25, 2020 24834 Views 1 comment Print

A provision of Section 285BA has been inserted by the Finance Act, 2003 w.e.f. 01.04.2004, which was later on substituted by the Finance (No.2) Act, 2004 w.e.f. 01.04.2005.

Jurisdictional Requirement for assumption of Power under section 148

February 21, 2020 5556 Views 0 comment Print

1. Introduction Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is a complete code in respect of the powers conferred with the jurisdictional assessing officer to step into the assessment/reassessment proceedings. In addition, section 148 embodies and inherently carries with it the layers of riders attached primarily falling in nature of the time constraints, assumption […]

Bombay HC puts Income Tax Assessment of Deepak Kochhar on hold

February 20, 2020 1389 Views 0 comment Print

In the well known case of Deepak Kochhar, the husband of ex-ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar Bombay High Court has passed an order that the Income Tax (IT) Assessment Order pertaining to the Assessment Year 2012-13 which was passed against Deepak Kochhar was put on hold and further, the High Court ordered to move to the First Appellate Authority challenging the Income Tax (IT) Assessment Order and till such remedy is availed by the appellant the Income Tax (IT) Assessment Order will be put on stay.

No reassessment for breach of provisions of section 80IB If disclosed during Original assessment

February 18, 2020 732 Views 0 comment Print

Anand Developers challenges IT Act notice for Assessment Year 2012-13. Jurisdictional issues, disclosures, and reopening examined by Bombay to Goa High Court.

Reopening of assessment justified if notice issued in the name of surviving entity only

February 13, 2020 4008 Views 0 comment Print

Reopening of assessment was justified in case of EDPL as there were sufficient ‘reasons to believe’ that income had escaped assessment and the bar to reopening of proceedings after expiry of four years from the date of final assessment order, under the proviso, did not apply in assessee’s case and there was no requirement to issue two separate notices in the name of amalgamated company (i) as successor-in-interest of the amalgamating company and (ii) in its individual capacity as EDIPL had ceased to exist as a separate entity.

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