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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 390 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 573 Views 0 comment Print

Addition Deleted Due to Lack of Corroborative Evidence in Search-Based Case

Income Tax : ITAT held that additions based solely on third-party search material without independent evidence or cross-examination are invalid...

April 21, 2026 729 Views 0 comment Print

Sections 147 & 148 of Income-Tax Act: Reassessment From ‘Reason to Believe’ to ‘Information’

Income Tax : A detailed look at how the Finance Act, 2021 reshaped Sections 147–151, introduced Section 148A, and reduced limitation periods ...

February 28, 2026 1032 Views 0 comment Print

Jurisdiction for Reassessment Notices Clarified to End Faceless AO Disputes

Income Tax : The Finance Bill, 2026 clarifies who can issue notices under sections 148 and 148A. It confirms that only jurisdictional Assessing...

February 2, 2026 3180 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 2277 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 4386 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 7494 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 13344 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 42813 Views 2 comments Print


Latest Judiciary


ITAT Mumbai Quashes Reassessment as Section 148 Notice Was Issued Beyond Surviving Limitation Period

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that the reassessment notice issued on 24.07.2022 was time-barred under the Supreme Court ruling in Rajeev Bansal...

May 20, 2026 84 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi Quashes Reassessment as Reopening Was Based Only on Audit Objection

Income Tax : The Delhi ITAT held that reassessment proceedings initiated solely on the basis of a revenue audit objection without fresh tangibl...

May 20, 2026 78 Views 0 comment Print

Reassessment Quashed as AO Used Section 147 Instead of Mandatory Section 153C

Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held that reassessment based solely on search material seized from a third party must be initiated under Section 15...

May 20, 2026 141 Views 0 comment Print

Section 263 Proceedings Quashed as AO’s Order Was Not Erroneous in Jewellery Case

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that the reassessment order could not be revised under Section 263 since the conditions for treating jewellery e...

May 20, 2026 93 Views 0 comment Print

Bangalore ITAT Grants Relief in Section 50C Addition – DVO Valuation in Co-Owner’s Case Accepted Over Stamp Duty Value

Income Tax : The ITAT ruled that the Assessing Officer wrongly adopted the stamp duty valuation despite contrary valuation material on record. ...

May 20, 2026 111 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 5817 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 846 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 10302 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 5892 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 5907 Views 0 comment Print


Merely Approval without application of mind not sufficient and renders reopening void

April 24, 2015 3049 Views 0 comment Print

The power vested in the Commissioner to grant or not to grant approval is coupled with a duty. The Commissioner is required to apply his mind to the proposal put up to him for approval in the light of the material relied upon by the Assessing Officer.

Reopening on mere ground of Cash Deposit in Bank Account not Valid

April 24, 2015 6339 Views 0 comment Print

In this case reasons recorded for reopening indicate is that cash deposits aggregating to Rs 10,24,100 have been made in the bank account of the assessee, but the mere fact that these deposits have been made in a bank account does not indicate that these deposits constitute an income which has escaped assessment.

Whenever order of Re-assessment is passed, Period of Limitation will start from the date of Re-assessment order and not from Original Assessment order

April 15, 2015 1563 Views 0 comment Print

Rastriya Ispat Nigam Limited v. ACIT In this case the writ petition was filed by the Assessee in which the AP High Court while dismissing the writ petition held that whenever an order is made under the re-assessment

For invoking reassessment proceedings, reasons has to be recorded & not conclusions

April 10, 2015 2281 Views 0 comment Print

Hon’ble Delhi ITAT has in the case of ACIT V/s M/s Responsible Builders Pvt. Ltd in ITA No. 2726/Del /2011 has held that it is trite law that in order to determine whether there are reasons to believe that the income got escaped the assessment, one has to look at the reasons recorded by the Assessing Officer before the issuance of notice under Section 148 of the Act.

Section 153C Assessment of income of a person other than the person in whose case search has been initiated

March 5, 2015 110144 Views 2 comments Print

Section 153C- Budget 2015- Assessment of income of a person other than the person in whose case search has been initiated or books of account, other documents or assets have been requisitioned Section 153C of the Act relates to assessment of income of any other person. The existing provisions contained in sub-section (1) of the […]

S. 148 Approval for issue of notice for re-assessment

March 5, 2015 11689 Views 0 comment Print

To bring simplicity, it is proposed to provide that no notice under section 148 shall be issued by an assessing officer upto four years from the end of relevant assessment year without the approval of Joint Commissioner and beyond four years from the end of relevant assessment year without the approval of the Principal Chief Commissioner or Chief Commissioner or Principal Commissioner or Commissioner.

Reopening on ground of oversight, inadvertence or mistake is invalid

March 4, 2015 1637 Views 0 comment Print

The grievance of the Revenue with regard to the impugned order so far as change of opinion is concerned, is that the Assessing Officer had acted upon on audit objection which has been received by him. Thus, there was tangible material available for issuing notice for reopening of the assessment.

If Assessee is taxed under ‘MAT’ to ‘MAT’ – No Escapement, No Reopening

February 25, 2015 9974 Views 0 comment Print

The AO is empowered to assess or reassess the total income of the Assessee by reopening the Assessment, invoking the provisions of section 148 of the Act. The authors have visualized in-depth manifestation with respect to the jurisdiction of the AO in reopening the Assessments of the ‘Companies’ where even after the reopening the ultimate tax liability of that company remains the same as per the (1) return of income, (2) Assessment u/s 143(3) and (3) Assessment u/s 143(3) r.w.s. 147 of the Act.

SC Nullifies Bombay HC Verdict on full & true disclosure of material facts

February 23, 2015 1184 Views 0 comment Print

Learned counsel for the assessee seeks permission to withdraw this Special Leave Petition in view of the fact that assessee’s appeal, bearing No. IT No.63/2012-2013 is pending before Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) against the Order of re-assessment dated 29th May, 2012.

AO must intimate Assessee that reassessment proceedings been initiated with due approval

February 15, 2015 1330 Views 0 comment Print

Since there is no mention of the approval sought from the CIT on the reasons, as recorded by the AO to initiate reassessment proceedings, the entire initiation has been vitiated and become bad in law.

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