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ITAT Deletes On-Money Addition as Unsigned Agreement & Third-Party Records Lacked Evidence

Income Tax : Smt. Ranjana Kumari/Kalta Vs DCIT/ACIT (Central) (ITAT Chandigarh) The appeals involved three assessees belonging to the Kalta Gro...

June 30, 2026 339 Views 0 comment Print

Rectification, Assessment and Appeal under Income Act, 1961

Income Tax : Learn the updated provisions governing rectification, assessments, reassessments, and appeals under the Income-tax Act. This guide...

June 29, 2026 14064 Views 0 comment Print

Can Updated Return Be Filed After Notice Under Sections 143(2), 148A or 148?

Income Tax : The article explains how the Finance Acts, 2025 and 2026 have reshaped the Updated Return regime under Section 139(8A). It highlig...

June 27, 2026 2856 Views 0 comment Print

SC Sends JAO vs Faceless Reassessment Dispute Back to High Courts

Income Tax : The Supreme Court has remitted reassessment cases for fresh consideration after the retrospective insertion of Section 147A, leavi...

June 27, 2026 510 Views 0 comment Print

Appellate Kill Shot to Reassessment Notices Under Section 148/148A

Income Tax : This article explains why reassessment proceedings may be invalid if the Assessing Officer merely relies on Investigation Wing rep...

June 20, 2026 1056 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


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 2472 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 4584 Views 0 comment Print

Request to amend section 151 Sanctioning Authority for reassessment

Income Tax : Humble Representation for modification of Section 151 of the Income Tax Act relating to Sanction for issue of Notice under sec. 14...

July 25, 2022 6918 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 7524 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 13395 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Section 148 Notice Based on Search Material Held Without Jurisdiction: Bombay HC

Income Tax : Bombay HC quashed Section 148 notices, holding that search-based material required proceedings under Sections 153A/153C, not Secti...

July 8, 2026 39 Views 0 comment Print

Section 147 Reopening Invalid Where Section 153C Procedure Applies: Karnataka HC

Income Tax : Karnataka HC held Section 147 reopening invalid where seized material from a third-party search required proceedings under Section...

July 8, 2026 36 Views 0 comment Print

Section 147 Reopening Invalid Where Section 153C Applies: SC

Income Tax : SC dismissed the SLP, leaving intact the HC ruling that Section 147 reopening was invalid where Section 153C procedure applied....

July 8, 2026 21 Views 0 comment Print

Section 148 Reopening on Stale Search Material Invalid: ITAT Kolkata

Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata upheld quashing of Section 148 reassessment, holding reopening on stale search material amounted to change of opinion...

July 8, 2026 39 Views 0 comment Print

Reassessment & Penalty Orders Against Deceased Person Are Nullity: Gujarat HC

Income Tax : Gujarat HC quashed reassessment and penalty orders issued against a deceased person, holding proceedings concluded against a dead ...

July 8, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Income Tax Dept Flags High-Risk Transactions for Reassessment Action – Sections 148/148A

Income Tax : The department has identified high-risk cases through its Insight Portal for AYs 2022-25. It directs officers to initiate reassess...

March 20, 2026 1272 Views 0 comment Print

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 5961 Views 0 comment Print

Guidelines for issuance of notice u/s 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Explore the latest guidelines for issuing notice under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Understand key procedures, amendme...

June 28, 2024 58977 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 6021 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 5991 Views 0 comment Print


Addition based on statements alone without any other corroborative evidence unsustainable

August 28, 2023 2496 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that addition primarily on the basis of statements alone and no other corroborative evidence and that too without giving assessee an opportunity to cross examine the said persons is unsustainable in law and liable to be set aside.

Cash Credit Addition Deletion by CIT(A) without Verification is Unjustified

August 25, 2023 855 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that addition of cash credits in various bank accounts deleted by CIT(A) without verifying the persons/firm/Companies from whom the alleged amount has been credited is bad-in-law. Accordingly, matter resorted to the file of AO.

Commission by Jetair Pvt. Ltd. to Jet Airways (India): TP Provisiosns not apply

August 24, 2023 1206 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that addition towards lower commission charged by Jetair Pvt. Ltd. to Jet Airways (India) Ltd. on account of Online Reservation Commission by applying arm’s length price not sustained as the transaction was neither international transaction nor a specified domestic transaction and hence transfer pricing provisions doesn’t apply.

Reassessment after four years unsustainable as failure of assessee to disclose full material facts not proved

August 24, 2023 1335 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that reopening of assessment under section 147 of the Income Tax Act after four years without bringing on record that escapement of income was occurred by reason of omission or failure on the part of the assessee to disclose fully or truly all the material facts is bad-in-law and liable to be quashed.

No Reassessment Solely on accommodation Entry Provider’s Statement: HC

August 23, 2023 1668 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court rules in the case of Movish Realtech Private Limited vs. DCIT. The court addresses the initiation of reassessment based on statements of accommodation entry providers in income tax matters.

Expenditure incurred for earning income is to be allowed even if society not registered u/s 12A

August 22, 2023 2004 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata held that gross receipts cannot be taxed entirely, estimated expenditure incurred by the society for earning this income needs to be allowed even if the society is not registered under section 12A of the Income Tax Act.

No Deduction u/s 48 for Post-Acquisition Mortgage Debt Repayment

August 22, 2023 933 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that the assessee not entitled to deduction u/s 48(i) of the Act for repayment of the mortgage debt which was incurred subsequent to the acquisition of the property and not for the purpose of acquisition.

AO Must Allow 4 Weeks After Rejecting Objections to Reassessment

August 22, 2023 3906 Views 1 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that AO is bound to dispose of the objections filed by the assessee against reopening and give at least four weeks time, from the date of rejection of objection, to assessee to seek any legal remedy. In absence of the same, reopening of assessment is not legally sustainable.

No Reassessment for Appealed Issues

August 21, 2023 1527 Views 0 comment Print

Analysis of the ITAT Chennai ruling on Carborundum Universal Limited vs ACIT, emphasizing no scope for reassessment on an issue under appeal.

ITAT Imposes Rs. 10,000 Cost on Appellant for not responding to notices issued by AO

August 21, 2023 900 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai imposes Rs. 10,000 cost on Hunt International Investments LLC for non-response to notices under section 142(1). Details on the case inside.

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