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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 2847 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 507 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


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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 2469 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 43CA Inapplicable to AY 2013-14; Reopening Quashed: Bombay HC

Income Tax : Bombay HC quashed Section 148 reopening for AY 2013-14, holding Section 43CA was inapplicable and stamp duty valuation alone could...

July 8, 2026 93 Views 0 comment Print

Section 148 Notice Quashed for Vague Reasons & Lack of Supporting Material: ITAT Pune

Income Tax : ITAT Pune quashed a Section 148 notice based on vague information and directed deletion of a ₹51.35 lakh addition for lack of su...

July 8, 2026 99 Views 0 comment Print

Unaccounted sales must be taxed on net profit basis, not on gross profit: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : Where unaccounted sales were established through seized material, only the net profit embedded therein was liable to tax, and not ...

July 7, 2026 453 Views 0 comment Print

Section 56(2)(x) Applicability Depends on Agreement Date; Mistaken Tax Payment Refundable: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai remanded the case to examine whether Section 56(2)(x) applied based on the agreement date and to consider refund of ex...

July 6, 2026 1101 Views 0 comment Print

APMC Commission Agent Not Taxable on Entire Sale Proceeds; Section 69A Issue Remanded: ITAT Bengaluru

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore remanded a Section 69A addition after holding that an APMC commission agent's entire sale proceeds could not be tre...

July 6, 2026 312 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 58968 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


HC directs proceeding against officers passing erroneous order

May 29, 2022 5055 Views 0 comment Print

Dharmendra Kumar Singh Vs Union of India (Allahabad High Court) Instruction F. No. 225/101/2021/-ITA-II, dt. 25/04/22 provides for initiation of suitable administrative action against the erring officer in case where assessments are found by the local committee to be high-pitched or where there is non-observance of principles of natural justice, non- application of mind or […]

The Reopening Labyrinth – Section 148 – Income Tax Act

May 26, 2022 14805 Views 0 comment Print

Apex Court in its recent judgment put quietus to one of the largely litigated issue on validity of notices issued under section 148 of Income Tax Act between the period 01.04.2021 to 30.06.2021.

Reassessment notice dealing with question of facts, can’t be challenged before HC

May 26, 2022 1872 Views 0 comment Print

Reassessment notice under Section 148 of IT Act i.e, impugned notice if carried to its logical end, in the facts and circumstances of the case, will clearly neutralize all these arguments and the writ petitioner assessee bank will not be aggrieved in any manner.

Fresh Reassessment Pending conclusion of first reassessment proceedings is invalid

May 25, 2022 1647 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Jaideep Singh Vs ITO (ITAT Jaipur) A question that arises for con sideration is whether the AO can issue second notice u/s 148 and initiate fresh reassessment proceedings before completion/conclusion of proceedings initiated by way of first notice u/s 148 either by way of dropping the first reassessment proceedings or completing the proceedings by […]

Initiation of reassessment, based on wrong assumption of facts, is bad in law

May 24, 2022 2019 Views 0 comment Print

Reopening is on the wrong assumption of facts and the information received from another assessing officer would not by itself be the basis to have a belief that the income has escaped assessment. Accordingly, we find the reassessment is bad in law and quash the assessment order passed u/s 143(3) r.w.s 147 of the Act.

Availability of tangible material is pre-conditional for reopening of assessment

May 24, 2022 1248 Views 0 comment Print

Valco Industries Ltd Vs ACIT (ITAT Chandigarh) Facts- The assessee originally filed return declaring total income of Rs.4,83,83,620/- on 28.09.2012 after claiming deduction of Rs.5,75,64,789/- u/s 80IC of the Act. The assessment was completed u/s 143(3) of the Act on 27.03.2015 at an income of Rs.8,07,03,620/- after making an addition of Rs.3,23,20,000/- on account of […]

No bar under law to initiate fresh reassessment proceedings

May 23, 2022 948 Views 0 comment Print

Shivsamarth Group Vs PCIT (ITAT Pune) Admittedly, in the present case, the order which is sought to be revised is the order dropping the reassessment proceedings u/s 147 of the Act. On carefully going through the material on record, it would be clear that the original reassessment proceedings were initiated with view to tax the […]

Reassessment cannot be In Casual & Whimsical Manner

May 22, 2022 1131 Views 0 comment Print

Manash Nandi Vs ITO (ITAT Kolkata) We find that the AO has recorded the reasons u/s 148 of the Act in a very casual manner. We find that the AO has only reproduced in the reasons recorded the information received and hurriedly came to the conclusion that there exists escapement of income and evasion of […]

New scheme of reassessment u/s 147- is it really reducing litigation

May 19, 2022 5994 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the impact of the new reassessment scheme u/s 147 under the Income Tax Act. Is it really reducing litigation and promoting ease of doing business? Find out.

Delhi HC Ruling on alleged More than Rs. 1 lakh Crore Income escaped assessment

May 19, 2022 14109 Views 1 comment Print

Analysis of Delhi HC Ruling on order passed under Section 148A(d) passed by order Delhi High Court in the case of Divya Capital One Private Limited Vs. ACIT, alleging income of more than Rs one lakh crore having escaped assessment.

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