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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 513 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 63 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 51 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 33 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 63 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 63 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 5964 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


Reopening u/s 148 permissible in case of receipt of huge cash deposit vis-à-vis non-filing of ROI

April 22, 2022 5862 Views 0 comment Print

Vanditbhai Rajendrakumar Patel Vs ITO (ITAT Ahmedabad) Facts- The brief facts of the case were that as per AIR information, the Ld. Assessing Officer came know that the assessee had received cash deposits of Rs. 25,21,100/-in saving bank account maintained with Corporation Bank. To verify cash deposits, letter dated 10-02-2017 was served on the assessee, […]

Reassessment Notice based on primacies material related to bogus purchases is valid

April 19, 2022 5328 Views 0 comment Print

In reassessment it is only required to see whether there is prima facie material before the Assessing Officer to initiate proceedings and other requirements under the law, pre­condition i.e. of taking approval/sanction under Section 151, before issuance of notice under Section 148 is followed or not. Whether there is prima facie material available on the basis of which department can reopen case and not sufficiency or correctness of material to be considered.

Income Tax Reassessment against Non-Existing Entity is void ab-initio’

April 19, 2022 2775 Views 0 comment Print

We have no hesitation in holding that Ld. AO was not within his jurisdiction to frame the reassessment in the name of non-existing entity and such reassessment order dated 10.03.2014 is nullity and not sustainable in the eye of law

ITAT Quashes reassessment proceeding initiated merely based on Investigation Wing report without application of Mind

April 18, 2022 1842 Views 0 comment Print

M/s Nishit Fincap Private Limited Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) In this case The original assessment was completed u/s 143(3) on 03.12.2010 determining the total income at Rs.48,360/-. I find the assessment in this case was reopened on the basis of information obtained from the Investigation Wing, according to which, during the search and seizure operations […]

Assessee not permitted to abandon Income Tax assessment/reassessment machinery  

April 17, 2022 1632 Views 0 comment Print

Gulmuhar Silk Pvt. Ltd. Vs ITO (Delhi High Court) Though it is the petitioner’s case that the impugned order is erroneous on facts, yet this Court is of the opinion that the petitioner would have ample opportunity during the course of proceedings before different statutory forums to show that the finding of fact arrived at […]

HC quashes Reassessment Orders for Contradiction in Reason for reopening

April 17, 2022 702 Views 0 comment Print

Vodafone Luxembourg 5 S A R L Vs Income Tax Department (Delhi High Court) Learned counsel for Revenue emphasises that the petitioner’s case has been selected for reassessment only on the ground that the respondents has doubted as to whether interest was received by the petitioner-assessee on rupee denominated bonds issued by an Indian company […]

Section 148 Notice issued after expiry of 4 years, based on Addl. CITs approval, is unsustainable

April 17, 2022 2196 Views 0 comment Print

Voltas Limited Vs ACIT (Bombay High Court) Facts- Petitioner is a company engaged in the business of air conditioning and refrigeration etc. During the A.Y. 2015-16, petitioner incurred expenses of Rs.3,30,82,713 towards CSR as per section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013. Petitioner had also claimed deduction in return of income u/s 35AC and 80G […]

Reasons recorded for reassessment cannot be substituted, added or deleted

April 16, 2022 3582 Views 0 comment Print

It is well established that the reasons recorded by the AO cannot be further be substituted or added or deleted. We are of the view that the reference to market value of the flat as determined by stamp duty valuation authority also cannot justify initiation of reassessment proceedings under section 147 of the Act, as the validity of reassessment has to be tested only on the basis of reasons recorded by the Assessing Officer before issuing notice under section 148 of the Act and those reasons cannot be further improved.

Sufficiency or correctness of material need not be considered at the stage of issue of Section 148 notice

April 15, 2022 2331 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court has held that the expression ‘reason to believe’ means that there is some prima facie material on the basis of which the Department can reopen the case. The sufficiency or correctness of the material is not a thing to be considered at the stage of issue of notice under Section 148 of the Act.

Reassessment Notice Issued with approval of JCIT instead of CIT is invalid

April 15, 2022 2523 Views 0 comment Print

Global Associates Vs DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) In the instant case, undisputed fact is that the assessee was not earlier assessed to tax for assessment year 2005-06 and hence no assessment order u/s 143(3) of the Act is available. In that situation, the provisions of section 151(2) of the Act is applicable to the facts of […]

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