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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


Allahabad HC Quashes section 148 Notices issued Post 31.03.2021

September 30, 2021 29088 Views 0 comment Print

Ashok Kumar Agarwal Vs Union of India and 2 Others (Allahabad High Court) Ashok Kumar Agarwal (the Petitioner) had filed a Petition to challenge the initiation of re-assessment proceedings under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (the IT Act) for different Assessment Years (AYs). The Petitioners contended that all the impugned re-assessment proceedings had […]

Reopening after 4 Years in absence of failure of Assessee to disclose fully & truly all materials was invalid

September 26, 2021 1275 Views 0 comment Print

CIT Vs John Ettimootil Samuel (Madras High Court) The Tribunal, in our view, rightly took note of the fact that the reopening of the assessment was after four years and there was no tangible material to establish that the assessee failed to disclose fully and truly all materials, which are required for the assessment at […]

Reopening based on seized material not belonging to assessee is void ab-initio

September 26, 2021 1104 Views 0 comment Print

Green Park Estate Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) A perusal of the reasons recorded in the case of the assessee as well as in the case of M/s Green Valley Tower Ltd. are identical on the issue of alleged interest paid on post dated cheuqes. We have also gone through the paper book containing […]

Section 148 notice invalid for reassessment initiated based on incriminating material

September 21, 2021 8448 Views 0 comment Print

On the basis of incriminating material found, once reassessment proceedings was initiated on the basis of incriminating material found in the search of 3rd party then the provisions of section 153C of the I.T. Act were applicable which exclude the application of section 147 and 148 of the I.T. Act and notice u/s. 148 of the Act and proceeding u/s. 147 are illegal and void ab initio

Reopening For Mere Non -Ratification of Section 10B approval not justified

September 20, 2021 1026 Views 1 comment Print

Indus Teqsite Private Ltd. (presently known as Data Patterns India Pvt. Vs DCIT (Madras High Court) Merely because the ratification has not been done by a Higher Authority, will it automatically vitiate the approval, which was granted by the Competent Authority namely the Development Commissioner. The learned Single Judge, after noting that the said assessee […]

ITAT quashes section 147/148 proceeding as reasons to believe not existed anymore

September 15, 2021 6963 Views 0 comment Print

Bansiwala Iron & Steel Rolling Mills Vs DCIT (ITAT Jaipur) Since the A.O. is a quasi-judicial authority, who has to collect the evidences, material and then to adjudicate the matter after due and complete application of mind. The A.O. expected to record his own satisfaction before reaching to any conclusion. In our view, the A.O. […]

ITAT remands case back to AO- Reassessment based on change of opinion

September 15, 2021 3369 Views 0 comment Print

Magma HDI General Insurance Co. Ltd. Vs. ITO (Calcutta High Court) Mr. Dutta could not satisfy this Court about what new material of documents came into the possession of the Assessing Officer after the order of assessment under Section 143(3) of the Act, which were not produced by the assessee before the Assessing Officer in […]

HC upheld validity of Section 148 Notice issued after 31.3.2021

September 13, 2021 4107 Views 0 comment Print

Ashok Kumar Agrawal Vs Union of India (Chhattisgarh High Court) It is submitted that on the date i.e. on 28.06.2021 when the notice under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act is issued, the power to issue the notice was preceded with a new provision of law and thereby Section 148 is to read with […]

Quashing of reassessment was invalid if opportunity was provided to assessee to submit additional objections

September 13, 2021 1140 Views 0 comment Print

Dr. Sajan Hedge Vs ACIT (Madras High Court) Conclusion: Instead of quashing the entire reassessment proceedings, it was suffice if an opportunity was provided to assessee to submit additional objections, if any, based on the materials relied on by assessee to AO, within a stipulated period and on receipt of the same, AO should be […]

Section 148: Can same Twins be inter-changed for convenience?

September 6, 2021 4605 Views 1 comment Print

Compare a situation where there is a pair of same-twin, one of whom is your employee. For some purposes, whether the sibling brother of your employee can replace your employee just because he is same-looking? The reason for the title because the Finance Act, 2021 has substituted section 148 with effect from 1-Apr-2021 and a […]

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