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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 2853 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 99 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 102 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 456 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 1110 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 315 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


New scheme for re-assessment u/s 147 of the Act wef 1.4.2021

July 27, 2021 17079 Views 1 comment Print

Section 147 has been Amended vide Finance Act 2021. Information is required by AO for reopening not “Reasons to believe” If any income chargeable to tax, in the case of an assesses, has escaped assessment for any assessment year. The assessing office may, subject to the provisions of Section 148 to 153, assess or re-assess […]

No section 143(2) notice requirement if no valid filed return filed by Assessee

July 26, 2021 8817 Views 0 comment Print

When there was no valid return available before AO as assessee neither filed original return under section 139(1) nor filed any return in response to the notice issued under section 148 within the prior limit of 30 days as stated in the notice under section 148, there is no requirement of issuance of notice under section 143(2).

Validity of Notice Under Section 148 Issued in the Name Of Deceased Person

July 21, 2021 23406 Views 1 comment Print

A notice under section 148 can only be issued in the name of an alive person. In case the assessee is dead and notice is issued in his or her name, then the same is non est in the eyes of law. An order passed in continuity of such a notice is also invalid and […]

Validity of Section 148 Notices Issued After 31st March 2021

July 21, 2021 36354 Views 4 comments Print

The Finance Bill, 2021 after being passed by the Parliament and getting the assent of the President on 28th March 2021 has become the final law very much in force from 01 April 2021 of which each & every section is legally enforceable and applicable in toto.

Issues of Re-Assessment Proceedings u/s 148 of Income Tax Act

July 20, 2021 14418 Views 1 comment Print

Income tax department has issued notices u/s 148 for reassessment proceedings of previous financial years in the month of March-21. CBDT’s notification No. 20/2021, dated 31-03-2021, issued in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(1) of the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Act, 2020 (TLA Act, 2020) extended the last for issuance of notice u/s 148 up to 30.06.2021. However, the validity of the notices issued after 31.3.2021 is challenged in many High Courts by filing a writ petition.

Direct Tax Updates for June 2021 with Video

July 19, 2021 3207 Views 0 comment Print

Global Minimum Tax, Equlization Levy & Section 195, Section 9B & Section 45(4), New Judgements, Filing ITR & Tax Audit Report; Section 194Q & Section 206AB, New Registration of Trusts, Section 148 Notices & TDS/TCS Changes – vide Finance Act, 2021 Global Minimum Taxation 2 Pillar Approach – Pillar 1 Scope – 1. Multinational enterprises […]

Calcutta HC too stays reassessment proceedings U/s. 148 R.W. 148A

July 15, 2021 15426 Views 0 comment Print

Honourable Calcutta High Court too stayed the reassessment proceedings under section 148 read with section 148A , notices issued post 31/03/2021 and the notifications of extension of notices , following the ratio of the other HC judgements on similar issues . Interim order of STAY PASSED 

HC stays section 148 notice for non-compliance of Section 148A

July 15, 2021 2577 Views 0 comment Print

Bagaria Properties and Investments Private Limited & Anr. Vs Union of India and Ors. (Calcutta High Court) The Court:-In this matter petitioners have challenged the impugned notices dated 29th May, 2021 and 18th June, 2021 relating to assessment years 2014-15 and 20 15-16 respectively under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 on the […]

Delhi HC stays section 148 proceedings through a reasoned order

July 13, 2021 2400 Views 0 comment Print

Mudra Finance Limited Vs ITO (Delhi High Court) Petitions have been heard by way of video conferencing. Present writ petitions have been filed challenging t he notices dated 09th June, 2021, 30th June, 2020 and 28th June, 2020 issued in W.P. (C) 6442/2021, 6443/2021 and 6451/2021 respectively by respondent No.1 under section 148 of the Income Tax […]

Draft Submission | Notice U/S 143(2) Not Valid if Return Filed in Response to Notice U/S 148 Not Recognized by AO

July 11, 2021 13173 Views 0 comment Print

Notice U/S 143(2) Not Valid if Return Filed in Response to Notice U/S 148 Not Recognized by AO. Draft Written Submissions Written submission before the Hon’ble CIT(Appeals), XXXX bad in the case of Sh. XXXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXX for the A.Yr. 2011-12. The assesse is an individual. He is doing business of trading of building material during […]

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