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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 2862 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 66 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


Issue of Notice/Assessment Order in the Name of ‘Deceased Person’ or ‘Amalgamated/Merged Company’

August 8, 2020 27138 Views 1 comment Print

It is noticed that the department has lost the revenue in number of cases mainly on account of fatal mistake made by the AO in issuance of notice to dead person/ non-existent entity or in framing the assessment order in the name of dead person/non-existent entity.

Reopening after 4 years in absence of failure of Assessee to disclose fully & truly all material facts necessary for assessment is invalid

July 30, 2020 1626 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Shiv Vegpro Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Jaipur) Reopening after 4 years in absence of failure of Assessee to disclose fully & truly all material facts necessary for assessment is invalid AO has even not mentioned as on what account or transactions the assessee has taken the accommodation entry from Shree Ram Trading Co. It […]

Bogus Purchase: Addition on peal credit basis for Low Margin & Low Vat Rate Items unjustified

July 28, 2020 978 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the CIT(A) is correct in confirming addition u/s 69C of the Act on account of unexplained purchases made during the year, calculated on the basis of peak credit?

Assessment cannot be Reopened based on data already disclosed in scrutiny assessment

July 28, 2020 3414 Views 0 comment Print

Gateway Leasing Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (Bombay High Court) The issue under consideration is whether the re-opening of the assessment u/s 147 is justified in law? In the present case, after referring to the information received following search and seizure action carried out in the premises of Shri Naresh Jain, it was stated that information […]

AO recorded reasons on same returned income- Reassessment Invalid

July 25, 2020 2040 Views 0 comment Print

AO recording reasons on same returned income considering escaped assessment but making various other additions of other than accepted returned income declared invalid and deleted in light of Explanation 3 and held issuance of fresh notice u/s 148 on other issues is mandatory.

HC denies relief in section 147 proceedings for not replying notice for 6 Months

July 24, 2020 1530 Views 0 comment Print

he Supreme Court in GKN Driveshafts (India Ltd.) v. Income Tax Officer 259 ITR 19 (SC) has clarified that when a notice under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act is issued, the proper course of action for the notice is to file a return and if he so desire, to seek reasons for issuing notices.

Section 54/54F exemption: ITAT directs AO to consider additional evidence

July 24, 2020 1050 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the tribunal can give fresh opportunity to the assessee to submit evidence which assessee might not have been able to provide at the time of hearing?

ITAT quashes reopening as AO provided only a Part of reason recorded to Assessee

July 17, 2020 1305 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT quashed reopening where reasons recorded by the assessing officer produced before the higher authority are quite different and whereas the extract given to the assessee was merely of two paragraphs

Comprehensive Guide to Reopening of Assessments Under the Income Tax Act, 1961

July 7, 2020 6372 Views 4 comments Print

Reopening of an assessment is one of the weapons in the armoury of the Income tax Department, it empowers assessing officer to reassess or recompute the income of an assessee which has escaped assessment.  Section 147 to 153 of the Income tax Act, 1961 [ Act] deals with the provisions of reassessment proceedings.  The said […]

Section -147 Reopening of Assessment / Reassessment – Horrendous journey for assessee!

June 30, 2020 138875 Views 26 comments Print

This blog covers an extensive analysis on the reassessment provisions in light of landmarks judgement which will help professional to face dispose the litigations hastily. I am not inserting bare sections here to increase the size of blog, it is written keeping in mind to provide less, solid and crux content about the matter. It includes gist if case laws on section 147, few riders which can twist anyone mind along with plethora of recent rulings on 147 at the end to left your mind tranquil.

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