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Section 194S: TDS on transfer of Virtual Digital Assets (VDA)

Income Tax : Understand Section 194S of the Income Tax Act on 1% TDS for Virtual Digital Asset transfers, including deductor rules, compliance,...

November 10, 2025 14436 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai Quashes Reassessment for Time-Barred Section 148 Notice

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai quashes reassessment (AY 13-14, 14-15) as AO missed the Rajeev Bansal-mandated "surviving limitation." S. 149 prevails...

October 14, 2025 1200 Views 0 comment Print

Reassessment – Rajeev Bansal’s case Impact Analysis – Approving Authority

Income Tax : Analysis of the Rajeev Bansal Supreme Court ruling on reassessment approvals, clarifying complexities in Section 151 and its impac...

July 22, 2025 9120 Views 1 comment Print

Landmark Rulings on Reassessment u/s 148 – Post 2021 Amendments

Income Tax : Explore key court rulings on reassessment under Section 148 post-2021 amendments, covering procedural changes, taxpayer rights, an...

February 7, 2025 6984 Views 0 comment Print

Board of Directors: Section 149 of Companies Act, 2013

Company Law : Overview of Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013: Board composition, women directors, resident and independent directors' roles,...

January 30, 2025 7236 Views 1 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 2277 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 4398 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


ITAT Pune Set Aside Section 69A Addition as Reopening Notice Was Time Barred

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that the reassessment notice issued on 26.07.2022 was beyond the permissible timeline under the surviving limita...

May 21, 2026 189 Views 0 comment Print

Mumbai ITAT Quashes AY 2015-16 Reassessment as Time-Barred – Revenue’s Own Concession in Rajeev Bansal Proves Fatal

Income Tax : Mumbai ITAT held that reassessment notice issued under Section 148 for AY 2015-16 on 31.07.2022 was barred by limitation under Sec...

May 19, 2026 303 Views 0 comment Print

CIT(A) Cannot Order Protective Reopening for Different Assessment Year: ITAT Lucknow

Income Tax : ITAT ruled that appellate powers under Section 251 are confined to assessment year under appeal. Directions to reopen completed as...

May 19, 2026 129 Views 0 comment Print

U/s 153C Assessments Quashed – Mere Seized Material Not Enough Unless AO Shows Its Bearing on Total Income

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that the Revenue must establish a direct connection between seized material and the assessee’s taxable income...

May 18, 2026 141 Views 0 comment Print

Hyderabad ITAT Quashes AY 2015-16 Reopening – Notice u/s 148 Issued After 6 Years Held Time-Barred Despite ₹50 Lakh Escape Claim

Income Tax : Hyderabad ITAT held that a notice issued under Section 148 after six years from the end of AY 2015-16 was invalid. The Tribunal ru...

May 18, 2026 162 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Procedure for filing and processing of Bill of Entry amendment requests

Custom Duty : Learn how to file and process Bill of Entry amendments at Jawahar Lal Nehru Custom House. Get insights on self-approval and office...

February 23, 2024 21195 Views 0 comment Print


Kolkata ITAT Quashes Time-Barred Reopening for AY 2015-16

December 28, 2025 507 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT held that reassessment initiated in July 2022 for AY 2015-16 was barred by limitation. The ruling confirms that expired cases cannot be revived under the post-2021 reassessment framework.

Order of Competent Authority granting or refusing sanction u/s. 151 is not appealable order

December 27, 2025 480 Views 0 comment Print

Uttarakhand High Court held that order of the Competent Authority granting sanction or approval or refusing to grant sanction or approval u/s 151 of the Income Tax Act of 1961 is neither a revisable order, nor an appealable order.

Section 148A Proceedings Cannot Cure Invalid Old Reassessment Notice

December 27, 2025 1062 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal ruled that once the original notice itself is jurisdictionally invalid, later compliance with section 148A is irrelevant. Foundational defects cannot be remedied procedurally.

Additions Can’t Be Based on Suspicion, ITAT Deletes 2.5% Profit

December 26, 2025 384 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal held that profit estimation cannot rest on conjectures or lump-sum allegations. In absence of identified bogus purchases or factual basis, the entire addition was deleted.

Reassessment Quashed Due to Limitation After Supreme Court Time Exclusions

December 25, 2025 900 Views 0 comment Print

The High Court held that reassessment notices issued after excluding periods mandated by Supreme Court rulings were time-barred, rendering subsequent proceedings invalid

Ownership, transfer and business or capital gain needs reverification in joint development agreement

December 24, 2025 306 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata held that ownership, transfer, and transaction resulting into profit from business or profession and capital gain in respect of joint development agreement needs more verification. Accordingly, matter remanded back for fresh adjudication.

Wrong Authority Approval Voids Reassessment Beyond 3 Years

December 23, 2025 684 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal held that approval by an incompetent authority under Section 151(ii) invalidates a reassessment issued after three years. The notice and consequential order were declared void for lack of jurisdiction.

Reopening Beyond 3 Years Below ₹50 Lakh Quashed

December 23, 2025 549 Views 0 comment Print

The tribunal held that reassessment beyond three years is invalid when alleged escaped income is below Rs. 50 lakh. Notices issued contrary to section 149 after the 2021 amendments were quashed for lack of jurisdiction.

Reassessment Notice Held Valid Because SCN Period Is Excluded from Limitation: ITAT Mumbai

December 22, 2025 666 Views 0 comment Print

The dispute centered on whether a reassessment notice was time-barred and sanctioned by the correct authority. The Tribunal held that the reply period under section 148A must be excluded, bringing the notice within three years and validating the sanction.

ITAT Mumbai Quashed Reassessment Notice for Being Issued Beyond Limitation Period

December 22, 2025 852 Views 0 comment Print

The issue was whether a reassessment notice issued after the prescribed time limit was valid. The Tribunal held that notices for the relevant year issued after the cut-off date were barred by limitation, rendering the reassessment void.

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