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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 186 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 300 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 138 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


ITAT Delhi Quashes Reassessment– Wrong Authority’s Approval Invalidates 148 Notice

September 28, 2025 663 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi quashes reassessment (AY 2016-17) and deletes Rs.2.25 Cr LTCG addition after finding that PCIT, not PCCIT, gave the required Section 151 approval.

No reassessment as notice was issued beyond the time limit calculated per the Rajeev Bansal Ruling

September 25, 2025 1320 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee did not comply with subsequent statutory notices, leading to an ex-parte assessment order under section 144, where the entire cash deposit was added back to its income under section 69A.

Laptop Data Alone Cannot Justify Reopening u/s 148: Excel Sheets Not Books or Assets

September 25, 2025 996 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Hyderabad rules Excel sheets from an accountant’s laptop aren’t ‘books’ or ‘assets,’ quashing reassessment notices against Exel Rubber for mechanical sanction and insufficient evidence.

Karnataka HC Quashes Non-Faceless Section 148A Reassessment Notices by Jurisdictional AO

September 24, 2025 2004 Views 0 comment Print

Ramachandra Reddy Vs DCIT: The Karnataka High Court quashes reassessment notices issued by jurisdictional AOs, holding that after the March 29, 2022 notification, all such proceedings must be conducted via the mandatory faceless regime under Section 151A.

Time-Barred Reassessment Notices Quashed: Limitation Period Enforced

September 23, 2025 1302 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi ruled that reassessment notices issued in July 2022 for AYs 2015-16 and 2016-17 were barred by limitation, citing a Supreme Court precedent.

MEIS benefits cannot be fatal merely due to inadvertent mistake of procedure

September 8, 2025 516 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court held that once exports are genuine and fall within the notified category, inadvertent mistakes of procedure cannot be treated as fatal, especially where they are corrected under statutory authority. Thus, appeal allowed. Accordingly, benefit of MEIS allowed.

Limitation Period u/s 153C commenced from date of receipt of seized material by AO and not from date of search or notice

September 4, 2025 1197 Views 0 comment Print

Under Section 153C, the six-year limitation period for issuing a notice to a person other than the one searched begins from the date on which the documents or materials were received by AO, not from the date of the search or notice.

Conversion of MEIS Shipping Bills to DEPB Scheme was permissible where bills not ‘free shipping bills’

September 1, 2025 402 Views 0 comment Print

Conversion of MEIS shipping bills to the DEPB scheme was permissible where bills not ‘free shipping bills as the scale of examination under both schemes was similar and the non-examination of goods could not be attributed to the assessee.

Section 148 Notice for AY 2015-16 Held Time-Barred: ITAT Mumbai

August 31, 2025 2013 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal in Mumbai has quashed reassessment proceedings against Babu Hasan Shaikh, ruling that the notice was issued after the statutory time limit had expired.

Section 148 Notices Issued After Cut-Off Date Non-Est: ITAT Delhi

August 29, 2025 858 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Delhi has ruled that reassessment notices issued under Section 148 after the prescribed limitation cut-off date are invalid, providing relief to the assessee.

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