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

Income Tax : The guide provides detailed rules for VDA transfers executed through exchanges, brokers, and payment gateways. It identifies who i...

June 7, 2026 15099 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 1293 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 9270 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 7350 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 7956 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 2436 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 4533 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Section 153C Notices Quashed as Assessment Proceedings Became Time-Barred: Bombay HC

Income Tax : The Bombay High Court held that proceedings under Section 153C were barred by limitation as the assessments were not completed wit...

June 25, 2026 189 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai Quashes Reassessment Orders Due to Time-Barred Section 148 Notices

Income Tax : The ITAT held that reassessment notices issued after the surviving limitation period prescribed by the Supreme Court were invalid....

June 25, 2026 234 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Quashes Reassessment as Section 148 Notice for AY 2015-16 Was Time-Barred

Income Tax : ITAT Chennai held that the reassessment notice issued on 02.04.2022 for AY 2015-16 was barred by limitation under Section 149, fol...

June 23, 2026 192 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat HC Quashes Reassessment as Alleged Escaped Income Fell Below ₹50 Lakh Threshold

Income Tax : The Gujarat High Court held that after considering the ledger entries correctly, the alleged escaped income was only ₹45 lakh, b...

June 23, 2026 129 Views 0 comment Print

Telangana HC Allows Withdrawal of Income Tax Reassessment Challenge with Liberty to Refile

Income Tax : The Telangana High Court permitted the petitioner to withdraw the writ petition challenging the reassessment order passed under Se...

June 23, 2026 69 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 21765 Views 0 comment Print


Bombay HC stays reassessment notice after expiry of a period of six years

August 24, 2022 3261 Views 0 comment Print

Dilipkumar Premji Chheda Vs ITO (Bombay High Court) 1. Issue notice. Mr. Ajeet Manwani, learned counsel waives service for the Respondents. Objections be filed in six weeks. 2. Learned counsel for Petitioner states that the impugned notice dated 7th April, 2021 issued under Section 148 of the Act is unsustainable in law and in as […]

Unfolding the ‘Defence’ in Section 149 of Income Tax Act

June 22, 2022 21048 Views 2 comments Print

Reading a decision is one thing and interpreting the same is another, isn’t it? Many times, verdict of the decisions written itself per se do not give the correct meaning until the same is read in a proper context or perspective with the facts of each case.

Income Represented as Asset- Major Defense available to Assessee – section 149

May 18, 2022 21297 Views 1 comment Print

Learn about the major defense available to the assessee under section 149 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Understand how income represented as an asset can benefit taxpayers.

Escaped income from an asset outside India – Retrospective Section 149(1)(c) is Valid

March 1, 2022 3423 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Dilip J Thakkar (ITAT Mumbai) Section 149(1)(c) provides that no notice for reassessment can be issued if “more than sixteen years, have elapsed from the end of the relevant assessment year unless the income in relation to any asset (including financial interest in any entity) located outside India, chargeable to tax, has escaped […]

Section 149 of Income Tax Act 1961 as Modified by Finance Act 2021

July 18, 2021 89880 Views 2 comments Print

Section 149 is modified by Finance Act 2021 and now any case can be reopened within three  years from the end of relevant assessment year as per clause (a) of Section 149(1)  if Assessing Officer has information which suggests that income chargeable to tax has escaped assessment as prescribed in Explanation 1 to Section 148 […]

Bombay HC on Section 148 notices issued after 31st March, 2021

July 6, 2021 27591 Views 1 comment Print

Tata Communications Transformation Services Limited Vs ACIT (Bombay High Court) 1. Mr. Jehangir Mistri, learned Senior Advocate appearing for petitioner vehemently contends that the impugned notice under section 148 of Income Tax Act, 1961 in the present matter issued on 21/05/2021 is absolutely untenable on various grounds. He submits several provisions of the Income Tax […]

Time limit to issue Section 149 notice (Reassessment cases)

July 5, 2021 18765 Views 10 comments Print

Time limit to issue notice- One of the major differences between the new and old regime is the time limit of issue of notice, under the earlier regime the time limit for issue of notice was 4 years from the end of the relevant assessment year however in certain circumstances it was 6 and 16 years.

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