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Delay in Recording Satisfaction Note Under Section 153C Can Invalidate Search Proceedings

Income Tax : Judicial rulings clarify that satisfaction for initiating action against other persons in search cases must be recorded promptly. ...

March 11, 2026 1566 Views 0 comment Print

Special vs General: Time Limit Conflict between Section 144C(13) and Section 153 of Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Courts are divided on whether the DRP-specific deadline under Section 144C(13) overrides the general assessment time bar in Sectio...

December 16, 2025 2604 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Compounding of Offences under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : CBDT issues new compounding guidelines simplifying process, eligibility, charges, and procedures under the Income-tax Act from Oct...

October 30, 2025 1968 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Prosecution provision under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : A summary of prosecution offences under Chapter XXII of the Income Tax Act (Sections 275A to 280), detailing the rigorous imprison...

October 29, 2025 6918 Views 0 comment Print

Compounding of offence under the Income-tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : CBDT's new Compounding of Offence Guidelines (2024) simplify the process but maintain strict compliance rules. Learn about eligibi...

October 17, 2025 2940 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 2127 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Bogus Purchase Addition Restricted to Profit Element: ITAT Grants Relief

Income Tax : The case examined whether compensation paid to exit prior agreements was a sham arrangement. The Tribunal ruled it was a valid bus...

April 18, 2026 36 Views 0 comment Print

Alleged Accommodation Entry Addition deleted Due to Loan Repayment Misclassification

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that loan repayment cannot be treated as unexplained cash credit under section 68. The addition was deleted as i...

April 16, 2026 282 Views 0 comment Print

Reopening Fails on Both Counts: Invalid Sec 148A Notice and Time-Barred Sec 148 Render Assessment Void

Income Tax : The issue was whether a notice granting less than the statutory minimum time is valid. The tribunal held that giving less than 7 d...

April 16, 2026 168 Views 0 comment Print

No reassessment beyond 3 years without proper sanction of prescribed higher authority

Income Tax : Reassessment proceedings was invalid for a notice issued beyond three years without the sanction of the prescribed higher authorit...

April 15, 2026 249 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Rajkot: Addition Based on ‘Dump Excel Sheet’ Deleted – No Evidence, No Tax

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that unsigned excel sheets without supporting evidence cannot justify additions. It ruled that absence of corrob...

April 14, 2026 690 Views 0 comment Print


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Selection of Case of Search Years in ITBA Assessment module

Income Tax : Availability of Miscellaneous Functionalities related to ‘Selection of Case of Search Year’ and ‘Relevant Search...

September 12, 2019 2466 Views 0 comment Print


ITAT Upholds Deletion of Bogus F&O Loss Additions; Post-Search Reports Cannot Justify 153A

October 11, 2025 600 Views 0 comment Print

Mumbai ITAT affirmed the deletion of a ₹2.74 crore F&O loss addition under Section 153A for an unabated year. The addition, based only on the post-search “Project Falcon” report, was void as no incriminating material was found during the search itself, following the Supreme Court’s mandate.

Cash found during search verifiable from audited books cannot be added u/s. 69A as unexplained money

October 10, 2025 828 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur held that addition under section 69A of the Income Tax Act towards unexplained money found during the course of search is liable to be deleted since assessee has discharged his onus to prove that the cash found is completely verifiable from the audited books of accounts.

Revised return filed before assessment cannot mean concealment- ITAT Jaipur deletes penalty u/s 271(1)(c) -Vague notice & voluntary disclosure save assessee from penalty

October 10, 2025 768 Views 0 comment Print

Visakhapatnam ITAT dismisses Revenue appeals, quashing protective additions on cotton mills. Protective assessment for A.Y. 2016-17 invalid as substantive addition was in A.Y. 2017-18.

Taxpayer Wins ₹4.04 Cr Relief: AO Cannot Rely on Non-Response to S.133(6) Notice – Reason: Onus Shifts to Revenue After Primary Proof

October 10, 2025 663 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Kolkata confirmed the deletion of a ₹4.04 Cr addition under Section 68 against Eskag Sanjeevani, ruling that documented unsecured loans received and fully repaid through banking channels cannot be deemed bogus.

Even idle business needs guards – Tribunal permits security expense though no turnover

October 9, 2025 441 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi ruled that a consultancy company with zero turnover could deduct necessary expenses, allowing the full Rs.8.66 lakh security charge as an establishment cost.

ITAT Chennai Upholds 50% Disallowance of Agricultural Income; Unproved Claims Treated as Unexplained Credits

October 9, 2025 579 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chennai sustains 50% disallowance of claimed agricultural income (Padam Kumar Vs DCIT). Holds land ownership alone doesn’t prove cultivation; evidence is necessary.

Extrapolation of Suppressed Profit Beyond Search Date Without Incriminating Material Deemed Invalid: ITAT Delhi

October 8, 2025 540 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi ITAT ruled that a Rs. 3.74 Cr tax addition on suppressed profit was illegal. Extrapolating income beyond the search date without evidence is impermissible.

ITSC Applications Filed Before 31 March 2021 to Be Treated as Pending

October 7, 2025 363 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court rules ITSC applications filed until March 31, 2021, are valid and must be treated as pending. Retrospective cut-off of February 1, 2021, is arbitrary, violating Article 14.

Principles of natural justice prevail – ITAT directs fresh hearing in penny stock commission case

October 7, 2025 273 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai ruled that denying effective cross-examination of key witnesses, like R.K. Kedia, violated natural justice, vitiating the income tax assessment in a bogus long-term capital gains (LTCG) commission case.

Unaccounted sales addition without adverse material cannot be sustained

October 6, 2025 552 Views 0 comment Print

Chhattisgarh High Court held that addition on account of unaccounted sales based on estimated production yield in complete absence of any adverse material is rightly deleted. Accordingly, substantial question is answered in favour of assessee.

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