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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 42 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 300 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


Addition based on loose paper without corroborative material not sustainable

June 30, 2025 771 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chandigarh held that addition on the basis of loose paper without any corroborative material is not sustainable in law. Accordingly, addition is directed to be deleted and appeal is allowed.

Single sanction u/s. 153D for different Assessment Year granted in stereotype manner is invalid

June 28, 2025 444 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that approval accorded u/s. 153D in stereotype manner and single approval has been granted for various Assessment Years is invalid sanction. Thus, order passed based on invalid sanction accorded u/s. 153D is liable to be quashed.

Different floors to be construed as single residential unit for Section 54F deduction: ITAT Delhi

June 27, 2025 732 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that different floors of a property cannot be construed as independent residential unit and instead had to be construed only as a single residential unit for purpose of claiming deduction u/s. 54F. Accordingly, grounds raised by revenue dismissed.

Benefit of explanation (ix) of section 153B not available as reference to Indo-Swiss DTAA invalid

June 26, 2025 351 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that the benefit of exclusion of time by virtue of Explanation (ix) of Section 153B of the Income Tax Act cannot be available here as reference made for information under Indo-Swiss DTAA was invalid. Accordingly, questions to law as framed are answered against the Revenue.

Seized Documents Receipt Date by AO Determines Limitation for Section 153C Notice

June 24, 2025 432 Views 0 comment Print

Madras High Court held that period of limitation for issuing notice under section 153C of the Income Tax Act to person other than searched person shall be date of receiving books of accounts or documents seized by AO having jurisdiction over such other person.

Blocking E-Credit Ledger Without Pre-Decisional Hearing Not Tenable: CGST Rule 86A

June 23, 2025 279 Views 0 comment Print

The issue involved in the present petition is that the Electronic credit ledger of the petitioner was blocked by the impugned order dated 26.03.2025, by invoking Rule 86A of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017.

Section 45(4) Inapplicable to Capital Introduced by New Partner: ITAT Bangalore

June 20, 2025 690 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that provisions of section 45(4) of the Income Tax Act are application only when there is transfer of any asset to the partners account from the firm. Accordingly, section 45(4) cannot be invoked in case of incremental capital brought in by the new partner.

Section 153C Amendment not applicable to searches before June 1, 2015: SC

June 19, 2025 678 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court rules 2015 amendment to Income Tax Act’s Section 153C, broadening third-party assessment, is not retrospective; applies only to searches after June 1, 2015.

Six-Year Tax Assessment for Third Parties Begins on AO’s Receipt of Seized Materials: SC

June 19, 2025 879 Views 0 comment Print

The Supreme Court clarifies that the six-year tax assessment period for third parties, whose documents are seized, starts from the date their AO receives materials, not the original search date.

Partner’s Withdrawal from Firm Not Deemed Dividend U/S 2(22)(e): ITAT Delhi

June 18, 2025 618 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that amount withdrawn by the assessee in the capacity of the partner from the partnership firm cannot be treated in the nature of loan and advance and cannot be covered within meaning of deemed dividend under section 2(22)(e) of the Income Tax Act.

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