Income Tax : Judicial rulings clarify that satisfaction for initiating action against other persons in search cases must be recorded promptly. ...
Income Tax : Courts are divided on whether the DRP-specific deadline under Section 144C(13) overrides the general assessment time bar in Sectio...
Income Tax : CBDT issues new compounding guidelines simplifying process, eligibility, charges, and procedures under the Income-tax Act from Oct...
Income Tax : A summary of prosecution offences under Chapter XXII of the Income Tax Act (Sections 275A to 280), detailing the rigorous imprison...
Income Tax : CBDT's new Compounding of Offence Guidelines (2024) simplify the process but maintain strict compliance rules. Learn about eligibi...
Income Tax : Learn about the new block assessment provisions for cases involving searches under section 132 and requisitions under section 132A...
Income Tax : The case examined whether compensation paid to exit prior agreements was a sham arrangement. The Tribunal ruled it was a valid bus...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that loan repayment cannot be treated as unexplained cash credit under section 68. The addition was deleted as i...
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...
Income Tax : Reassessment proceedings was invalid for a notice issued beyond three years without the sanction of the prescribed higher authorit...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that unsigned excel sheets without supporting evidence cannot justify additions. It ruled that absence of corrob...
Income Tax : Availability of Miscellaneous Functionalities related to ‘Selection of Case of Search Year’ and ‘Relevant Search...
ITAT Delhi held that the additions/disallowance, devoid of any incriminating material found during the course of search, cannot validate the assessment orders framed u/s 153C of the Act. Accordingly, assessment orders u/s 153C cannot be sustained and liable to be quashed.
ITAT Chennai held that addition towards unexplained money u/s 69A of the Income Tax Act unjustified as assessee has filed necessary evidence to explain nature and source for cash deposits.
ITAT Delhi held that for the purpose of Section 153A/143(3) of the Income Tax Act, the assessment can be said to be ‘made’ only when the DIN is quoted on the order before it is signed. Order passed u/s 153A without first generating the DIN is invalid and bad-in-law.
ITAT Chennai held that acquiring jurisdiction u/s 153C of the Income Tax Act without fulfilling the requirement of satisfaction note in case of searched person is unsustainable and liable to be quashed.
ITAT Delhi held that initiation of reassessment proceedings u/s 147 of the Income Tax Act merely on the basis of information from other officer without cogent and demonstrable material unjustified.
Read the full text of ITAT Mumbai’s order directing re-adjudication of foreign income earned by a deceased assessee based on the residential status of the previous year.
ITAT Chennai held that assessment order passed without examining the seized documents is prejudicial to the interest of revenue and hence the revisionary order passed under section 263 of the Income Tax Act duly sustainable.
ITAT Mumbai held that interest cost incurred towards acquisition of the clear title of the property is allowable as cost of acquisition.
ITAT Delhi held that estimation of profit at 10%, instead of 8% as adopted under presumptive scheme of taxation provided u/s. 44AD, justified as the same is guided by the principles of objectivity, fairness and consideration of justice.
ITAT Chennai in Estate of Late Smt. Jayanthi Krishnamurthy Vs ACIT held that no addition could be made under section 153A in absence of incriminating evidence resulting from a search, especially if assessment is unabated.
