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...
PCIT Vs Taneja Developers and Infrastructure Ltd. (Delhi High Court) Tribunal was required to consider, was: whether penalty could be imposed on the assessee only because it had made a new claim [in line with the change in its accounting policy] in its fresh return? Admittedly, [and there is no dispute about it] AS-7 permitted […]
USG Buildwell Pvt. Ltd. Vs Additional CIT (ITAT Delhi) The Ld. DR submitted that the disallowance u/s 37 on account of additional payment for purchase of land was righty made as the assessee could not establish his case as the expenditure was incurred without any substantial evidence produced before the Assessing Officer to that effect […]
ACIT Vs Mittal Roadways Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Jabalpur) From the above correspondence between the A.O. on one hand and the JCIT on the other hand and the letter addressed by the JCIT to the Commissioner clearly shows that it was at the stage of discussion and the JCIT could not able to make his mind. […]
M.L. Singhi & Associates (P) Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) No addition could be made against the assessee if no incriminating material was found during the course of search It is not in dispute that whatever queries were raised by the A.O. time to time, have been replied by assessee along with documentary evidences. All […]
Regular Books Of Accounts Maintained By Assessee Can Not Be Termed As Incriminating Material To Frame Assessment Under Section 153A , All Addition On Basis Of Such Material Is Therefore Invalid
Section 153A Invalid Where Statement Belonging And Pertaining To Person Other Than Searched Person Used To Assume Jurisdiction and Only Section 153C Can Be Invoked And Without Cross Examination Of Witness There Can Be No Valid Proceedings Under Law.
R.N. Shetty Trust Vs ACIT (ITAT Bangalore) As per Section 153C of the Act, the Assessing Officer of searched person shall proceed against such other person on reaching satisfaction that any undisclosed income belonging to such other person over whom he has no jurisdiction then he has to transmit the seized material to the Assessing […]
Under the Act, the provisions related to income escaping assessment provide that if the Assessing Officer has reason to believe that any income chargeable to tax has escaped assessment for any assessment year, he may assess or reassess or recompute the total income for such year under section 147 of the Act by issuing a […]
Sanjay Duggal Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) ITAT observed that In some of the cases the approval was granted on the date the request was made for approval by the A.O. In all those cases merely draft assessment order and the assessment folders were available with the A.O. For example in the case of Shri Sanjay […]
Tanvir Collections Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) Absence of satisfaction of AO of searched person must for other person without which jurisdiction assumed under 153C is invalid It is palpable that the AO of Shri B.K. Dhingra, Smt. Poonam Dhingra and M/s Madhusudan Buildcon Pvt. Ltd., did not record any satisfaction that some money, […]
