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FAQs on Compounding of Offences under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : The FAQs explain the revised CBDT guidelines on compounding offences under the Income-tax Act effective from 17 October 2024. They...

June 22, 2026 2268 Views 0 comment Print

All about Appeal to Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT)

Income Tax : The article explains who can file appeals before the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, the orders that are appealable, applicable tim...

June 17, 2026 211717 Views 11 comments Print

Loose Sheets and Digital Data Not Enough: ITAT Quashes Additions for Lack of Evidence

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that additions cannot stand without a clear link between seized material and the assessee. It ruled that third-p...

May 1, 2026 444 Views 0 comment Print

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 2124 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 3486 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 2430 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Vivad se Vishwas Benefit Allowed as Assessment Was Based on Survey, Not Search: Gujarat HC

Income Tax : Gujarat High Court held that rejection of a Vivad se Vishwas declaration was invalid because final assessment arose from survey pr...

June 23, 2026 72 Views 0 comment Print

Section 69 Addition Deleted as Seized Loose Sheet Lacked Corroborative Evidence

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that an addition under Section 69 could not be sustained solely on the basis of a seized loose sheet without ind...

June 23, 2026 90 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Quashes Section 263 Order as Search Warrant Was Not Issued in Assessee’s Name

Income Tax : The ITAT held that assessments under Section 153A were invalid because no search warrant was issued in the assessee’s name. As t...

June 23, 2026 66 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Quashes Assessment Orders as Section 153 Limitation Expired Despite TOLA Extension

Income Tax : The ITAT Hyderabad held that the assessment orders were time-barred under Section 153 despite the DRP process. Both assessments we...

June 23, 2026 174 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Quashes Section 153C Assessments as They Were Barred by Limitation

Income Tax : The ITAT held that limitation under Section 153B had to be computed from the searched person's last panchanama, making the assessm...

June 23, 2026 132 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Government extends timelines for Income Tax Assessment (Read Notification)

Income Tax : Central Government has decided to extend the time limits to 30th June, 2021 in the following cases where the time limit was earlie...

April 27, 2021 71496 Views 4 comments Print

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 2535 Views 0 comment Print


Delhi HC Quashes Section 153C Notices Due to Defective Satisfaction Note

October 4, 2025 912 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court set aside notices in Kishore Kumar Sharma vs. ACIT, affirming that Section 153C proceedings require a jurisdictional AO to record prima facie satisfaction that incriminating material impacts each relevant assessment year.

ITAT Delhi Deletes Capitation Fee Additions Against Educational Trust

October 3, 2025 435 Views 0 comment Print

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Delhi, ruled against the revenue’s additions of unaccounted capitation fees and cash loan interest under Sections 69A and 69C against the Saraswati Ammal Educational & Charitable Trust.

Diary Entries of Earlier Year Cannot Justify 153C Notice – ITAT Mumbai Quashes Assessment

October 3, 2025 489 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT quashes DCIT’s 153C assessments for Piyush Bongirwar, holding that a single diary page pertaining only to AY 2013-14 cannot justify assessment for later years without specific incriminating material.

Consolidated section 153D approval without examining records or incriminating material invalid

October 2, 2025 819 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi quashed Balaji Metal Tech’s assessment, ruling it void due to mechanical approval, wrong section use (143(3) instead of 153C), and failure to mention DIN in the order.

ITAT Bangalore Restricts Additions in Search Assessment – Statement Alone Not Incriminating

October 1, 2025 759 Views 0 comment Print

Late Mahabir Prasad (through L/H Mrs. Parul Kansaria) Vs DCIT (ITAT Bangalore) ITAT Bangalore Restricts Additions in Search Assessment – Statement Alone Not Incriminating-  No Addition in Concluded Years Without Incriminating Material- Unaccounted Sales – Only GP Taxable, Not Entire Turnover Bangalore ITAT dealt with additions arising out of search proceedings in the A-One Steel […]

Reopening Beyond 10 Years Void: ITAT Delhi Quashes ₹2.25 Cr Assessment

September 29, 2025 939 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi rules that reassessment beyond 10 years is void, holding satisfaction note date governs limitation; ₹2.25 Cr addition for AY 2012-13 deleted.

ITAT Delhi Quashes 153C Assessment Beyond 10 Years – Revenue Appeal Dismissed

September 28, 2025 540 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi upholds the quashing of s. 153C assessment for AY 2012-13, ruling it’s beyond the 10-year block of limitation as per s. 153A/C and Delhi High Court precedent in Ojjus Medicare.

Laptop Data Alone Cannot Justify Reopening u/s 148: Excel Sheets Not Books or Assets

September 25, 2025 1059 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Hyderabad rules Excel sheets from an accountant’s laptop aren’t ‘books’ or ‘assets,’ quashing reassessment notices against Exel Rubber for mechanical sanction and insufficient evidence.

Reassessment Based on Third-Party Laptop Data Remanded for Fresh Hearing

September 25, 2025 480 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal condoned a 376-day delay in filing the appeal, citing a consultant’s lapse, and ruled that the assessee was denied a fair hearing. The case was remanded for a detailed examination of jurisdictional and factual issues.

Registered Property Deeds Alone Not Incriminating for Tax Reassessment: ITAT Jaipur

September 25, 2025 873 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur ruled that merely possessing registered property deeds cannot be treated as incriminating material under Sections 153A/153C of Income Tax Act.

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