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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 2262 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 66 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 84 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 135 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 105 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


Search-Based Assessment Falls Under Section 153C, Not 147 – ITAT Bangalore Quashes Addition

September 5, 2025 819 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT Bangalore has quashed a reassessment order, ruling that a tax addition based on documents seized in a third-party search must be made under Section 153C, not 147.

No Incriminating Material, No 153C – ITAT Bangalore Deletes ₹150+ Cr Additions in JDA Case

September 5, 2025 1314 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore deletes ₹150+ crore additions, quashing assessment due to lack of incriminating material and multiple jurisdictional defects in the proceedings.

Time-Barred Assessment under Section 153C: Judicial Precedents

September 5, 2025 3327 Views 0 comment Print

AY 2015-16 assessment under Section 153C held time-barred. Judicial rulings confirm six-year limit runs from handing over of seized documents to AO.

No Incriminating Material, No Addition – ITAT Bangalore Deletes Suppression Additions

September 5, 2025 474 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore deletes additions in the KC Raju Hospital case, confirming that no additions can be made to unabated assessment years without specific incriminating material.

Consolidated Satisfaction Note under Section 153C Held Invalid

September 5, 2025 2052 Views 0 comment Print

Learn why a consolidated satisfaction note for multiple assessment years is legally invalid under Section 153C of the Income Tax Act, based on recent court rulings.

Limitation Period u/s 153C commenced from date of receipt of seized material by AO and not from date of search or notice

September 4, 2025 1275 Views 0 comment Print

Under Section 153C, the six-year limitation period for issuing a notice to a person other than the one searched begins from the date on which the documents or materials were received by AO, not from the date of the search or notice.

ITAT Deletes Penalty on Adhoc Expense Disallowance Where No Incriminating Material Found

September 3, 2025 603 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai dismissed Revenue’s appeal, upholding deletion of a Rs. 16 lakh penalty against Micro Plantea Limited due to a lack of incriminating material in a search assessment.

Sec. 69 Applies Even Without Books, But Proof Needed – Property Cash Investment Dispute Remanded

September 3, 2025 1347 Views 0 comment Print

The Patna ITAT holds that Section 69 applies even without books of account, but remands a case for fresh verification after the assessee provided new evidence of earlier cash payments.

ITAT Bangalore (Third Member): No Valid Search on Blueline – 153A Assessments Quashed

September 3, 2025 618 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore quashes assessments against Blueline Foods, ruling that a survey is not a valid search and that a panchanama in the company’s name is required.

Notice u/s 148 Invalid When Based on Third-Party Search – Section 153C Applies

September 2, 2025 2037 Views 0 comment Print

If any assessment proceedings are to be initiated by AO by relying on any information found during search action conducted on third party, then the Dept must resort to special provisions of section 153C and notice issued u/s 148 in such scenario is bad in law.

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