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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


10-Year Reassessment Period Unjustified as Conditions Under Section 153A(1) Not Met

May 8, 2025 3312 Views 0 comment Print

Held that the AO seeks to disallow expenses on account of doubting the genuineness for the reason that the same were not incurred wholly or exclusively for the purpose of the petitioner’s business.

Assuming jurisdiction u/s. 153C beyond block of ten years not tenable-in-law: Delhi HC

May 6, 2025 789 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that since AY 2012-13 falls beyond the block of ten years that are required to be reckoned from the end of the AY 2022-23 assuming jurisdiction u/s. 153C in respect of AY 2012-13 is invalid. Accordingly, appeal of revenue dismissed.

Revision order u/s. 263 passed in name of non-existent entity cannot be sustained: ITAT Ahmedabad

May 6, 2025 444 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that revisionary order passed under section 263 of the Income Tax Act in the name of non-existent entity (amalgamated company) is liable to be quashed. Accordingly, the appeal of the assessee is allowed.

Delhi HC Quashes Reassessment Notice Beyond 10 Years for AY 2014-15

May 4, 2025 726 Views 0 comment Print

The Delhi High Court quashed a reassessment notice issued to Janus Infrastructure Projects for AY 2014-15, as it exceeded the 10-year limit under Section 149 of the Income Tax Act, as amended in 2021.

Gujarat High Court Criticises ITAT’s Casual Remand in Tax Evasion Case

April 29, 2025 1521 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat High Court sets aside ITAT’s order, criticising the casual remand of a tax evasion case despite the assessee’s non-compliance.

Reassessment proceedings based on incorrect information liable to be quashed

April 29, 2025 2406 Views 0 comment Print

Patna High Court held that reassessment proceedings initiated on the basis of incorrect information which was not supported by any material is not sustainable in law. Accordingly, order passed thereon is liable to be quashed.

ITAT Quashes Assessments: Multiple Approvals Granted in One Day Without Scrutiny

April 29, 2025 3429 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi rules assessment void in MDLR Hotels case due to Additional CIT’s failure to apply mind while granting approval under Section 153D.

AO Cannot Initiate Section 143(3) Assessment After Recording Satisfaction U/s 153C

April 27, 2025 1779 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi quashes AY 2021-22 assessment against Arti Dhall, ruling section 153C was not correctly applied in case linked to Hans Group search.

Person other than searched person should be assessed u/s. 153C instead of 143(3): ITAT Delhi

April 22, 2025 1698 Views 0 comment Print

Coordinate Tribunal in the case of Arti Dhall vs. DCIT has held that in the case on hand undoubtedly the satisfaction note u/s 153C of the Act was recorded on 27.09.2022 which falls in the previous year 2022-23 relevant to the AY 2023-24.

Section 153D Approval Must Be Year-Specific, Independent & Non-Mechanical: Delhi ITAT

April 19, 2025 1845 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi ITAT: Section 153D approval requires specific application of mind per assessment year, not blanket or mechanical. Assessment quashed.

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