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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


Section 40A(3) not invocable as income assessed at flat gross profit rate: ITAT Chennai

April 18, 2025 1128 Views 0 comment Print

Aggrieved against the directions of CIT(A) to the AO for assessment of gross profit on unaccounted sales of unaccounted purchases and enhancement on account of disallowance of cash payment u/s.40A(3) of the Act, the assessee came in appeal before the Tribunal.

Scrutiny of Additions Based on Seized Documents Remanded for Re-Examination

April 17, 2025 771 Views 0 comment Print

The JDA was signed between one Mr. U.K. Hasanabba and Mr. U. Ibrahim on one side as landowners and Mr. Abdul Khader K (on behalf of the assessee) and Mr. K. Hussain Abbas (on behalf of the HNGC Builders and Developers).

ITAT Quashes Assessments Over Common & Mechanical Approvals for Multiple Years

April 16, 2025 1467 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi quashes assessment orders against Splendor Landbase and its director, faulting the JCIT’s mechanical approval under Section 153D.

Court cannot exercise discretionary jurisdiction to restrain Tax officer from assessment proceedings

April 15, 2025 660 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court held that Court cannot exercise its discretionary jurisdiction to restrain income tax officers from proceedings with assessment proceedings where huge unaccounted income in accommodation entry has been detected.

Delhi HC Quashes Section 153C Notices, Rules WhatsApp Evidence Irrelevant

April 15, 2025 1965 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi HC sets aside Sec 153C notices against Ishita Varshney Jain. WhatsApp image of unrelated Agreement to Sell found on husband’s phone insufficient ground.

WhatsApp Evidence Invalid Without Section 65B Compliance: Madras HC

April 15, 2025 2043 Views 0 comment Print

Madras High Court sets aside IT assessment orders for Vetrivel Minerals citing lack of incriminating evidence and breach of natural justice principles.

Section 153C not requires AO to establish link between searched & non-searched persons

April 14, 2025 1029 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held that section 153C of the Income Tax Act doesn’t required AO to find or uncover a relationship or an association between the searched and the non-searched person.

Section 153C Proceedings based on specific WhatsApp chats justified: Rajasthan HC

April 10, 2025 1338 Views 0 comment Print

Rajasthan High Court held that initiation of proceedings under section 153C of the Income Tax Act based on WhatsApp chats with specific inputs cannot be said to be vague or hit by the strict parameters of Section 153C of the Income Tax Act.

Section 69A Addition Invalid if ownership of money or valuable not proved: ITAT Nagpur

April 10, 2025 2268 Views 0 comment Print

There are absolutely no credible and reliable evidences to establish that entire loans in cash were from the undisclosed funds whereas loan in cheques were accepted to be that of person other assessee and his role as a conduit or a mere intermediary was established.

Addition based on dumb seized document not sustainable: ITAT Delhi

April 9, 2025 4863 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that seized document merely indicates some rates than pinpointing any specific on-money payment or receipt; as the case may be, involving the assessee. Thus, addition is liable to be deleted.

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