Income Tax : Judicial rulings clarify that satisfaction for initiating action against other persons in search cases must be recorded promptly. ...
Income Tax : CBDT issues new compounding guidelines simplifying process, eligibility, charges, and procedures under the Income-tax Act from Oct...
Income Tax : CBDT's new Compounding of Offence Guidelines (2024) simplify the process but maintain strict compliance rules. Learn about eligibi...
Income Tax : AY 2015-16 assessment under Section 153C held time-barred. Judicial rulings confirm six-year limit runs from handing over of seize...
Income Tax : Learn why a consolidated satisfaction note for multiple assessment years is legally invalid under Section 153C of the Income Tax A...
Income Tax : Learn about the new block assessment provisions for cases involving searches under section 132 and requisitions under section 132A...
Income Tax : The Tribunal held that reopening under Section 147 was invalid where it was based on third-party search material. It ruled that Se...
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 : The Court held that a 21-month delay in recording the satisfaction note violates the requirement of immediacy. It ruled that such ...
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 : Central Government has decided to extend the time limits to 30th June, 2021 in the following cases where the time limit was earlie...
Income Tax : Availability of Miscellaneous Functionalities related to ‘Selection of Case of Search Year’ and ‘Relevant Search...
Bombay High Court held that re-opening of assessment under section 148 of the Income Tax Act, without indicating basis for having a reason to belief that income has escaped assessment, merely based on change of opinion is unsustainable in law and liable to be quashed.
Explore the case of Alankit Imaginations Ltd vs. DCIT (ITAT Delhi), where penalties were challenged. Learn why a ‘non-cooperative attitude’ alone cannot justify penalties.
ITAT Delhi held that the additions/disallowance, devoid of any incriminating material found during the course of search, cannot validate the assessment orders framed u/s 153C of the Act. Accordingly, assessment orders u/s 153C cannot be sustained and liable to be quashed.
ITAT Chennai held that acquiring jurisdiction u/s 153C of the Income Tax Act without fulfilling the requirement of satisfaction note in case of searched person is unsustainable and liable to be quashed.
ITAT Delhi held that initiation of reassessment proceedings u/s 147 of the Income Tax Act merely on the basis of information from other officer without cogent and demonstrable material unjustified.
Bombay High Court held that jurisdiction to assess/ reassess u/s 153C of the Income Tax Act in respect of unabated/ completed assessments without any incriminating material found during the search unjustified.
Exploring the key takeaways from the ITAT Chennai ruling in Duraisamy Parameswaran Vs ACIT, focusing on how agricultural income is treated under Section 68 of the Income Tax Act.
ITAT Chennai held that assessment order passed without examining the seized documents is prejudicial to the interest of revenue and hence the revisionary order passed under section 263 of the Income Tax Act duly sustainable.
ITAT Delhi held that addition under section 69C of the Income Tax Act towards unexplained expenditure based on dumb documents not sustainable in law.
ITAT Chennai in Estate of Late Smt. Jayanthi Krishnamurthy Vs ACIT held that no addition could be made under section 153A in absence of incriminating evidence resulting from a search, especially if assessment is unabated.