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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 3483 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 63 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 93 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


PCIT vs. Swetaben Patel: No Addition Without Incriminating Material

October 26, 2023 978 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the recent Gujarat High Court judgment in PCIT (Central) vs. Swetaben Ghanshyambhai Patel regarding assessments and additions in the absence of incriminating material.

ITAT Declares Assessment Void Due to Non-Existent Entity

October 26, 2023 663 Views 0 comment Print

In a significant ruling, ITAT Ahmedabad declares an assessment order void, passed in the name of a non-existent entity after a court-approved amalgamation.

Mechanical approval under Section 153D of Income Tax Act is invalid

October 24, 2023 1494 Views 0 comment Print

The Delhi High Court confirms the annulment of an assessment order in the case of PCIT vs. Anuj Bansal, citing mechanical approval under Section 153D of the Income Tax Act.

Reopening of assessment based on wrong and irrelevant facts is unsustainable-in-law

October 19, 2023 8574 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chandigarh held that reopening of assessment under section 147 of the Income Tax Act based on wrong and irrelevant facts recorded under the reasons recorded for the formation of belief of escapement of income chargeable to income tax is unsustainable in law and liable to be quashed.

SC Clarifies Commencement of Section 153C Block Reassessment Period

October 11, 2023 3072 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court clarifies the commencement of block reassessment under Section 153C of the Income Tax Act, safeguarding third parties’ interests

Issuance of notice and passing of order against non-existent entity is bad-in-law

October 10, 2023 2187 Views 0 comment Print

Uttarakhand High Court held that issuance of notice to the Transferor Company (i.e. non-existent entity) and order passed u/s 148A(d) of the Income Tax Act against the non-existent entity is bad in law and liable to be quashed.

Reopening of assessment merely based on change of opinion is unsustainable

October 6, 2023 1788 Views 0 comment Print

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.

‘Non-cooperative attitude’ alone cannot justify penalties: ITAT Delhi

October 2, 2023 1116 Views 0 comment Print

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.

Order framed u/s 153C without incriminating material found during search is unsustainable

September 27, 2023 2103 Views 0 comment Print

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.

Acquiring jurisdiction u/s 153C without satisfaction note is unsustainable in law

September 20, 2023 2307 Views 0 comment Print

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.

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