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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 2268 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 72 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 90 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 174 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 132 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


Addition for Unexplained Jewellery – ITAT grants relief considering Status & Traditional Practices

March 13, 2023 690 Views 0 comment Print

Mohamed Mohideen Ayesha Nasreen Vs ACIT (ITAT Chennai) ITAT held that it could be seen that assessee is living with her husband and three children (Two daughters and one son) in USA. She has got married in the year 2003. In this letter, the assessee has submitted that approx. 1201 grams of jewellery belong to […]

Section 153C Assessments based on Invalid Notices are liable to be quashed

March 12, 2023 5313 Views 0 comment Print

Malik Network & Computer P. Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) One of the controversies in the present case arises towards computation of limitation period under Section 153C of the Act for the purposes of issuance of notice and assessment thereon. As per Section 153A of the Act (in the case of searched persons), the limitation […]

On-money receipts taxable as unaccounted sales only to the extent of net profit rate

February 28, 2023 3909 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that entire receipts on account of on-money-premium charged would not to be treated as the undisclosed income but only net profit rate could be applied on unaccounted sales/receipt for the purpose of making addition.

Tax authorities must follow proper procedures for handling & preserving electronic data

February 23, 2023 2211 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the Supreme Courts insights on Section 153C of the Income Tax Act, emphasizing due process. Learn key takeaways, including scope, applicability, assessment timelines, and the burden of proof. Ensure proper handling of electronic data in tax authority procedures.

Initiation of proceedings u/s 153C based on documents impounded during survey u/s 133A is bad in law

February 14, 2023 2256 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that initiation of proceedings under section 153C of the Income Tax Act based on documents impounded during the course of survey under section 133A of the Income Tax Act is bad in law and unjustified as no such material were found during the course of search.

Budget 2023 aligns timeline under section 153 of Income Tax Act

February 5, 2023 19272 Views 0 comment Print

Budget 2023 aligns timeline under section 153 of Income Tax Act. Learn more about the 2016 Finance Acts reduced assessment order period of 9 months for 2021-22 and later assessment years.

Proceedings u/s 153C in absence of any incriminating material is bad in law

November 28, 2022 2379 Views 0 comment Print

In the present search and impugned assessment proceedings no new / hidden fact has come to light. The learned assessing officer has only changed the opinion and has now sought to tax the receipts in the year of receipt as against the year of registration. Thus, the additions in the impugned order are purely based on a change in legal opinion and not on any ‘incriminating material’.

Assessment framed u/s 144 instead of section 153C liable to be quashed

November 10, 2022 2445 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that assessment proceedings were initiated on the basis of search operation carried out at third party wherein incriminating documents relating to assessee were allegedly found. Hence, assessment was required to be framed u/s 153C read with section 153A of the Income Tax Act and not u/s 144 and hence the said proceedings are quashed.

Fee receipt available in Public domain cannot be treated as incriminating material

October 5, 2022 1212 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Padmshree Dr. D.Y. Patil University (ITAT Mumbai) Before us, the main plea of the Ld. CIT-­DR was that the development fee collected by the assessee trust on the basis of a single fee receipt from the students, shows that the students didn’t had any option but to mandatorily give/remit the fees (including the […]

Annual Report & Share Certificate cannot be treated as Incriminating Documents if no link with addition

October 4, 2022 792 Views 0 comment Print

Court is of the view that the recovery of the annual report and the share certificate of the Petitioner from premises of Minda Group cannot be considered to be incriminating documents.

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