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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


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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


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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


No Section 2(22)(e) addition if money lending was part of business

March 4, 2021 843 Views 0 comment Print

M.L. Singhi & Associates (P) Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) No addition could be made against the assessee if no incriminating material was found during the course of search It is not in dispute that whatever queries were raised by the A.O. time to time, have been replied by assessee along with documentary evidences. All […]

Addition cannot be made on the basis of mere diary jottings

February 22, 2021 5625 Views 0 comment Print

D.S. Suresh vs ACIT (ITAT Bangalore) In the present case, the addition is based on the diary jottings found during the course of search action in the case of RNSIL on 16.02.2012. We have carefully gone through the diary jottings recorded earlier part of this order. It contains the entry No.5 – MLA Tarikere Rs.27 […]

HC explains validity of invocation of section 153A based on statement recorded in search action against a third person

February 12, 2021 3921 Views 0 comment Print

Section 153A Invalid Where Statement Belonging And Pertaining To Person Other Than Searched Person Used To Assume Jurisdiction and Only Section 153C Can Be Invoked And Without Cross Examination Of Witness There Can Be No Valid Proceedings Under Law.   

Section 153C: ITAT directs CIT(A) to examine recording of satisfaction

February 8, 2021 1152 Views 0 comment Print

R.N. Shetty Trust Vs ACIT (ITAT Bangalore) As per Section 153C of the Act, the Assessing Officer of searched person shall proceed against such other person on reaching satisfaction that any undisclosed income belonging to such other person over whom he has no jurisdiction then he has to transmit the seized material to the Assessing […]

Section 153C | CIT (Appeals) must examine issue of recording of satisfaction 

February 8, 2021 684 Views 0 comment Print

R.N. Shetty Trust Vs ACIT (ITAT Bangalore) As per Section 153C of the Act, the Assessing Officer of searched person shall proceed against such other person on reaching satisfaction that any undisclosed income belonging to such other person over whom he has no jurisdiction then he has to transmit the seized material to the Assessing […]

New Procedure for Income escaping & search assessments

February 4, 2021 24864 Views 0 comment Print

Under the Act, the provisions related to income escaping assessment provide that if the Assessing Officer has reason to believe that any income chargeable to tax has escaped assessment for any assessment year, he may assess or reassess or re­compute the total income for such year under section 147 of the Act by issuing a […]

Income Tax Search & Seizure Assessments & Settlement Commission

February 2, 2021 4947 Views 0 comment Print

Finance Bill 2021- Paradigm Shift In The Provisions Relating To Income Tax Search And Seizure Assessments And Income Tax Settlement Commission Introduction:- The Hon’ble Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has presented the Union Budget 2021 of India on the 1st of February, 2021. Budget 2021 is aimed at reviving an economy that plunged into deepest […]

Section 153D Approval granted by JCIT without application of mind is invalid

January 19, 2021 3897 Views 0 comment Print

Sanjay Duggal Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) ITAT observed that In some of the cases the approval was granted on the date the request was made for approval by the A.O. In all those cases merely draft assessment order and the assessment folders were available with the A.O. For example in the case of Shri Sanjay […]

Absence of satisfaction of AO of searched person must for other person without which jurisdiction assumed under 153C is invalid

January 16, 2021 1386 Views 0 comment Print

Tanvir Collections Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) Absence of satisfaction of AO of searched person must for other person without which jurisdiction assumed under 153C is invalid It is palpable that the AO of Shri B.K. Dhingra, Smt. Poonam Dhingra and M/s Madhusudan Buildcon Pvt. Ltd., did not record any satisfaction that some money, […]

Assessment u/s 153C cannot be made in absence of incriminating documents discovered during search

November 24, 2020 1992 Views 0 comment Print

PCIT Vs S.R.Trust (Madras High Court) Conclusion: In the absence of any incriminating documents or evidence discovered during the course of search under Section 132 in the case of searched person against the assessee, the jurisdiction under the provisions of Section 153C could not be assumed. Held:  Assessee was a charitable trust registered under Section […]

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