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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...

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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...

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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...

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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. ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Addition can be made without issuing notice u/s 153C separately in case both assessee and his brother lived in same building

March 31, 2019 1362 Views 0 comment Print

Where both searched assessees were brothers and were involved in the common business and assessee used to be in-charge of the accounts, there was no necessity of issuing notice under Section 153C separately to assessee in case they lived separately, but in the same building.

Assessment U/s. 153C without recording of satisfaction by AO of searched person is bad in law

March 18, 2019 1461 Views 0 comment Print

Salasar Dwellers Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) Satisfaction in the case is not recorded by the AO of the searched party, which is a pre-condition for invoking jurisdiction u/s 153C of the Act and hence, the assessment framed u/s 153C read with Section u/s 143(3) of the Act is bad in law and hence, […]

Addition based on seized document related to year different than notice issued U/s. 153C not valid

February 19, 2019 1050 Views 0 comment Print

Addition made under section 68 consequent to notice issued under section 153C was deleted because the AO had initiated assessment proceedings under section 153C for the relevant assessment years without pointing out or referring to any seized document belonging to those years and, therefore, there was no prima facierationale or logic behind issuing the said notice.

Assessment u/s 153C on non-recording of reasons & unsigned order sheet invalid

January 11, 2019 2895 Views 0 comment Print

Where AO of searched person had not recorded the reasons and order sheet of  AO of assessee though reasons were typed but remained unsigned, notice issued u/s 153C and the assessment order passed by AO was not valid as AO did not comply with the statutory requirement for issue of notice u/s 153C.

Enforceability of Section 153A/ Section 153C –An Analysis

January 7, 2019 117819 Views 4 comments Print

Section 153 A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 provides for the scheme of assessment of income in case of a searched person. In terms of the said section, the Assessing Officer can frame assessment of a searched person for six assessment years immediately preceding the year of search. One of such facet is whether while […]

Disallowance U/S 40A(3) not Possible if transaction genuine & cash payment done on Seller’s Insistence

December 28, 2018 5742 Views 0 comment Print

When cash payment was done on insistence of the seller, amount was duly recorded in the sale deed and no doubt was raised with regard to the genuineness of the transaction, disallowance u/s 40A(3) not justifiable.

Issuance of notice U/s. 153C is mandatory for assessment u/s. 153C

November 24, 2018 10554 Views 0 comment Print

Issuance of notice under section 153C is mandatory and a condition precedent for taking action against assessee under section 153C, therefore, assessment order under section 153C issued without issuing a notice under section 153C was bad in law.

Sec. 153C Addition cannot be made merely based on Dumb documents

November 13, 2018 6303 Views 0 comment Print

When dumb documents like loose sheets of papers are recovered and revenue wants to make use of it, onus rests on the Revenue to collect cogent evidence to corroborate the noting therein. As AO failed to do so, addition made under section 153C was deleted.

S. 153C List of shareholders maintained by company cannot be said to be belonging to such shareholders

November 5, 2018 972 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Esteem Textiles P. Ltd. (ITAT Delhi)  Evidently, AO on the basis of a letter written by the company, which was returned by the assessee by putting its signature and seal in confirmation of the accounts, had framed the assessment under section 153C. However, the said document could not be said to belong to […]

Addition justified for unexplained deposits in undeclared bank account

October 26, 2018 1263 Views 0 comment Print

Since the bank account in which assessee made huge cash deposits found during the course of search was not declared by assessee and assessee had not filed return for the year under consideration, therefore, the same constituted seized material so as to invoke section 153C in assessee’s case.

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