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Section 54 Capital Gains Tax Exemption – What Constitutes Date of Transfer?

Income Tax : Judicial rulings clarify that Section 54 focuses on timely investment of capital gains, not rigid legal ownership milestones. The ...

January 15, 2026 6987 Views 2 comments Print

Assessment Void as AO Finalized Without DVO Report: ITAT Ahmedabad

Income Tax : The ITAT held that an assessment completed before receiving the DVO report under section 50C(2) is invalid. All additions and disa...

December 3, 2025 1134 Views 0 comment Print

Period of limitation prescribed under Income-tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Understand the statutory time limits for filings, applications, approvals, and settlement processes under the Income-tax Act, incl...

November 20, 2025 5472 Views 1 comment Print

Rectification of Mistake Under Section 154: A Comprehensive Guide

Income Tax : Learn the scope, time limits, and procedure for correcting mistakes apparent from records under Section 154, including appeal rest...

November 19, 2025 254889 Views 32 comments Print

FAQs on Faceless Income-tax Proceedings

Income Tax : Faceless Income-tax proceedings and e-assessments under Section 144B simplify taxpayer compliance. Use the e-filing portal for ele...

October 29, 2025 5022 Views 1 comment Print


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Representation – Challenges in Certain Income Tax Provisions

Income Tax : KSCAA has made a Representation on Challenges in Income Tax Related to Rectification Proceedings, Order Giving Effect, Delay in P...

March 15, 2022 8199 Views 2 comments Print

AO should accept rectification application related to difference in Form No. 26AS and Amount claimed in ITR

Income Tax : Even after due efforts taken by the Government to ensure compliance relating to filing of TDS returns by the deductors, the defaul...

January 24, 2018 1767 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT requests taxpayer to avail facility for online rectification

Income Tax : Taxpayers who are not satisfied with the outcome of processing of their Income Tax Return by the Centralized Processing Centre, Be...

April 1, 2016 4585 Views 1 comment Print

I-T Dept introduces new facility for online submission of rectification request

Income Tax : Department introduces new facility for online submission of rectification request in cases where processing was completed by CPC B...

December 7, 2010 759 Views 0 comment Print


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Section 69A Addition Cannot Be Made Through Section 154 Rectification: ITAT Hyderabad

Income Tax : ITAT Hyderabad held that addition of Rs. 13 lakh under Section 69A through rectification proceedings exceeded the scope of Section...

May 22, 2026 171 Views 0 comment Print

Bad Debts Written Off Cannot Be Disallowed as Prior Period Expenses: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : Tribunal held that deduction for bad debts is allowable in the year in which the debts are actually written off in the books of ac...

May 22, 2026 162 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes MAT Adjustment as Section 115JB Not Permit Exclusion of Alleged Bogus Loss

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi held that the Assessing Officer could not alter book profit under Section 115JB by disallowing losses from alleged ...

May 22, 2026 99 Views 0 comment Print

Section 154 Rectification Valid as DSIR Form 3CL Determined Eligible R&D Deduction

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that Form 3CL issued by DSIR could not be treated as additional evidence during rectification proceedings since i...

May 22, 2026 81 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Allows TDS Credit as Denial Was Due to Inadvertent Omission by AO

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that lawful TDS credit cannot be denied merely because the Assessing Officer overlooked an earlier rectification o...

May 19, 2026 153 Views 0 comment Print


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CBDT requests taxpayer to avail facility for online rectification

Income Tax : Taxpayers who are not satisfied with the outcome of processing of their Income Tax Return by the Centralized Processing Centre, Be...

April 1, 2016 4585 Views 1 comment Print

Dispose Rectification Application U/s. 154 in writing : CBDT

Income Tax : Instruction No. 02/2016 Section 154 of the Act mandates that rectification order shall be passed in writing by the Income Tax auth...

February 15, 2016 2940 Views 0 comment Print

Pass Rectification Order U/s 154 within 6 Months: CBDT

Income Tax : Instruction No. 01/2016 section 154 stipulates that where application for amendment is made by assessee/deductor/collector with a...

February 15, 2016 7230 Views 1 comment Print

Expeditious disposal of applications for rectification under section 154

Income Tax : 225/148/2015-ITA-II Expeditious disposal of applications for rectification under section 154 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (Act) dur...

June 5, 2015 1594 Views 0 comment Print

Rectification U/s. 154 – CBDT procedure for receipt & disposal

Income Tax : INSTRUCTION NO. 3/2013 Hon'ble Delhi High Court vide Judgment in case of Court On its Own Motion v. UOI and Ors. in W.P. (C) 2659/...

July 5, 2013 11129 Views 0 comment Print


Order not containing DIN shall be treated as invalid

March 20, 2023 1680 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Pune held that default in allotting ‘DIN and Order’ results into quashing of the impugned assessment as according to CBDT circular no. 19/2019 dated 14.08.2019 such an order ought to be treated as to have never been issued herein.

Addition u/s 69A via rectification order u/s 154 based on surmises and conjectures unsustainable

March 16, 2023 2133 Views 0 comment Print

Pawan Raj Goyal Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) ITAT Delhi held that addition of unexplained money under section 69A of the Income Tax Act via rectification order passed under section 154 stating there was mistake apparent from record is based on surmises and conjectures and hence unsustainable. Facts- Assessee has preferred the present appeal contending that […]

Justified claim of assessee cannot be denied by appellate authority by citing procedure as a tool

March 9, 2023 1194 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that as and when the CPC has erred while processing the return of an assessee which causes tax liability on an assessee, then lawfully the appellate authorities should not cite procedure as a tool/ruse to deny the just claim of an assessee.

Claim allowed in scrutiny proceedings cannot be withdrawn by AO by mere change of opinion

February 15, 2023 783 Views 0 comment Print

Once claim has been allowed in scrutiny proceedings, then AO cannot withdraw the claim under section 154, by mere change of opinion and without there being any apparent mistake on record.

Mistakes by NRI in ITR – ITAT directs AO to consider rectification application on merits

January 27, 2023 1404 Views 0 comment Print

Prasanta Kumar Mishra Vs ACIT (ITAT Cuttack) Admittedly, the assessee individual is a non-resident Indian and the facts clearly show that the return has been filed with mistakes. These mistakes can admittedly be rectified by filing a rectification application. The rectification application admittedly is not being considered on account of the limitation provided u/s. 154(7) […]

Debatable & contentious Issues cannot be Rectified under section 154

January 8, 2023 1455 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT held that first of all the assessee has offered this in assessment year 2007-08, it cannot be added again and moreover, this being highly contentious issue and debatable whether this is to be assessed in assessment year 2007- 08 or 2009-10, it cannot be rectified while acting u/s.154 of the Act.

Section 154: Rectification of Mistake & Section 155: Other Amendments

January 5, 2023 16485 Views 0 comment Print

Apeksha Gupta Sometimes there may be a mistake in any order passed by the Assessing Officer. In such a situation, mistake which is “apparent from the record” can be rectified under Section 154 within 4 years from the end of the financial year in which the order sought to be amended was passed. The word […]

ITAT quashes rectification order & demand; Says assessee seems to be a victim of official apathy

January 3, 2023 525 Views 0 comment Print

Kkalpana Plastick Ltd Vs ITO (ITAT Kolkata) After hearing the rival contentions of the ld. representatives of the parties and going through the record, we are of the view that in this case, the assessee seems to be a victim of official apathy. The facts of the file reveal beyond doubt that the assessee filed […]

Typographical error should be rectified via rectification application u/s 154

January 2, 2023 4491 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that typographical error is to be rectified by filing a rectification application under section 154 of the Income Tax Act and not by preferring an appeal.

Claiming exemption under wrong section is rectifiable u/s 154 of the Income Tax Act

December 24, 2022 4737 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata held that inadvertent mistake of claiming exemption under section 10(23C)(vi) of the Income Tax Act instead of section 10(23C)(iiiab) of the Income Tax Act is mistake apparent from record which is rectifiable under the provisions of section 154 of the Income Tax Act.

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