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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


Rectification u/s 154 on issue involving interpretation of various laws is unsustainable

December 20, 2022 1980 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that set-off of losses when there is a change in shareholding involves interpretation of various provisions and laws and hence it is not a mistake apparent from record. Accordingly, rectification power under section 154 cannot be invoked.

Reassessment proceedings initiation during Rectification Application Pendency is Invalid: SC

December 20, 2022 1869 Views 0 comment Print

SC held that it was not permissible to initiate proceedings under Section 147/148 pending proceedings under Section 154

Mistake in personal information of assessee trust is a rectifiable mistake u/s 154

December 7, 2022 2859 Views 0 comment Print

A rectification, on the other hand, can be filed only after assessee receives an intimation u/s 143(1) or assessment order is passed and intimated to the assessee. So rectification application is more appropriate a remedy when assessment is complete and assessee claims on the basis of the assessment record available with the Ld. AO, that there is a mistake apparent in the order arising from the assessment record and same be rectified.

Section 154- No legal or factual issue on merits can be argued or re-argued if issue is highly debatable

November 6, 2022 777 Views 0 comment Print

Raymold Lighting Pvt. Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Chennai) ITAT noted that this appeal is against the rectification order passed by A.O and the impugned order by CIT(A) on this order of rectification u/s. 154 of the Act dated 27.09.2017. We noted that in the original appeal filed before CIT(A) by the assessee, the assessee has […]

Amended provisions of Section 154 cannot be applied with retrospective effect

October 8, 2022 1938 Views 0 comment Print

A R Transport Vs ADIT (ITAT Jabalpur) Amended provisions of Section 154 cannot be applied with retrospective effect in respect of an AY which precedes the year of amendment of the provisions 

Interest withdrawal under section 244A(2) is outside the scope of section 154

September 22, 2022 1719 Views 0 comment Print

Otis Elevator Company (India) Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) ITAT held that given the limited scope of section 154 for rectification of mistakes apparent on record and given the fact that the period to be excluded for grant of interest has not yet been taken a call on by the PCCIT/CCIT/PCIT or the CIT, the […]

Rectification application u/s 154 for typographical/ technical mistake acceptable

August 27, 2022 2115 Views 0 comment Print

Held that rectification application u/s 154, after ROI being processed u/s 143(1)(a), for any typographical/ technical mistake reflected higher income than real income should be accepted by AO to verify the correctness of the total income of assessee

TDS Credit denied – Corresponding income ought to have been reduced – Section 154

August 26, 2022 2391 Views 0 comment Print

If TDS credit is disallowed than corresponding income offered by assessee for taxation also ought to have been reduced by passing rectification order u/s 154 by AO

CPC must rectify mistake apparent from records despite non-filing of revised Return

August 13, 2022 4971 Views 0 comment Print

Markand Induprasad Bhatt Vs DCIT (ITAT Ahmedabad) However, we note that the power of rectification u/s 154 of the Act can be exercised only if there is a mistake apparent from the record which is one of the pre-condition meaning thereby the mistake should be apparent, obvious from the record. In other words, in order […]

Time barred Section 115JB effect cannot be given by way of appeal effect

August 8, 2022 1569 Views 0 comment Print

G. E. Conductors Pvt. Ltd Vs ACIT (ITAT Amritsar) Admittedly, while framing the assessment vide order u/s 143(3) dated 21/3/2014, the assessing officer did not make any reference to section 11 5JB or give any working of section 11 5JB either in the assessment order or the accompanying documents (APB, Pg. 3 to 10). In […]

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