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Rectification, Assessment and Appeal under Income Act, 1961

Income Tax : Learn the updated provisions governing rectification, assessments, reassessments, and appeals under the Income-tax Act. This guide...

June 29, 2026 14052 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Faceless Income-tax Proceedings

Income Tax : The Income Tax Department explains how faceless assessments under Section 144B operate through the e-Filing portal without requiri...

June 20, 2026 5535 Views 1 comment Print

Rectification of Mistake Under Section 154: A Comprehensive Guide

Income Tax : Section 154 permits rectification of mistakes apparent from the record in assessment orders, intimations, and TDS/TCS processing s...

June 17, 2026 257022 Views 32 comments Print

Period of limitation prescribed under Income-tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : A detailed overview of limitation periods prescribed under the Income-tax Act reveals how missing statutory deadlines can lead to ...

June 11, 2026 6018 Views 1 comment Print

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 7674 Views 2 comments 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 8238 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 1806 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 4612 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 783 Views 0 comment Print


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Recovery Stayed as Section 154 Order Was Passed Without Prior Notice: Calcutta HC

Income Tax : High Court restrained tax recovery, holding the Section 154 order prima facie breached natural justice by withdrawing exemption wi...

July 3, 2026 120 Views 0 comment Print

MMR Cannot Be Applied Through Rectification as Issue Required Detailed Examination

Income Tax : ITAT held that Section 154 cannot be used where applicability of Section 167B requires factual examination, making the issue debat...

July 1, 2026 600 Views 0 comment Print

AO Must Verify & Grant TDS Credit Instead of Denying It: Bengaluru ITAT

Income Tax : ITAT directed the AO to verify Form 26AS and the corresponding income before deciding the TDS credit claim instead of denying it o...

June 30, 2026 303 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Restores Section 10AA Deduction as CPC Withdrew Claim Without Reasons

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that the CPC could not withdraw an already allowed Section 10AA deduction through rectification without recording...

June 28, 2026 102 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Addition as TDS Deduction Alone Did Not Establish Income Accrual

Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi held that deduction of TDS by the payer does not by itself establish that income has accrued to the recipient. It r...

June 27, 2026 180 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 4612 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 2991 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 7374 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 1636 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 11189 Views 0 comment Print


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

February 15, 2023 834 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 1452 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 1485 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 16653 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 555 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 4563 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 4872 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.

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

December 20, 2022 2049 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 1932 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 2919 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.

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