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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 14043 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 7671 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


S. 154 Applying individual tax rates to AOP not a mistake apparent from records

March 15, 2019 1404 Views 0 comment Print

Conclusion: Since assessee- AOP was a trust formed for the benefit of a sole beneficiary, therefore, applying individual tax rates to assessee-AOP was not a mistake apparent on the face of the record and therefore, it could not be rectified through Section 154.

Addition of debatable nature cannot be subject of Section 154 rectification

February 8, 2019 2085 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Shri Punit J. Patel (ITAT Mumbai)  In application u/s.154 of the Act, the assessee has asked for rectifying the addition made of long term capital gains on sale of shares of Tripex overseas as undisclosed income. It is the assessee’s claim that the AO has made addition of Rs.3,86,192/- alleged to be bogus […]

Sec. 154 rectification can be invoked in case order of assessment inconsistent with a binding precedent.

January 29, 2019 7224 Views 0 comment Print

Where an assessment order not in tuned with the law laid down by a binding precedent, it would amount to an error apparent on the record for the purpose of invoking rectification under section 154.

HUF cannot be a partner in partnership firm; Belated return cannot be revised

January 9, 2019 45585 Views 1 comment Print

Ajay Kumar Gupta (HUF) Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) In our considered opinion, the Assessing Officer has rightly invoked section 154 because the assessee wanted to take benefit of the notification issued by the CBDT. In the present case, as per judicial precedents, the HUF itself cannot become a partner in the partnership firm and as […]

Disallowance u/s. 40(a)(ia) are outside the jurisdiction of section 154

November 30, 2018 2115 Views 0 comment Print

Sri Sachin Sharma Vs ACIT (ITAT Ranchi) A perusal of provisions of section 194C of the Act shows that a person is liable to deduct TDS when a contract for work is of an amount more than Rs.30,000/- or where payment for work is made to a person more than Rs.75,000/- during the financial year. […]

Demand U/s 143(1) by Income Tax Dept. & Rectification U/s 154

October 24, 2018 235794 Views 63 comments Print

Income Tax Return filing season for certain class of assessees including individuals not falling under tax audit provisions has just been over and by now the Income Tax Department (the Department) has already started processing of these returns. In fact, return filing and processing thereof are an ongoing process for different class of assessees.

Non-consideration of decision of jurisdictional High Court is mistake apparent from record

August 26, 2018 4317 Views 0 comment Print

Vijay Sachdev Vs JCIT (ITAT Delhi) It is well settled law that non-consideration of decision of Jurisdictional High Court is mistake apparent from record. Ld. Counsel for the assessee, therefore, rightly contended that Ld.CIT(A) did not follow the judgement of the Jurisdictional High Court and shall have to rectify the mistake in his order in […]

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

January 24, 2018 1806 Views 0 comment Print

Even after due efforts taken by the Government to ensure compliance relating to filing of TDS returns by the deductors, the defaults on behalf of deductors continue for one or the other reason

Notice Mandatory to Pass Rectification Order U/s. 154

October 8, 2017 8187 Views 0 comment Print

In case of M/s. Deepak Agro Food (Supra), the Hon’ble Apex Court dealt with Sec. 29(8)(b) of the Act which is not having similar wordings like that of Sec. 154 (3) of the Act under which it is mandatory to issue notice. As per Section 154(3) of the Act amendment/rectification which has effect of enhancement of an assessment or reducing a refund or otherwise increasing the liability of the assessee shall not be made unless the authority concerned gives notice to the assessee of its intention to do so.

AO cannot review assessment order already framed vide section 154 rectification

June 2, 2017 4998 Views 0 comment Print

he issue raised by the AO in proceeding under section 154 of the Act is highly debatable and requires the issue to be reconsidered by the AO about applicability of provision of section 115JB of the Act which was not raised by the AO in the original assessment proceeding. Therefore AO has no power to […]

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