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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 2982 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


If issue is debatable, it cannot be corrected u/s 154 of Income Tax

October 12, 2012 1985 Views 0 comment Print

It is settled position of law that where any issue is debatable, it cannot be corrected u/s 154 of the Act. In this regard, the Hon’ble Apex Court in the case of T.S. Balaram ITO v. Volkart Bros. [1971] 82 ITR 50 is relevant wherein an action taken by Assessing Officer u/s 154 of the Act was found to be illegal.

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

December 7, 2010 783 Views 0 comment Print

Department introduces new facility for online submission of rectification request in cases where processing was completed by CPC Bangalore. Please review the guide for common errors to first rectify the return submitted and generate the rectification xml using excel utility (same utility is to be used).

Reference to document outside the record & law impermissible when applying provision of section 154

March 18, 1999 4068 Views 0 comment Print

CIT V Keshri Metal Pvt Ltd. (1999) 237 ITR 165 SC- Under the provisions of Section 154 there has to be a mistake apparent from the record. In other words, a look at the record must show there has been an error, and that error may be rectified. Learned counsel for the revenue has not been able to satisfy us that it shows any apparent error upon the record.

Order U/s. 154 includes amended order & rectified order also

January 20, 1995 5528 Views 0 comment Print

Hind Wire Industries Ltd. V CIT (1995) 212 ITR 639 SC- What falls for consideration in the present case is the interpretation of the expression from the date of the order sought to be amended in sub-section (7) of section 154 as it stood then It is obvious that the word order has not been qualified in any way and it does not necessarily mean the original order It can be any order including the amended or rectified order.

S. 154 : A mistake can be regarded as apparent only when it is a glaring, obvious or self-evident

January 20, 1994 11774 Views 0 comment Print

IT authorities are empowered to amend any order passed by them under the Act with a view to rectifying any mistake apparent from the record. A mistake is an omission made not by design but by mischance. A mistake apparent is a mistake that is manifest. In other words, the mistake must be so plain or obvious that it could be realised without a debate or dissertation

AO mandatorily bound to exercise power U/s. 154

July 21, 1970 2655 Views 0 comment Print

Hirday Narain Vs. ITO (Supreme Court) Exercise of power to rectify an error apparent from the record is conferred upon the Income-tax Officer in aid of enforcement of a right. The Income-tax Officer is an officer concerned with assessment and collection of revenue, and the power to rectify the order of assessment conferred upon him to ensure that injustice to the assessee or to the Revenue may be avoided.

Obvious mistake of law cannot be rectified U/s. 154, while mistake apparent from record can be rectified

April 28, 1958 9720 Views 0 comment Print

Held, that the Income-tax Officer was justified in exercising his powers under s. 35 and rectifying the mistake. As a result of, the legal fiction about the retrospective operation of the Amendment Act, the subsequently inserted proviso must be read as.

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