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Section 292B: Return of income, etc., not to be invalid on certain grounds

Income Tax : Section 292B is considered as a protection to the Income tax authorities for most of short comings in proceedings due to technical...

July 12, 2021 21741 Views 0 comment Print

The real face of Faceless Assessment Analysis of recent judicial developments

Income Tax : Our focus of the article will be on section 144B of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (Act) which has been introduced with effect from 01.0...

July 7, 2021 4467 Views 0 comment Print

Issue of Notice/Assessment Order in the Name of ‘Deceased Person’ or ‘Amalgamated/Merged Company’

Income Tax : It is noticed that the department has lost the revenue in number of cases mainly on account of fatal mistake made by the AO in iss...

August 8, 2020 27018 Views 1 comment Print


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ITAT Mumbai Quashes Reassessment Because It Was Based on Mere Change of Opinion

Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that reassessment proceedings initiated after scrutiny assessment were invalid because they relied on the same ma...

May 21, 2026 327 Views 0 comment Print

Hyderabad ITAT Quashes Assessment on Dead Person – Participation by Legal Heir Cannot Cure Jurisdictional Defect

Income Tax : The Tribunal ruled that participation by a legal heir does not validate notices and assessment orders issued in the name of a dece...

May 18, 2026 228 Views 0 comment Print

Wrong Section Mention Is Curable, But Addition Needs Valid Legal Basis: ITAT Mumbai

Income Tax : The Mumbai ITAT held that a mismatch in loan repayment figures arising from an unpresented cheque could not automatically justify ...

May 11, 2026 414 Views 0 comment Print

Section 271(1)(c) Penalty Quashed as Wrong Claim Alone Is Not Concealment: ITAT Rajkot

Income Tax : The ITAT Rajkot held that mere disallowance of expenditure during assessment proceedings does not automatically justify penalty un...

May 9, 2026 612 Views 0 comment Print

Reassessment Notice Time-Barred as Issued Beyond Limitation Period: Karnataka HC

Income Tax : The Court held that reassessment proceedings must be initiated within the statutory time limit. It found the notice issued after t...

May 1, 2026 630 Views 0 comment Print


Assessment Issued in Wrong Name Post-Merger Not Correctable Under Section 292B

January 22, 2025 1173 Views 0 comment Print

Despite there was a valid disclosure made by assessee and AO being duly apprised of the factum of merger, AO made the draft assessment order in the name of a party which no longer existed on that date.

Re-assessment notice issued to merged entity is void-ab-initio: ITAT Mumbai

January 7, 2025 1848 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that notice for re-assessment proceeding under section 148 of the Income Tax Act issued on a non-existing entity i.e. merged entity is void ab initio and hence is liable to be quashed.

Section 292B cannot cure defect of Scrutiny notice to a non-existent entity 

December 29, 2024 999 Views 0 comment Print

Court emphasized that issuing a notice to a non-existent entity constitutes a jurisdictional defect, which Section 292B cannot cure.

No addition of Rs.10 Crore u/s 271(1)(C) without specification of concealment or inaccurate particulars in SCN

December 16, 2024 819 Views 0 comment Print

Addition of Rs.10 Crore under Section 271(1)(c) was not justified as Revenue failed to specify whether the addition was being made alleging concealment of income or for furnishing inaccurate particulars of income.

No Penalty on Another Charge if Section 271B Notice was Based on Non-Existing Infringement

November 28, 2024 1341 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Lucknow quashes penalty u/s 271B for failure to file audit report, stating incorrect grounds for penalty initiation.

Framing of assessment in the name of non-existing entity is void ab initio: ITAT Delhi

November 22, 2024 1473 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee has preferred the present appeal mainly contesting that CIT(A) has erred in upholding the assessment order passed by AO disregarding the fact that the same was passed on non-existing entity.

Curable defects in Form 35A: ITAT Ahmedabad remands case to DRP

October 31, 2024 834 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad remands case to DRP, allowing appeal on the grounds of curable defects in Form 35A submitted by Rajendra Ramjibhai Patel.

No rectification u/s 292B if Income Tax Assessment Order issued in the Name of a Non-Existent Entity

October 7, 2024 966 Views 0 comment Print

The respondents, on the other hand, would urge us to hold that a failure to place the amalgamated entity on notice was curable and one which would fall within the ambit of Section 292B of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

Non-intimation to AO before removal of company’s name from ROC, assessment was valid even if passed in name of non-existent entity

September 23, 2024 1050 Views 0 comment Print

Alena Cyprus had also filed its return of income in India for the AY 2018-19 wherein LTCG of Rs. 80,86,75,225 arising from sale of shares to assessee were declared exemption claimed under Article 13 of the India-Cyprus DTAA.

Notice issued u/s. 148 in the name of dead individual is null and void: ITAT Jaipur

August 12, 2024 1707 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur held that notice under section 148 of the Income Tax Act and order thereon issued in the name of Dead individual is null and void. Accordingly, the impugned notice and order held as void-ab-initio.

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