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Unexplained Cash Credits & Section 68: Tax & Legal Aspects

Income Tax : Learn about unexplained cash credits under Section 68, tax implications, key legal cases, and compliance requirements to avoid pen...

February 13, 2025 1068 Views 1 comment Print

When Do Section 68 and Section 69 of Income Tax Apply?

Income Tax : Understand the applicability of Section 68 (cash credit) and Section 69 (unexplained investments) under the Income Tax Act with re...

January 29, 2025 1584 Views 0 comment Print

 Section 68 to 69D and 115BBE: Remove these draconian sections from statute

Income Tax : The Sections by which the assessees are suffering too much due to high pitched assessments passed by NFAC are from 68 to 69D and 1...

January 24, 2025 6882 Views 3 comments Print

Chennai ITAT Rulings on Additions for Unexplained Income & Tax Penalties

Income Tax : Recent Chennai ITAT decisions address unexplained income, underreporting, and penalties under Sections 69A, 68, 270A, and 271. Key...

October 16, 2024 1788 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs on Penalty provisions under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Learn about penalty provisions under the IT Act, including penalties for defaults in tax payment, income reporting, and more. Key ...

August 24, 2024 2373 Views 0 comment Print


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Addition u/s. 68 restricted to 0.30% of total Circular Trading Transaction: ITAT Ahmedabad

Income Tax : ITAT Ahmedabad held that CIT(A) rightly restricted disallowance on account of unexplained bank deposit and withdrawal under sectio...

March 10, 2025 63 Views 0 comment Print

Extraordinary event of demonetization to be considered while comparing cash sales during that period

Income Tax : Held that the invoices issued by the assessee contained a barcode. A barcode on a tax invoice serves as a verification mechanism, ...

March 10, 2025 42 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes ₹12 Lakh Addition on Post-Demonetization SBN Deposits

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore reverses addition of ₹12 lakh under Section 68, accepting sales as the source of cash deposits made during demone...

March 8, 2025 267 Views 0 comment Print

Penalty u/s. 271(1)(c) justified since plausible explanation not provided for suppressed net profit

Income Tax : ITAT Raipur held that penalty under section 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act justifiable since no plausible explanation provided fo...

March 7, 2025 162 Views 0 comment Print

Refer to DVO Under Section 50C(2) When Sale Consideration Differs from Circle Rate

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held that when the sale consideration as per conveyance deed and circle rates are different, matter must be referred to...

March 7, 2025 297 Views 0 comment Print


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SOP to apply provisions of section 68 of Income tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : Assessing Officers should follow the sequence as noted below for applying provisions of section 68 of the Act: Step 1: Whether the...

January 10, 2018 29298 Views 3 comments Print


Addition for Bogus share capital not sustainable without proving that shareholders did not have credit worthiness

May 18, 2018 753 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Gowthami Chemicals & Pesticides (P) Ltd. (ITAT Visakhapatnam) In this case, the assessee has furnished the confirmation letters explaining the identity of the shareholder, address and sources of income of the contributor to the share capital along with the evidence for land holdings and copies of IT returns in 4 cases before the […]

Addition U/s. 68 for Capital contribution to firm by partner

May 13, 2018 4524 Views 0 comment Print

Pr. CIT Vs. Vaishnodevi Re foils & Solvex (Gujarat High Court) When the assessee has furnished the details with regard to the source of the capital introduced in the firm and the concerned partner had confirmed such contribution, the assessee had duly discharged the onus cast upon it. Thereafter, if the assessing officer was not […]

Addition U/s. 68 for bogus share capital not justified for mere non-response by shareholders to summon U/s. 133(6)

May 12, 2018 1830 Views 0 comment Print

We are of the view that no adverse inference can be drawn against the assessee merely because reply has not been received by the AO in response to notice issued under Section 133(6). The AO having issue the notice and such notice having been served on the person concerned, the AO has to take the process to the logical end. He cannot draw adverse inference merely because reply has not been received.

ITAT confirm additions for unaccounted cash deposited in bank a/c jointly held with accountant

May 11, 2018 2610 Views 1 comment Print

It is unbelievable that a professional like Advocate, C.A. or Accountant, would open a bank account with his client. The Ld. D.R. rightly contended that any professional would open a bank account for an assessee if unaccounted transactions are conducted on behalf of the assessee.

Addition for sundry creditors without rejecting purchase are not sustainable

May 4, 2018 12417 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. Gulf Steel & Minerals Vs ITO (ITAT Ranchi) The AO is wrong in making the impugned addition on account of sundry creditor, which are related to purchases and the same also accepted by the AO as genuine. Without rejecting the purchases, the sundry creditors cannot be treated as income of assessee  Therefore, addition made by […]

Tax Treatment of Cash Credits U/s. 68 of Income Tax Act, 1961

May 2, 2018 14871 Views 1 comment Print

Any sum found credited in the books of the taxpayer, for which he offers no explanation about the nature and source thereof or the tax authorities are not satisfied by the explanation offered by the taxpayer, is termed as cash credit. In this part you can gain knowledge about various provisions relating to tax treatment […]

After rejection of books of accounts AO cannot make Addition U/s. 40A (3) & 68

April 14, 2018 6510 Views 0 comment Print

The facts of the case are that the assessee filed return of income declaring income at Rs.22,52,471/-. The assessee is an individual and engaged in the business of trading/ Distribution of ITC Products under the name and style of M/s. DK Enterprises. On verification of the P & L A/c, audited report and books of account of the assessee, it was noticed that assessee had made huge payments to M/s. Hanuman Traders in cash.

Addition U/s. 68 justified if Genuineness & creditworthiness of donor not proved

April 4, 2018 2025 Views 0 comment Print

Kailash A. Kothari Vs ITO (ITAT Mumbai) Learned departmental representative submitted that it is abundantly clear that the said donor has no capacity to give the said gift. He submitted that in absence of the cogency of the capacity, mere declaration of gift cannot be accepted as sufficient. He further submitted that the bank statement […]

Addition U/s. 68 cannot be made for mere no reply of notice U/s. 133(6) by creditors

April 4, 2018 15825 Views 0 comment Print

Assessee cannot be penalized merely on the ground that the six companies as discussed above failed to reply to the notices issued to them under section 133(6) of the Act.

Addition u/s 68 merely on the basis of Bank Passbook not sustainable

March 26, 2018 3369 Views 0 comment Print

CIT(A) has erred in confirming the addition wrongly made under section 153A of the Act, without there being any adverse material on record against the assessee; that since the assessee had no business income, no books of account were maintained and the addition was made only on the basis of the assessee’s pass book, which is not a book of account; that as such, the addition made under section 68 of the Act is not sustainable.

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