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ITAT Deletes Section 68 Addition Because Cash Deposits Were Supported by Recorded Sales

Income Tax : The Tribunal held that cash deposits during demonetisation cannot be treated as unexplained when backed by audited books, invoices...

May 15, 2026 438 Views 0 comment Print

Ad Hoc Profit Addition Deleted as Books of Account Were Never Rejected by AO

Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held that profit cannot be estimated arbitrarily when regular books of account are maintained and not rejected unde...

May 14, 2026 336 Views 0 comment Print

Shilpa Shetty Kundra’s ₹12.54 Crore Gift from Husband Lands Before ITAT & What Every Taxpayer Must Know

Income Tax : A large spousal gift exemption was denied due to failure in proving genuineness, creditworthiness, and source of funds. The ruling...

April 13, 2026 1158 Views 0 comment Print

Unexplained Income: Taxation under Sections 68 to 69D of Income-tax Act

Income Tax : Income without satisfactory explanation is taxed at a special high rate under Section 115BBE. The provisions place strict liabilit...

April 9, 2026 726 Views 1 comment Print

Gift from Spouse: Tax-Free… Until You Fail to Prove It

Income Tax : ITAT held spousal gift taxable under Section 68 due to lack of evidence on genuineness, bank trail, and donor capacity despite Sec...

March 30, 2026 2238 Views 0 comment Print


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Inheritance Isn’t a Birthright When a Valid Will Exists: SC

Finance : The Supreme Court upheld a Will executed in favour of the testator’s sister despite objections from his wife and children. The C...

May 22, 2026 693 Views 0 comment Print

Opening Balances Cannot Be Added Under Section 68 as They Relate to Earlier Years

Income Tax : Tribunal reiterated that credits brought forward from earlier financial years cannot ordinarily be taxed under Section 68 in subse...

May 22, 2026 234 Views 0 comment Print

Absence of e-Tax Invoice Alone Not Enough for Transit State to Impose GST Penalty

Goods and Services Tax : Allahabad High Court ruled that while authorities could verify documents during transit, absence of an e-Tax Invoice did not confe...

May 21, 2026 153 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Deletes Section 68 Addition as Assessee Proved Identity, Creditworthiness & Source of Source

Income Tax : The Tribunal observed that the assessee had repaid the unsecured loan along with interest after deducting TDS and the lender had o...

May 21, 2026 198 Views 0 comment Print

Difference Between Projected & Actual Revenue Cannot Invalidate DCF Valuation: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : Tribunal ruled that future projections under DCF method cannot be tested solely against later actual financial performance. It obs...

May 21, 2026 168 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 30735 Views 3 comments Print


Addition of recorded cash sales by treating it as unexplained cash deposits not justified

March 7, 2025 1299 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur held that addition of the amount already recorded as cash sales cannot be treated as unexplained cash deposits under section 68 of the Income Tax Act. Accordingly, addition is deleted and appeal is allowed.

Share Application Money Cannot Be Deemed Unexplained Income Without Substantive Evidence

March 7, 2025 789 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that addition, treating share application money as unexplained income, based on surmises and conjectures without making proper verification of facts with relevant materials and evidences is not sustainable in law.

Addition for capital contribution from partners not sustained as identity of partners and genuineness of transaction established

March 6, 2025 834 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. GRR Holdings is a firm was incorporated on 31.01.2014 with two partners Shri Gaddam Shyam Prasad Reddy & Shri Syed Fayaz Mohammed. The main objective of the partnership firm is to carry on real estate business.

CBDT Circular Cannot Override Statutory Provisions by Prescribing Limitation Period Absent in Income Tax Act

March 5, 2025 1371 Views 0 comment Print

The writ petitioner impugns the order dated 27 March 2018 in terms of which the respondent has come to reject applications filed by it seeking refund of excess tax wrongly deducted and deposited u/s. 195 of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

Calculation of sales on hypothetical basis without considering submitted evidences not justified

March 5, 2025 921 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Lucknow held that addition by calculating sales on hypothetical basis and completely ignoring various evidences submitted during course of assessment proceedings is unjustifiable. Accordingly, appeal allowed and addition is deleted.

Applicability of Sections 41(1) & 68 on Lease and Booking Advances as Ceased Liabilities – ITAT Ruling

March 2, 2025 891 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Nagpur rules in ITO Vs N. Kumar Housing, addressing ₹5.2 crore addition under Sections 41(1) and 68. Liability cessation and unexplained cash credits analyzed.

Initiation of revision proceedings u/s. 263 based on audit objection not tenable in law: ITAT Jaipur

February 28, 2025 1413 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Jaipur held that exercise of revisionary power under section 263 of the Income Tax Act on the basis of audit objection is not tenable in law. Accordingly, initiation of proceedings liable to be quashed.

Section 68 addition Not Applicable to Shares Issued for Goodwill: Delhi HC

February 28, 2025 1035 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court rules that Section 68 does not apply when shares are issued for goodwill without monetary consideration. No substantial question of law found.

Compensation for Breach of Contract in Real Estate Business Allowable as Business Expense: ITAT Mumbai

February 28, 2025 978 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai allows compensation for contract breach as business expense, dismisses revenue’s appeal on advance additions in Logical Properties case.

Resorting to estimation of profit without rejection of books not justified: ITAT Hyderabad

February 27, 2025 762 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Hyderabad held that resorting to estimation of profit in case of best judgement assessment without rejection of books of accounts is unjustifiable. Accordingly, matter set aside to the file of the lower authorities for reconsideration of the issue.

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