Income Tax : The Tribunal held that cash deposits during demonetisation cannot be treated as unexplained when backed by audited books, invoices...
Income Tax : ITAT Bangalore held that profit cannot be estimated arbitrarily when regular books of account are maintained and not rejected unde...
Income Tax : A large spousal gift exemption was denied due to failure in proving genuineness, creditworthiness, and source of funds. The ruling...
Income Tax : Income without satisfactory explanation is taxed at a special high rate under Section 115BBE. The provisions place strict liabilit...
Income Tax : ITAT held spousal gift taxable under Section 68 due to lack of evidence on genuineness, bank trail, and donor capacity despite Sec...
Finance : The Supreme Court upheld a Will executed in favour of the testator’s sister despite objections from his wife and children. The C...
Income Tax : Tribunal reiterated that credits brought forward from earlier financial years cannot ordinarily be taxed under Section 68 in subse...
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...
Income Tax : The Tribunal observed that the assessee had repaid the unsecured loan along with interest after deducting TDS and the lender had o...
Income Tax : Tribunal ruled that future projections under DCF method cannot be tested solely against later actual financial performance. It obs...
Income Tax : Assessing Officers should follow the sequence as noted below for applying provisions of section 68 of the Act: Step 1: Whether the...
ITAT Pune held that when no addition has been made on account of which the case was reopened, the Assessing Officer cannot make any other addition without issuing a fresh notice u/s 148 of the Act.
ITAT Kolkata rules in favor of Kishore Trading Co., declaring the reassessment under Section 147 invalid due to lack of independent verification.
ITAT, by going through established precedents, held that AO had not recorded any dissatisfaction with assessee’s voluntary disallowance, nor had he provided any basis for invoking Rule 8D
ITAT Ahmedabad ruled that mere suspicion cannot justify tax additions, deleting an Rs. 18 lakh addition in a property investment dispute.
ITAT Mumbai removes addition in Kamal Clearing & Forwarding case, ruling that income was already declared and no evidence of money laundering was found.
ITAT Lucknow held that cash deposits out of the past savings during demonetization being reasonable and as per social standing of the assessee is justifiable. Accordingly, appeal of the assessee allowed and addition is directed to be deleted.
ITAT Bangalore held that delay in cash deposits, during demonetization, due to unforeseen circumstances like laxmi pooja and staff vacations post deepavali doesn’t imply fabricated income or an afterthought explanation. Hence, addition liable to be deleted.
ITAT Kolkata held that mere non-production of director cannot be the ground for making any addition in the hands of assessee under section 68 of the Income Tax Act. Accordingly, appeal of the revenue dismissed.
ITAT Ahmedabad sets aside assessment order on demonetization cash deposits, citing natural justice violations. Case remanded for fresh adjudication.
ITAT Chennai sends case back for reassessment as the assessee was not given a final opportunity to explain cash deposits in bank accounts for AY 2012-13.
