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...
Sujit Biswas Vs ITO (ITAT Kolkata) The assessee is a proprietor of Baba Lokenath Sahal Sabji Bhandar and total turnover disclosed by the assessee during the instant financial year were ₹32,00,500/- against the purchases of ₹15,52,770/-. Assessee filed his return at total income at ₹2,92,240/-. The assessee engaged in the business of purchase and sale […]
ITAT Nagpur held that addition under section 68 of the Income Tax Act without providing an opportunity to assessee to cross-examine the person whose statement was relied upon is untenable in law and hence liable to be deleted.
ITAT Ahmedabad held that provisions of section 68 of the Income Tax Act doesn’t apply in the matter of non-utilisation of amounts received towards Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. Thus, appeal allowed.
ITAT Jaipur held that taxability of surrendered undisclosed income under section 115BBE of the Income Tax Act requires verification on the part of the AO. Accordingly, matter restored back to the file of AO.
ITAT Delhi deletes Rs. 13.16 lakh addition in Aashiyana Civil Contractors P. Ltd. case for AY 2011-12, citing lack of incriminating material in unabated assessment.
Reliance was placed on decision of the Hon’ble Delhi High Court in the case of CIT vs. Ritu Anurag Agarwal reported in ITA No. 325/2008 and it was argued that no addition u/s 68 could be made on account of trade creditors when the books of accounts have not been rejected.
ITAT Ahmedabad restored the matter back to AO for fresh adjudication but imposed cost of Rs. 10,000 for lack of diligence during assessment and appellate proceedings on the part of the assessee.
It was claimed that the notice under Section 148 was time-barred, reasons recorded under Section 147 were vague, and proper show-cause notices were not issued, violating Section 144B.
It was argued on behalf of assessee that PCIT is wrong in concluding that return filed u/s 44AD did not envisage the maintenance of any Books of Accounts. Section 68 can be invoked only if there is any entry in the Books of Accounts.
ITAT Ahmedabad directs CIT(A) to decide the denial of Foreign Tax Credit (FTC) due to delay filing of Form No. 67 to be decided with other pending appeal of the same assessment year. Accordingly, matter remitted to CIT(A).
