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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


Latest Judiciary


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 645 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 219 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 150 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 162 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


Entire cash deposits during demonetization cannot be considered as unexplained, 20% Addition Upheld

January 2, 2025 9678 Views 0 comment Print

Entire cash deposits made during demonetization could not be treated as unexplained credit and a reasonable addition of 20% of total cash deposit would be sufficient to avoid the possibility of revenue leakage.

Addition u/s. 68 based on presumptions and concept of human probability not sustainable: ITAT Delhi

January 1, 2025 6849 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that addition under section 68 of the Income Tax Act based on presumptions and concept of human probability without bringing on record any materials linking the assessee in any of the dubious transactions relating to entry is not sustainable.

Cash book and flow chart rejected with out bringing any new evidence: ITAT deleted addition

December 31, 2024 5742 Views 0 comment Print

Both the revenue authorities have accepted the books of accounts, book results could not be disturbed once it is admitted that cash sales are recorded in books and forming part of turnover of the business.

Addition u/s. 68 not sustained since genuineness of share capital transaction established: ITAT Kolkata

December 30, 2024 801 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata held that addition under section 68 of the Income Tax Act as unexplained cash credit not sustainable since identity, creditworthiness and genuineness of the transaction relating to the share capital sufficiently established.

Cash Loan advanced in Earlier Years Cannot Be Taxed in Current Year

December 30, 2024 1368 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT rules that cash loans advanced in earlier years cannot be taxed under Section 68 in a subsequent year, overturning the AO’s protective assessment.

Stock purchased through proper platform, genuineness can not be doubted without evidence-ITAT Mumbai

December 28, 2024 936 Views 0 comment Print

In a recent ruling ITAT Mumbai have held that genuineness of sale and purchase of share through stock exchange platform, can not be doubted if AO failed to establish link between assesssee and report of investigation wing.

Non-generation of income after setting up of business cannot be ground to disallow expense

December 27, 2024 678 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that disallowance of entire expenses alleging that assessee has not started its business activity till date not justified since non-generation of income after setting up of business cannot be a ground to disallow expenses.

AO cannot take different way of assessing income if mode of income is identical to subsequent years

December 26, 2024 837 Views 0 comment Print

In a recent ruling ITAT Delhi partly allowed the appeal of the assessee and modified the order passed by the AO is modified to restrict the unaccounted income by applying 0.3% of the total credits received during the year.

Discharge of burden u/s. 68 involves question of fact and not substantial question of law

December 25, 2024 1098 Views 0 comment Print

Gauhati High Court held that discharge of burden by assessee under section 68 of the Income Tax Act i.e. identity, creditworthiness and genuineness of transaction is question of fact and not substantial question of law. Accordingly, appeal is not maintainable.

Addition towards capital gain not sustained as assessee’s involvement in price rigging not proved

December 24, 2024 1536 Views 0 comment Print

The Investigation Wing had carried out investigation with regard to the price manipulations and generation of bogus long term capital gains in number of stocks, classified as penny stocks.

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