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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 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


Sale of shares cannot be treated as bogus if material recorded proves genuineness: ITAT Mumbai

April 5, 2024 1383 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that addition u/s. 68 of the Income Tax Act by treating transaction of sale of shares of Sunrise Asian as a bogus penny stock unsustainable as material on records supports genuineness of the transactions.

No section 68 addition based on turnover declared under section 44AD

April 4, 2024 11313 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai rules no addition under section 68 based on turnover declared under section 44 AD of Income Tax Act for Kalpesh Kantilal Gada. Detailed analysis and order explained.

Section 68 addition invalid if creditworthiness proven: ITAT Delhi

April 4, 2024 1233 Views 0 comment Print

In the ITAT Delhi case I.T.O Vs Placid Buildwell Pvt Ltd, the addition u/s 68 was deemed invalid as creditworthiness was proven. Detailed analysis here.

Cash Deposits During Demonetization: ITAT Delhi deletes Addition

April 4, 2024 12810 Views 1 comment Print

Explore the ITAT Delhi’s ruling on cash deposits during demonetization in the case of Shivam Industries Radheshyam Sharma & Co. Vs ACIT for AY 2017-18.

Share capital/premium cannot be added to income for mere non-compliance of summons by subscribers

April 4, 2024 825 Views 0 comment Print

In the Nano Infra Promoters Pvt Ltd vs ITO case at ITAT Kolkata, learn why receipts couldn’t be added to income under section 68 just for summons non-compliance.

No reassessment for Client code modification on failure to prove malafide purpose of shifting profit  

April 3, 2024 1167 Views 0 comment Print

Reassessment proceedings on the ground that assessee was one of the beneficiary of Client Code Modification (CCM) by some broker was quashed as there was no material to infer that such client code modification had been done with the malafide purpose of shifting  the profit or evasion of the tax.

Advance from Customers Not Section 68 Income; Powers of CIT(A) Parallel to AO’s

April 3, 2024 2325 Views 0 comment Print

In the case of ITO Vs Raj Maitry & Eskon Developer, ITAT Mumbai decides advance received from customers isn’t income under section 68. Detailed analysis of the ruling.

Section 71 Inapplicable if Goods Unloaded Outside notified Area with Superintendent Permission: SC

April 2, 2024 789 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court held that provisions of section 71 of the Customs Act doesn’t apply when goods were not warehoused inside the notified public bonded warehouse but were unloaded outside the notified area but within factory premises and kept under a shed on permission granted by Superintended.

Section 68 Addition Unjustified if Shares’ Purchase & Sale Validated by Evidence: ITAT Mumbai

April 2, 2024 2148 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that addition under section 68 of the Income Tax Act unsustainable as assessee has established the genuineness of purchase and sale of shares by producing documentary evidence and transaction of purchase and sale of shares is done via banking channel.

BMM Ispat Limited Vs ACIT: ITAT Directs Re-Adjudication on Unsecured Loan Source

March 31, 2024 816 Views 0 comment Print

Read the full text of the order of ITAT Bangalore regarding the dispute between BMM Ispat Limited and ACIT over unsecured loan sources. Detailed analysis and conclusion provided.

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