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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 669 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 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


ITAT delete section addition of Loan taken for Property Purchase

September 16, 2023 1722 Views 0 comment Print

In the case of Ekta Garg Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi), the ITAT ruled that addition under Section 68 & 69 of the Income Tax Act cannot be made if the assessee proves the identity and creditworthiness of lenders for property purchase loans.

Addition cannot be deleted merely for mentioning section 68 instead of 69: ITAT

September 16, 2023 10341 Views 1 comment Print

Analysis of the ITAT Delhi case Gloria Eugenia Rynjah Banerji Vs ITO, focusing on why income tax addition of Rs.2002801 was not deleted despite a technical error by the Assessing Officer.

HC Directs De Novo Consideration Due to Tribunal’s Lack of Detailed Reasoning

September 16, 2023 744 Views 0 comment Print

The Delhi High Court has directed the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) to provide valid reasons for reversing the CIT(A)’s decision on unexplained cash credits in the case of Om Shiva Traders Pvt Ltd Vs ITO.

AO’s Addition u/s 68 Unsustainable: Assessee Proves Identity, Creditworthiness & Genuineness – ITAT

September 16, 2023 1077 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the ITAT Delhi’s judgment in ACIT vs Rishi Infratach Pvt Ltd case pertaining to Section 68. Learn how the court settled matters related to identity, creditworthiness, and genuineness of share capital transactions.

Treatment of cash deposited out of sales as income u/s 68 unjustified as sales not disputed

September 15, 2023 4071 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that the cash deposited out of sales cannot be treated as income u/s 68 of the Income Tax Act once the sales are not disputed by the revenue.

Deeming provision of section 69-69D unjustified as nature and scope of unrecorded transactions explained

September 14, 2023 1416 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Chandigarh held that transaction not recorded at the time of survey qualify as unrecorded transactions, however, the assessee has provided the necessary explanation about the nature and source of such unrecorded transactions and hence invoking deeming provisions of section 69-69D of the Income Tax Act unjustified.

Taxing Agricultural Income Under Section 153C: Role of Incriminating Material

September 14, 2023 690 Views 0 comment Print

Exploring the key takeaways from the ITAT Chennai ruling in Duraisamy Parameswaran Vs ACIT, focusing on how agricultural income is treated under Section 68 of the Income Tax Act.

Reopening of assessment without any fresh tangible material unsustainable

September 13, 2023 1434 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that reopening of assessment under section 147 of the Income Tax Act initiated on a mere change of opinion without any fresh tangible material unsustainable in law.

ITAT Orders Fresh Adjudication: Section 68 Addition without allowing cross-examination

September 13, 2023 1071 Views 0 comment Print

Analysis of the Shiv Charan Vs ITO case by ITAT Delhi, where a fresh adjudication was ordered on income tax addition u/s 68, focusing on procedural fairness.

Distress Sale of Land: ITAT deletes Section 50C addition

September 12, 2023 3579 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata rules in favor of Southern Road Carriers Ltd, stating the Assessing Officer was not justified in making tax additions based on stamp duty value. Get the full case analysis.

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