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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 648 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 228 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


Revisionary jurisdiction unsustainable as Pr.CIT finding is based on incorrect appreciation of facts

June 24, 2023 885 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that Pr.CIT’s view that entire cash deposits during demonetization is to be treated as unexplained, is contrary to the facts on record, as assessee has demonstrated the factum of huge turnover prior to and post demonetization. Accordingly, Pr.CIT’s finding of error in AO’s order is based on incorrect appreciation of facts and accordingly revisionary jurisdiction u/s 263 unsustainable.

Addition u/s 68 on mere presumptions and suspicion is bad in law

June 24, 2023 4143 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Raipur held that addition u/s 68 towards unsecured loan received by assessee treating the same as bogus based on mere presumptions and suspect is bad in law and liable to be set aside.

Revisionary order u/s 263 unsustainable as transaction accepted by AO post due application of mind

June 22, 2023 1083 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Amritsar held that revisionary order under section 263 of the Income Tax Act unsustainable as AO accepted the deal of sale of agriculture land with a conscious and independent application of mind.

Mere DMAT Account Transactions or Stock Exchange Share Sales not adequate evidence (Section 68)

June 21, 2023 354 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi ITAT asserts that mere transactions through a DMAT account or selling shares on stock exchange don’t necessarily rebut Section 68 of Income Tax Act. Understand the full implications of this ruling with our comprehensive analysis.

Disallowance u/s 40(a)(ia) on account of non-deduction of TDS restricted to 30%

June 20, 2023 2349 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that post amendment to section 40(a)(ia) of the Income Tax Act, as introduced vide Finance (No.2) Act, disallowance on account of non-deduction of TDS is restriction to 30% of the expenditure as against 100%.

Addition u/s 68 towards unexplained sales unsustainable as not proved as bogus

June 19, 2023 8277 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that sales cannot be added under section 68 of the Income Tax Act unless they are proved as bogus on the basis of some reliable evidences.

Addition u/s 68 sustained as genuineness of the transaction not proved

June 19, 2023 681 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that addition under section 68 of the Income Tax Act towards unexplained cash credit sustained as identity and creditworthiness of the parties and genuineness of the transaction not proved.

ITAT Amritsar Overturns Ex Parte Addition u/s 68 During COVID-19 Pandemic

June 16, 2023 828 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Amritsar in Abdul Hamid Khan Vs ITO, deleted an ex parte addition made during the COVID-19 pandemic under Section 68 of Income Tax Act

Payment made for independent activity of tolerating an act constitutes supply

June 15, 2023 753 Views 0 comment Print

CESTAT Delhi held that unless payment has been made for an independent activity of tolerating an act under an independent arrangement entered into for such activity or tolerating an act, such payment will not constitute ‘consideration’ and such activities will not constitute ‘supply’.

Addition of deemed dividend in the hands of non-shareholders is unsustainable

June 14, 2023 1197 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that addition on account of deemed dividend as per section 2(22)(e) of the Act unsustainable in the hands of non-shareholders.

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