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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


Cash withdrawn and redeposit is not income from Undisclosed Sources

April 15, 2023 9822 Views 0 comment Print

Learn why cash withdrawn and redeposit is not considered income from undisclosed sources. Explore draft submissions backed by key judgments and legal insights.

No Section 68 additions solely based on MOU found during search In Premises of Third Party

April 15, 2023 1596 Views 0 comment Print

No Sec. 68 additions solely based on MOU found during search In Premises Of Third Party if assessee wasn’t even remotely connected to MOU

Invocation of revision jurisdiction u/s 263 ignoring order passed u/s 153A unjustified

April 11, 2023 2253 Views 0 comment Print

Calcutta High Court held that invocation of revisional jurisdiction by PCIT u/s 263 of the Income Tax Act ignoring the order passed u/s 153A of the Income Tax Act as immaterial and irrelevant unjustified.

Addition on the basis of mis-reporting of insurance company unsustainable

April 11, 2023 1095 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that addition under section 68 of the Income Tax Act on the basis of mis-reporting of insurance company is unsustainable in law.

Addition towards share capital and premium u/s 68 unsustainable as identity and creditworthiness proved

March 27, 2023 2496 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Kolkata held that addition towards share capital and share premium under section 68 of the Income Tax Act untenable as assessee discharged its onus to prove the identity and creditworthiness of the share subscribing companies and the genuineness of the transactions.

Onus is on assessee to establish factum of conduit company

March 25, 2023 1644 Views 0 comment Print

Dhanwan Leasing and Finance Vs ITO (ITAT Indore) Section 68 of the Act provides that where any sum is found to be credited in the books of an assessee maintained for any previous year, and the assessee offers no explanation about the nature and source thereof or the explanation offered by him is not, in […]

Cash deposited in account of Assesee already taxed in the hands of his employer – No addition in the account of Employee

March 20, 2023 2076 Views 0 comment Print

Vikas Sharma Vs ITO (ITAT Mumbai) ITAT held that if the cash deposited in assessee’s bank account has already been taxed in the hands of M/s. Kareem’s Hospitality Pvt. Ltd (employer of assessee) or in the hands of the director of the assessee company Mr. Kareem Dhanani then no addition is warranted in the hands […]

Provisions of section 68 inapplicable in absence of maintenance of any books of accounts

March 14, 2023 5856 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Amritsar held that provisions of section 68 of the Income Tax Act is inapplicable as assessee does not maintain any books of accounts. Mere possession of pass book cannot be treated as books of accounts. Accordingly, addition u/s 68 unsustainable.

Addition u/s 68 sustained as no fresh affidavits produced proving borrowing of unsecured loans

March 10, 2023 993 Views 0 comment Print

Unideep Food Vs T.K. Satapathy (Orissa high court) Orissa High Court held that assessee failed to produce any fresh affidavits proving that it had borrowed unsecured loans from lender farmers as directed by ITAT while remanding the matter. Accordingly, addition under section 68 sustained. Facts- This appeal by the Assessee is directed against an order […]

Section 68 not empower AO to make addition of sundry debtors/ advance to growers

March 8, 2023 4095 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Amritsar held that section 68 of the Income Tax Act is not empowered to allow addition of sundry debtors/ advance to growers. Accordingly, addition of the same deleted.

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