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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


Addition under Section 68 unsustainable in absence of establishment of links between evidences

November 21, 2022 1821 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT deleted the additions made under Section 68 and 69C on the reasoning that AO was unable to establish links between the evidence collected.

Addition u/s 68 not permissible if proper due diligence of facts and documents have not been carried out

November 17, 2022 1641 Views 0 comment Print

The ITAT on the issue of addition under Section 68 observed that in the impugned Assessment Order, the AO has passed the impugned Assessment Order in a hurried manner even without pointing out any defect or discrepancy in the evidences and details furnished by the assessee. Therefore, additions under Section 68 were ordered to be deleted.

Addition u/s 68 justified as genuineness and creditworthiness of investing companies doubtful

November 11, 2022 1176 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that addition u/s 68 justified as investment made by the companies in the assessee company lacks trust and details of transactions submitted by the assessee didn’t inspire confidence as the credibility of the companies are questionable as per the financials of the same.

Provisions of section 68 cannot be invoked for entries duly explained

November 7, 2022 2133 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Bangalore held that for invoking the provisions of unexplained cash credit u/s 68 there has to be entries in the books of account for which no explanation should have been offered. As the declaration provided by the assessee is self-explanatory the provisions of section 68 cannot be invoked.

Addition u/s 68 of the Income Tax Act based on generalized external information unsustainable

November 1, 2022 1797 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai held that addition of capital gain as unexplained cash credit u/s 68 of the Income Tax Act is unsustainable on the basis of generalized external information as it cannot be considered as incriminating material found during the course of search.

Addition u/s 68 without cogent material is unsustainable

November 1, 2022 1395 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Ahmedabad held that addition u/s 68 alleging bogus capital gain simply on the basis of some report finding unearthed in case of third party without cogent material is unsustainable

ITAT upheld Section 68 addition for purchase from creditors of unknown location & who are not paid  

October 28, 2022 7008 Views 1 comment Print

ITO Vs Solid Machinery Co Pvt Ltd  (ITAT Mumbai) It was noticed that the assessee has made purchases of textile items, i.e. fabrics, worth Rs 19,22,05,946 from a large number of entities, and sold all these goods to three entities- namely Global Softech Limited, Ravi Raj Industries, and Tayal Energy Limited, for amounts aggregating to […]

Unexplained credit sustained if nature of credit not proved

October 11, 2022 915 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Delhi held that the onus is on the assessee to prove both source and nature of the credits in case of unexplained credit u/s 68. Unexplained credit will sustain in case the assessee fails to prove any of the same.

Addition based on investigation wing report in violation of principles of natural justice not valid

October 5, 2022 3750 Views 0 comment Print

Prakash Javia HUF Vs ITO (ITAT Indore) Records placed before us also shows that report of the investigation wing or any enquiry conducted from 3rd persons were not made available to the assessee which thus grossly violates the principles of natural justice. As the assessee never got opportunity to go through these reports this action […]

No section 68 addition for Loan Received and repaid vide cheque

October 5, 2022 6654 Views 0 comment Print

Manibhadra Securities Services P.Ltd Vs ITO (ITAT Ahmedabad) he assessee in the present case is a private limited company and engaged in the business of trading of Shares and Securities. The assessee in the year under consideration has received the Loan to the tune of Rs. 4,08,01,000/-from M/s Ken Securities Limited. The assessee has repay […]

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