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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


Addition for Unexplained Cash credit merely based on doubts not sustainable

August 16, 2022 1503 Views 0 comment Print

Claim of assessee cannot be rejected on mere doubt without bringing any material on record to suggest that this is only accommodation entry.

Addition of opening balance of unsecured loan u/s 68 is unsustainable

August 13, 2022 6114 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Held that addition on the basis of the opening balance of unsecured loan treating the same as current year transaction by invoking section 68 of the Income Tax Act is unsustainable.

No addition for duly explained cash deposit during demonetisation

August 9, 2022 3534 Views 0 comment Print

R.S. Diamonds India Private Limited Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) The Assessing Officer noticed that the assessee has deposited a sum of Rs. 45 lakhs into its bank account during demonetization period. It was explained that the above said amount represented cash balance available in its books of account, which included advance received from the customers […]

Addition towards unexplained cash credit unjustified as evidences and books of account not rejected

August 5, 2022 1812 Views 0 comment Print

Held that addition u/s. 68 and 69A unsustainable as evidences relating to cash deposited submitted and not doubted by AO and also books of account of the assessee are also not rejected u/s 145(3).

Addition u/s 68 of duly accounted cash sales is unjustified

August 4, 2022 1839 Views 0 comment Print

Held that the re-assessment and addition of the duly accounted cash sales of the assessee as unexplained cash credits u/s 68 by the AO without rejection of the books of account of the assessee u/s 145(3) of the Act is unjustified

Addition u/s 68 sustained as onus to prove identity & creditworthiness of creditors not discharged

August 3, 2022 1599 Views 0 comment Print

Held that assessee failed to explain identity and creditworthiness of the creditors and genuineness of the transaction. Accordingly, addition u/s 68 sustained.

Section 68 addition merely for non-registration of MOU not sustainable

August 1, 2022 1074 Views 0 comment Print

Vishwanath Ramchandra Panvelkar Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) We notice that the AO has expressed doubt only on the MOU entered by the assessee with M/s Samarth Enterprises, since it was not registered. However, the AO is placing reliance on the very same MOU to express the view that the assessee should have forfeited the advance […]

ITAT deletes addition for Capital gains from Penny stocks

July 31, 2022 2994 Views 0 comment Print

Mukesh Bhoormal Jain Vs ITO (ITAT Mumbai) Assessing Officer observed that the scrip in which assessee traded was proved to be insignificant, bogus, without business fundamentals and required the assessee to prove the genuineness of the same. In reply assessee vide letter dated 11.12.2017 submitted that the long term capital gain generated was genuine stating […]

Section 68 addition justified for Cash Deposits not Corroborated with Business Receipts or Cash Withdrawals

July 26, 2022 399 Views 0 comment Print

Sneh Developers Pvt. Ltd Vs DCIT (ITAT Delhi) As per the AO, the assessee has not filed return of income and hence notice u/s 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 has been issued owing to cash transactions exceeding Rs.10,00,000/-. The AO held that the assessee has not given any details with regard to the […]

Issue of share at premium – ITAT remands matter back to AO

July 26, 2022 384 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Shree Swaminarayan Infrastructure Private Limited (ITAT Rajkot) In this case, assessee company has issued shares of Rs.2,92,00,000/-being 7300 equity shares of Rs.10/- each at a premium of Rs.3990/- per share and thus there is increase in share capital of Rs.73,000/-. Over and above that the company has collected premium of Rs.2,91,27,000/-. Before the […]

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