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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


Once identity & creditworthiness of investors is established addition u/s 68 unsustainable

July 21, 2022 1032 Views 0 comment Print

Held that as identity and creditworthiness of the investors is established, merely because of delay in transferring of the shares to the prospective investors, the amount cannot be treated as unexplained investment u/s 68.

Section 68 Addition by ignoring all evidences filed by assessee is unsustainable

July 18, 2022 3327 Views 0 comment Print

Held that addition, only on the basis of information received from investigation wing ignoring all the evidences filed by the assessee, is unsustainable in law

ITR and Bank Statements are sufficient to prove creditworthiness under Section 68: ITAT

July 15, 2022 16686 Views 0 comment Print

In present facts of the case, the Hon’ble ITAT held that ITR and bank statements were sufficient to prove the genuinety and for creditworthiness under Section 68 of Income Tax Act.

Addition of unsecured loan sustained as genuineness of transaction not established

July 15, 2022 2037 Views 0 comment Print

Held that addition of the amount of unsecured loan sustained as the assessee failed to establish the genuineness of the loan transactions except filing the affidavits.

Before 01.04.2017 assessee can set off loss against Section 115BBE income

July 12, 2022 4308 Views 0 comment Print

Heera Kerala Developers Pvt. Ltd. Vs ACIT  (ITAT Cochin) After hearing the rival submissions we observe from the assessment order passed under Section 143(3) of the Act that there was an addition made by the AO under Section 68 of the Act to the tune of Rs.71,66,000/-which has been set off from the returned loss […]

No addition for cash deposit after demonetisation against cash withdrawn before demonetisation

July 10, 2022 1638 Views 0 comment Print

Coastal Fertilisers Ltd Vs ITO (ITAT Kolkata) We note that the cash sum of Rs. 94,50,000/- was deposited in the bank account held with Union Bank of India, account no. 495601010033544 on 16.11.2016. This date of deposit falls in post-demonetization period. On 08.11.2016 demonetization scheme was announced scrapping of currencies in the Rs. 1,000/­& Rs. […]

No section 68 addition if Assessee Proves Authenticity of Transaction with Evidence

June 29, 2022 1260 Views 0 comment Print

Rupal Jain Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) We notice that the assessee has not only discharged the primary onus by filing confirmation and the IT returns and balance sheet of the lenders, the assessee is also stated to have paid interest in most of the cases and deducted TDS thereon. Noticiably, the lenders are the family […]

No invocation of sec 68 if assessee filed ITR u/s 44AD without maintaining books of account

June 28, 2022 3561 Views 0 comment Print

Existence of books of account maintained by assessee was a condition precedent for making addition under section 68. Where assessee had not maintained books of account, there was no legal scope to invoke provisions of section 68 and as such, addition made on such premise was to be deleted.

Addition u/s 68 based on impounded document, supported with entries, tenable

June 28, 2022 648 Views 0 comment Print

The document impounded herein is duly supported by all the correct entries as per assessee’s stand itself, addition u/s 68 tenable

Section 68 Addition cannot be made for purchases

June 27, 2022 3978 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT held that Addition under section 68 of Income Tax cannot be made for purchases as purchases is an expense which is debited in books and not a loan or deposit which is credited in books

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