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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


Latest Judiciary


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 681 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 234 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


Latest Notifications


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


HC quashes section 263 revision as CIT not assumed jurisdiction without conducting independent enquiry

April 28, 2022 1050 Views 0 comment Print

PCIT Vs Anindita Steels Ltd. (Calcutta High Court) In the case at hand the Tribunal rightly pointed out that the ground on which notice under Section 263 of the Act was issued was identical to the reason for reopening the assessment earlier. Furthermore, the Tribunal noted that no independent enquiry was conducted by the PCIT […]

Suppression in Net Sales assessable as Business Income & not under Section 68

April 24, 2022 3057 Views 0 comment Print

Income surrendered by assessee is nothing but suppression in net sales and is assessable under the head income from business and cannot be treated as deemed income u/s 68 of the Act.

Offering lower amount than income surrendered during course of search

April 24, 2022 852 Views 0 comment Print

Daya Properties and Finance Vs ACIT (ITAT Indore) We observe that during the course of search cash sum of Rs.37,02,020/- was found and assessee failed to explain its source and accepted to offer it as additional income. No specific retraction was made before filing of return of income. In the return of income assessee partly […]

Beware from Taxman while taking an unsecured loan

April 16, 2022 11148 Views 1 comment Print

Cash Credit is any sum found credited in the books of the taxpayer either by cash or bank deposit, for which he offers no explanation about the nature and source of funds or the tax authorities are not satisfied by the explanation offered by the taxpayer.

Violation of RBI notification not attracts Section 68 addition – Deposit of demonetized notes

April 15, 2022 3909 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT unable to understand as to how the contraventions, if any, of the notification issued by RBI would attract the provisions of sec. 68 of the Income tax Act.

If no incriminating material found during Search- Section 68 additions not sustainable

April 7, 2022 1974 Views 0 comment Print

Since no incriminating material was found during the course of search, as regards the additions made u/s.68 of the Income Tax Act, therefore, no additions could be made.

Unsecured Loan from Kolkata Parties: ITAT confirms additions

April 3, 2022 3513 Views 0 comment Print

Mahendra Kumar Agarwal Vs ACIT (ITAT Hyderabad) It is an admitted factual position that this assessee is assessed and lives in Hyderabad whereas all the corresponding loan creditors parties are from Kolkata only. And that too, there is not even a single loan agreement between the assessee and the said parties, reflecting the terms of […]

Fictitious entry not backed up by funds cannot be taxed as Cash Credit

March 31, 2022 1881 Views 0 comment Print

Ld. FAA was correct in following the ratio laid by Hon’ble Calcutta High Court in Jatia Investment Co. Ltd. V. CIT(1994) 206 ITR 718 (Cal), that fictitious entry not backed up by funds may not be taxable as Cash Credit.

No addition based on evidence which is not confronted to the assessee

March 28, 2022 7506 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Rashmi Float Glass Ltd. (ITAT Kolkata) We find that the only addition made is of share application received u/s 68 of the Act and addition of commission paid allegedly for the share application money and finally a disallowance u/s 14A of the Act. No incriminating material has been found during the course of […]

No addition for cash deposit of demonetized notes for which Sales already been offered for taxation

March 27, 2022 6714 Views 0 comment Print

Appeal by Anantpur Kalpana against CIT(A) order on demonetized notes. Cash deposits treated as unexplained credits. Learn about double taxation issues

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