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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


No section 68 additions if appellant not produced any books of accounts

March 26, 2022 6510 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Rakesh Kumar Agrawal (ITAT Indore) The appellant also agitated the making of the addition on the legal ground that since as per the AO’s own version, during the course of the assessment proceedings, the appellant had not produced any books of account and therefore, the question of finding any credit entry as regard […]

Addition without opportunity of cross-examination to assessee not sustainable

March 24, 2022 2775 Views 0 comment Print

Rishipal Investments and Finance (P) Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) We find, the AO, in the instant case, reopened the assessment on the basis of the report of the Investigation Wing that the assessee has received accommodation entry of Rs.23,50,000/- from four companies, the details of which are given in the reasons recorded. We find, […]

If in a case foundation removed, super-structure falls, additions goes

March 23, 2022 2850 Views 0 comment Print

ACIT Vs Sreeleathers (ITAT Kolkata) Firstly the survey statement has been recorded by DDIT(Inv) in some third party case and not that of assessee. Secondly the deponent has been administered oath before his statement was recorded, which is not in accordance to Section 133A of the Act and the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Khader Khan […]

Critical Analysis of Section 68 of Income Tax Act, 1961

March 19, 2022 12360 Views 0 comment Print

Section 68 is only applicable and can only be invoked when assesse is maintaining books of account and there is any sum which is found credited in the books of an assesse maintained for any previous year and assesse offers no explanation with regard to such cash credits or explanation offered by assesse was not satisfactory, then assesse will be held guilty under this section and thereby as a result, provisions of this section will trigger.

No addition can be made in section 153C assessment if AO not referred any incriminating material in his order

March 13, 2022 2856 Views 0 comment Print

PCIT Vs Vikas Telecom Ltd (Delhi High Court) In this case the learned Assessing Officer while farming the assessment order has not referred to any seized documents belonging to the assessee found during the course of search proceedings. In the remand proceedings the learned Assessing Officer has also submitted that no any incriminating materials have […]

Section 68 addition justified for non-production of persons summoned

March 13, 2022 717 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the ITAT Delhi’s decision on Anandtex Int. P. Ltd’s case against addition under section 68 of the Income Tax Act. Learn about the challenges related to share application money and share premium.

Constitute special bench to resolve dispute of taxability of share capital/premium u/s 68: ITAT

March 11, 2022 6498 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Lotus Logistics & Developers Ltd (ITAT Mumbai) In this case ITAT was hearing the dispute related to addition for unexplained cash credit received in the form of share capital under section 68. ITAT observed that on the same issue  in a large number of decisions of the coordinate benches held that once all […]

Whether Capital Contribution in Cash will Taxable as Cash Credit

February 28, 2022 6420 Views 0 comment Print

Can capital contribution of the individual partners credited to their accounts in the books of the firm be taxed as cash credit in the hands of the firm, where the partners have admitted their capital contribution but failed to explain satisfactorily the source of receipt in their individual hands?

Primary onus discharged on establishing identity and creditworthiness of share applicants & genuineness of transactions 

February 26, 2022 1545 Views 0 comment Print

DCIT Vs Sanverwala Jewellers Pvt Ltd (ITAT Indore) In this case Assessing Officer merely doubted the investment made by the share applicants for the reason that they did not submit any proof regarding agricultural activities done by them. It is therefore quite evident that the Assessing Officer himself accepted the identity of the share applicants […]

No section 68 Addition if Assessee discharges his obligation & AO found no adverse material against assessee

February 20, 2022 1095 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs Cozy Footwear Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) Here in this case, the assessee company has received share application money from three parties. Two of them were Directors and one was a corporate entity M/s Omexpo Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. In so far as the share application money received from Directors, the AO has held the […]

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