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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 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


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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


Section 115BBE not attracted to Income voluntarily surrendered during Search & survey

May 24, 2021 6087 Views 0 comment Print

Bajaj Sons Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Chandigarh) We find that a separate surrender of Rs. 97.11 lacs has been made by Shri SB Bajaj Director of the assessee company on account of unexplained cash found during the search action. However, so far as the surrender of Rs. 15 lac to cover any discrepancy is concerned, […]

No addition if assessee discharged initial onus to prove identity of Investor Companies, creditworthiness, genuineness of transaction

May 22, 2021 2802 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Shyam Sunder Infrastructure (P) Ltd. Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) Conclusion: Since assessee produced sufficient documentary evidences before AO to prove the identity of the Investor Companies, their creditworthiness  and genuineness of the transaction and no evidence had been brought on record by AO to disprove the same, hence addition made under section 68 was […]

Section 68 addition for share capital & Premium without any verification not sustainable

May 17, 2021 3306 Views 0 comment Print

Seth Carbon and Alloys Private Limited Vs DCIT (ITAT Mumbai) We find that assessee by furnishing all the aforesaid documents had duly explained the nature and source of credit in the form of share capital and share premium received from the aforesaid two shareholders. From the balance sheet of the shareholders, it could be seen […]

Cash Deposit Out of Cash Sales treated as Undisclosed Income Under Section 68 & 69A

May 15, 2021 18573 Views 0 comment Print

Cash Deposit Out of Cash Sales treated as Undisclosed Income Under Section 68 & 69A of Income Tax Act, 1961 On the night of 8th November 2016 the honorable Prime Minister of India announced that Rs. 500.00 and Rs. 1000.00 notes will no longer be legal tender. No fresh transaction could be done using these […]

Section 68 not applies when assessee explained nature & source of Income

May 13, 2021 2541 Views 0 comment Print

Harish Sharma Vs ITO (ITAT Chandigarh) Admittedly, in the present case the notebook entries containing entry pertaining to the business of M/s Sharma Overseas Services was recovered from the possession of the assessee. The authorities below have not rejected the contention of the assessee that the entries in note book pertained to the business concern […]

No Section 68/69C addition for mere non appearance of same director

April 30, 2021 2049 Views 0 comment Print

Merely because the some Directors did not appear in the case of assessee would not be a ground to have an adverse inference against the assessee, therefore, there was no justification to sustain the addition of Rs.45 lakhs under section 68 and addition of Rs.90,000/- under section 69C.

Gift cannot be treated as unexplained cash credit u/s 68 merely based on doubts

April 30, 2021 1662 Views 0 comment Print

Tapasi Singh Vs ITO (ITAT Kolkata) It is observed that all the four donors who had given the gifts in question to the assessee during the year under consideration were engaged in the business and in the returns of income filed regularly for the year under consideration, the business income earned by them was duly […]

ITAT deletes Section 68 Addition for Share Premium

April 26, 2021 1911 Views 0 comment Print

Renu Proptech Pvt Ltd. Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) Considering the plethora of documentary evidences, we find that not only the assessee has established the source of the creditor, but it has also furnished documentary evidences to show the’ source of source’. We find that the AO, while making addition, has made general observations relating to […]

Actual Receipt of Money mandatory to invoke section 68

April 23, 2021 4368 Views 0 comment Print

ITO Vs Zexus Air Services Pvt. Ltd. (ITAT Delhi) It is an undisputed fact that there is no actual receipt of any cash by the assessee company in the instant case towards issue of share capital and such shares were issued in lieu of goodwill. In the instant case, the assessee has debited goodwill account […]

Section 68 addition by treating creditors as not genuine- Draft Submission

April 23, 2021 6270 Views 0 comment Print

Explore the implications of Section 68 of the Act regarding cash credits and the treatment of creditors as not genuine in our draft submission.

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