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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


Section 68 Addition not Justified for Unexplained Deposit in Bank Account

July 29, 2020 13875 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the AO is justified in making addition u/s 68 towards alleged unexplained deposit in the bank account in as much as a bank account is not a book of account maintained by the appellant?

Income Tax on Shares Buy Back by Unlisted Companies

July 26, 2020 32302 Views 2 comments Print

As we know, a company is a safer form of doing business. A company is a separate person than its shareholders/ members; it has its own personality and having power to assessed separately. The shareholders or members of the company are the real owners of the assets of the company. The company is doing business for the benefit of its stake holders. The Shareholders may appoint Board

Gift not unexplained merely because donor holds Low Economic class Ration Card

July 24, 2020 834 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the Ration Card can be considered as a source of determining financial status of assessee and whether gift from person holding Ration Card of Low Economic class can betreated as unexplained Credit under section 68 of Income Tax Act, 1961 ?

Source of Source – Section 68- Income Tax Act 1961

July 23, 2020 11655 Views 2 comments Print

Source of Source – Section 68 In the recent judgement of DCIT Vs M/S. Kejriwal Industries Ltd, I.T.A No.1509/AHD/2016 dated 4-5-2020, Hon’ble ITAT Surat held in favour of assessee. On the issue of section 68 of Income Tax Act 1961, Hon’ble ITAT held that assessee need not prove ‘source of source‘. The relevant part of […]

ITAT deletes addition for Bogus LTCG for Violation of principles of natural justice by AO

July 20, 2020 1710 Views 0 comment Print

ITAT Mumbai: Anjana Sandeep Rathi vs. ACIT – Disputed LTCG on share sale. Violation of natural justice. Detailed analysis of the judgment and impact.

No section 68 Addition Merely on Suspicion of Accommodation Entry

July 5, 2020 2349 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the AO is correct in making the addition u/s 68 of the Act for the Advances received for booking of commercial space?

ITAT delhi deletes Addition of LTCG on Penny stock

July 2, 2020 3600 Views 0 comment Print

Shri Suresh Kumar Agarwal Vs ACIT (ITAT Delhi) ITAT deleted addition made u/s 68 for alleged bogus LTCG of Rs.56,43,084/- on merits holding that Ld AO failed to bring any cogent material in addition to report of Directorate of Investigation Kolkata about Jamakharchi /Penny stock companies and convert its reasons into a fact , thereby […]

Section 68, 69, 69A, 69B and 69C of Income Tax Act, 1961

June 30, 2020 428608 Views 14 comments Print

Comparison between section 68, section 69, section 69A, section 69B and section 69C: -So far as section 68 is concerned, the onus is wholly upon the Assessee to explain the source of the entry. But in cases falling under section 69, 69A, 69B and 69C, the words used show that before any of these sections are invoked, the condition precedent as to existence of investment, expenditure, etc. must be conclusively established by material on record/ evidence.

Limited Scrutiny cannot be converted to Complete Scrutiny without following CBDT Circular

June 26, 2020 8661 Views 1 comment Print

whether the AO can expand the assessment from ‘Limited Scrutiny’ to ‘Complete Scrutiny’ without following the procedure as laid by the CBDT Circular?

Section 68: Creditworthiness of lender can’t be proved merely on strength of Bank Statement

June 23, 2020 16785 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether AO is correct in treating unsecured loan received by assessee as unexplained credit under section 68?

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