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FAQs on Penalty provisions under Income Tax Act, 1961

Income Tax : This guide explains when penalties can be imposed under various provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961. It also outlines the appli...

June 22, 2026 5895 Views 0 comment Print

Tax Treatment of Cash Credit U/s. 68, 69, 69A, 69B, 69C and 69D

Income Tax : This guide explains how unexplained cash credits under Section 68 and related provisions can attract steep taxation under Section ...

June 13, 2026 194778 Views 1 comment Print

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 681 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 549 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 1407 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Section 68 Addition Deleted as Share Application Money Already Taxed in Subscribers’ Hands: ITAT Kolkata

Income Tax : ITAT Kolkata deleted the Section 68 addition, holding that share application money already assessed in subscribers' hands cannot b...

July 5, 2026 201 Views 0 comment Print

Section 68 Addition Rejected After Remand Report Confirmed Sale of Investments: Calcutta HC

Income Tax : Calcutta HC dismissed the Revenue's appeal after the remand report confirmed the disputed receipt was sale proceeds of investments...

July 4, 2026 321 Views 0 comment Print

Section 68 Inapplicable to Sale Proceeds of Disclosed Investments: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held Section 68 cannot apply to sale proceeds of disclosed investments already recorded in books. Revenue's appeals wer...

July 4, 2026 234 Views 0 comment Print

Section 68 Addition on Sale of Previously Disclosed Shares Deleted to Avoid Double Taxation: ITAT Delhi

Income Tax : ITAT Delhi held Section 68 inapplicable where shares were disclosed in an earlier year and sale proceeds were already offered as i...

July 4, 2026 225 Views 0 comment Print

Section 44AD Inapplicable Above Turnover Limit; Past Profit Rate Adopted: ITAT Agra

Income Tax : ITAT Agra held Section 44AD could not apply where turnover exceeded the limit, adopted past profit history, allowed telescoping an...

July 4, 2026 234 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


CBDT Directs Uniform Application of Sections 68 to 69D as C&AG Flags Tax Assessment Errors

Income Tax : CBDT has instructed tax officers to uniformly apply Sections 68 to 69D and Section 115BBE after a C&AG audit found inconsistencies...

May 29, 2026 14451 Views 3 comments Print

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 30954 Views 3 comments Print


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

April 24, 2022 3135 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 882 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 11217 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 3942 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 2019 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 3546 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 1935 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 7575 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 6759 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

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

March 26, 2022 6540 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 […]

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